Public School 173 - Hudson Yearbook (New York, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 68 of the 1930 volume:

., , T PUBLIC SCHCOL 173, MANHATTAN JUNE, 1930 JOHN P. CONROY HELEN M. IIYNES D.t . . 15 not Superzntendent Principal Erhiratinn Brhireltrh in the rnntrihutnra anh uuhsrrihrra mhn mahr thin, nur Brut iamw nf at mugazinv, pnaaihlv. OFFICE IS NEW I-I NROY IN CO NP. OH DR. j PUBLIC SCHOOL 173, MANlIA'li'I'AN-JUNE, 1930 Editoefivzl by the Trincibczl June4, 1930. To the Children, 'fWhat is the use of coming to school? I hear somebody say. It takes such a long time to get an educationll' Perhaps some very little person thinks it is to get stars or some bigger brother or sister may aim at earning those queer things called marks. Later when one joins the ranks of the grown-ups, what is left of these things you struggled so hard for at school? The stars and the marks are forgotten-but there emerges, full- blown, a powerful thing called your character. It shows in your way of doing things and in your choices of what things to do. In short, you have made for yourself, as the sculptor moulds a statue, a way of behaving. Whether it be a beautiful way or otherwise will show in your actions. Listen to what the High School student says as he travels through the city, look at the way the school children take care of their school buildings and you will know more about the kind of citizens they are becoming. Watch the place in life the college graduate makes for himself and you may see what he has gained by remaining at college long enough to finish his education. The United States of America needs citizens that are well- read, it demands, for good government, a courage that is Hner than war-time bravery, it sets aside a tremendous amount of money for the education of its people so that they may use intelligence of a high level in solving the problems of a democracy. How are you growing in responsibility? All the troubles that you encounter as monitors, most of the difficult lessons you think out for yourself, much of the generous help you Page F ive I'Ul3l.lC SCIIOOI. 173, MANl'lATTANw-IUNE, 1930 give to other pupils with their puzzling questions and surely the effort you make to receive visitors and your spontaneous speaking at the assemblies, will partly answer this question. Perhaps some of the big things that you accomplish receive no mark, perhaps, even, no one knows of your own quiet successes. That does not make them any the less important. In the real world of grown-ups no one expects a mark. Each one acts according to the best standard that he knows. It is culture that brings higher standards. Rudyard Kipling, a poet who thought of life in an ideal way, wrote: 'LWhen Earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted and dried, When the oldest colours have faded, and the youngest critic has died, We shall rest, and, faith, we shall need it-lie down for an aeon or two, Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall set us to work anew! 'cAnd only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master shall blame, And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame, But each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star, Shall draw the Thing as he sees It for the God of Things as They Are! HELEN M. HYNES. 59 QL '59 if 99 4' Page Six qxavsusansnvxanxnnsavsnn-sa-s.4vxns4ns4vs4vs-ns4 PI'l3l.lC SCIIOOI. 173, MAN!lA'l l'AN-JUNE, l030 wx- -s,ususavx.n ns.4n-snnsnsx.4--xanns.aus4nxnnx4 uxuxa nic wx.: Qreative Work SOPHIE CLAIRE l'IOURGll, I:'dil0r-in-Chief RUTH l..EVY SELMA ENOCH Assistant Editors GPOEMS I Have to Write a Poem I I have to write a poem, Oh! what shall I write? I have to write a poem, 'Twill take me all the night. II I have to write a poem, Oh! what shall I say? I've written my poem, How'd you like it, anyway? NVILLIAM Woo1.F, 4Al. I What VVas It I Forgot To Do? What was it that I forgot to do? I drank my milk and ate my stew, I read my book right through and through I walked a mile each day for a week, I scattered my plants till the buds began to peep, I went to school on time, For that mama gave me a dime. Ah, now I remember what I forgot to do, It was my homework, ooh, ooh, ooh! FRANCES TURNER, SA l. july Playtime Fairy flowers, Lovely bowers, The birds are gaily singing, Ting-a-ling Ting-a-ling Ilear the blue bells ringing. Woodpeckers drumming, Bees all humming, The cows are out in the clover, Grasshoppers swinging, Summer days bringing, Play that too soon will be over. MARJORY ROSSER, 3B-I. 'N- Washington Heights Where once dense forests stood And Indians used to roam And hunt through Held and wood Is the place we now call home. Where, once, the redman's gaze did fall On only field and sky, We now have schools and buildings tall And a great bridge towering high. BERNARD KLAYF, 4Al. Page Seven sa.-Lusa--sa - PLIBLIC SCHOOL 173, MANHATTAN-IUNE, 1930 The Toy shop l It was Christmas in k the Toy Shop, And all the dolls were dressed up, Red Riding llood in her red hat and coat, And Captain Kidd with his . great big boat. Z The Dutch lJoll's apron was spic and span They all looked nice but Peter Pan, Ile was dressed in his old rag- ged suit, While Orpheus played his miniature lute. 3 A great big bear was seated there Looking at all with a very wild stare, The engines were running around and around Filling the air with Page E ight a- 'joyous sound. Doms FREEMAN, SB3. Cartier In 1534, a Frenchman sailed to Labrador, .A year later he sailed up the St. Lawrence, Which he thought, Was the river that he sought, Ile stopped at an Indian village, The Indians said, If you go any farther, l'm sure you'll fall dead. But Cartier would not sail, back to France, So the only thing was to advance, Ile sailed a little farther on his trail, And stopped at another village That had Hfty houses. as strong as a wall And this village he named lVlontreal, Ilere, a severe winter he spent, Bad nights came and bad nights went, Soon that horrible winter was over, And spring came again with its beautiful clover, And back to France Cartier did come, And he was honored by everyone. MILDRED IIANANIA, GB3. if- 9? 