Perth Amboy High School - Reflections / Periscope Yearbook (Perth Amboy, NJ)

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HAVEN for inquiring minds is our library with its well-stocked shelves providing an ample supply of reference material. ideals off guide us step into Twenty-one classrooms, a new auditorium, and a basement gymnasium were added in 1915. A rear addition was completed in 1923, and in 1925 the auditorium balcony, new domestic science rooms, and the nurse's office were created. This addition also housed our library which had previously been relegated to a corner of room 306. In 1930 a new gymnasium wing with manual training shops on the second floor was opened for use. The basement area, previously utilized by gym classes, was transformed into our modern, immaculate cafeteria, now ranked as one of the best in the state. Student-executed murals depicting the history of Perth Amboy adorn the cafeteria walls, while stone carvings done by Herbert Silberman, artist and sculptor, beautify our front corridor. Paintings on our auditorium walls present the occupational fields from which we may choose a career. By spending four years at PAHS, FIRST OPENED in 1930, the gymnasium annex houses manual training and art rooms on the second floor. 6

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1907 GRADUATES followed the precedent of having a class photograph in their finery outside the original building. A rapidly increasing enrollment is marked by the size of this class as compared to the six members of the Class of 1893. classical course was offered to the student body numbering 132. Pupils studied algebra, chemistry, physics, orthography, music, drawing, advanced bookkeeping, English grammar and literature, and Latin and Greek. But physical improvements and curriculum changes were constantly necessitated by increasing enrollment. A wing added to the south side of the building in 1911 housed science laboratories, and commercial and domestic science classrooms. Almost simultaneously, Greek and the old classical course were dropped, and a broader curriculum, consisting of the Latin scientific course, the general course, and the business course, was put into effect. STAUNCH MEMBERS of the 1905 baseball team are perhaps responsible for establishing the sport in inter-school competition. 5 BRICK PORCH and lighted lamp welcome pupils, faculty, and friends to our school.

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times present as we the future. HEALTHFUL MEALS are more appetizing when we enjoy them in the comfortable atmosphere of our up-to-date cafeteria. MORNING SUNLIGHT makes a pretty picture of the empty gym and electrically controlled curtain. we have grown to love and understand its beauty and its traditions, and to appreciate the changes that are constantly being made. We have seen new lights installed. Movable desks lend informality to our classrooms. Regular paint jobs keep our surroundings fresh and bright. New sets of curtains for the stage have improved acoustics in the auditorium. Soon a two-level park will enhance our campus and provide ample space for pupils to congregate before school. No one really knows what is in store for the future, but we can perhaps get a hint from studying modern educational trends. Language recording booths and laboratories, electrical efficiency machines in business and manual training, and individual science demonstration kits may figure in future teaching techniques. We can be sure that PAHS will continue to advance with the future while preserving the heritage and memories of the past. TWO-LEVEL PARK soon to be laid out adjacent to our building will be a meeting place for early birds. 7