56 95 Freedom Teacher said that we must write, A little poem, nice and bright, This is mine, I hope that you, Will think it nice and bright, I do. jofw I-IUTTON, 4Al. 49-7959-19 The World I Oh! World, so big and full of space, What makes you turn with such great haste? Is it to make night into day? Or do you like to 'play that way? HELEN ADAMS, 6B3. PUBLIC SCHOOL 173, MANHATTAN-JUNE, 1030 nxnwsn-xnnsnnxn nx.nxuxnxu-x- wx. ux.nxn-xnxnfxn The Night Ship The bed is a ship at sea, The pillow a bag of gold, The cover is silk and satin, The captain, a child three years old. The Night Ship sails on the dream seas, Away to the land of dreams, And gets, in return for its cargo, A bag of very sweet dreams. MARIE LYoNs, 5B3. QC--354695 fl Lament I haven't passed my spelling test, And, oh! I am so sad, Although I tried my very best, I haven't passed my spelling test. My paper doubtless was all messed, l'm a very worried lad, I haven't passed my spelling test, And, oh! I am so sad. ELLIOT IHIAUPT, 4Al if 9' 'X X Springtime I I just put my old ,fur coat on the shelf, I need not tell why, you know for yourself, That winter at last has said, I go. Come on, lVlr. Spring, we love you so. ll You make the growing trees look greeng A sight for long we have not seeng You make our faces look very tang We love you all as much as we can. JANE ROSENBAUM, 5Al vxus.ns4vsns.ns,- wxuxnxn-sa :sau-xnx4 nsnsuxn nuns. The Rain The air is filled with rain, Beating against the window pane. The sky is grey, all through the day, And the children are kept from outdoor play. The sun is hid in the sky of grey. That's how it is, on a rainy day. EVELYN IVIARKUS, 6A3. 'K' -It -59 if' Lindbergh Lindbergh, Lindbergh, brave was he, Made a trip across the sea, Though grown-ups thought him quite insane, I-Ie flew across in his little plane. SINCLAIR KORMAN, 4Al. Noah's Ark Animals, animals, in Noah's Ark! The cats that meow, the dogs that bark, The cows that moo, the pigs that oof, And the horses tramping, hoof by hoof, The chickens and fowls, The lion that growls, g All these were animals in Noah's Ark. FLORENCE SCHNUR, 5A5. 46 it -If 56 The Law The policeman, dressed in blue, I-le's a friend to us, that's true. Busy streets he helps us cross, And takes us home, when we are lost. ROSALIND BELL, 4A1. Page Nine PUBLIC SCHOOL I73, MANIIATTAN-JUNE, l930 My Dilemma A scratchy pen is the worst thing I know, Especially, when the ink won't flow. And when it flows, it flows too fast, And on the paper makes holes, at last. The pen stops and starts and jumps and scratches, And so my writing shows in patches, I cry and scream and tear my hair, And hnally give up in deep despair. Pnvtus REUBEN, 4Al. -X- 'X' if -5. 'Yesterday Where we live and play today, Forest trees used to sway, There were no skyscrapers that are so tallg just trees and log cabins that was all. BERNARD Sci-xusTER, 4Al. -JP -Y -'C -X Rest Period We come from lunch at quarter to one, We move our seats one by one, We give out blankets and draw the shade And lie down when the cots are made Here we stay from one to two, Helping little bodies their strength to renew. A composite poem composed by the Members of Open Air Class. Washington Heights In the old days of Washington Heights, When we did not see bright lights, When birds were fluttering, And old men muttering, And farmers brought in the hay, On a sunshiny day, Now look at Washington Heights this way MILTON KAMINSKY, 4Al 'X' M' K- -56 Washington Heights Washington Heights, Washington Heights The scene of some of our greatest tights, 'Twas here 'neath an open sky, That American men did hght and die. SINCLAIR KORMAN, 4Al 92 -X -39 -X- My Queer Dream As I was sitting upon the ground, I heard a most mysterious sound, But quick as I was, there was no one in sight But only the moon that was shining so bright I was seated again upon the ground, And again I heard that horrible sound, Suddenly I heard a great big noise, And what do you think? It was Mama and the boys. Wake up! Wake up! they called to me, You've stayed in bed 'till almost three! MILDRED HANANIA, 6133 0 O I O 49 Page Ten PUBLIC SCHOOL I73, IVIANlIAT'I'AN-jUNE, 1930 Stories fl Nlodcm Tom Sawyer It was marble time and Ilenry had no marbles. His father had said that if he wanted any he would have to earn them. Henry wondered what he could do to earn some money. He could always shovel snow, but, just now, there was no snow. Then a thought came to him. On his corner there were always a great many babies in carriages. Couldn't he take care of them? He knew all the boys would laugh at him, but what else could he do? He carried out this plan, and in a few days had earned over a dollar. He now has many marbles. Soon, other boys followed his example, and they no longer laugh at him. BETTY Korr, 6BI. 44 if -X -X My Dream and Wish On the night of the Doll's Festival that was held in japan long ago, I had a dream while sleeping in my bed. I dreamt that a beautiful doll came into my bedroom, and said that she would grant me one wish. I thought for a moment and Hnally answered, I wish for good health, for I know that in japan the only wish they have is good health, especially the small and weak people. The doll then said to me, You have chosen a very good wish, Kiyoko, and it will be granted. K1YoKo NONAKA, 6A3. fl Saturday Rush john walked into school late every day. The teacher said, Hlf you come in late again, you will have to be left back, because you always miss your arithmetic. The next morning, there was a rush. Hurry up, mother. It's eight o'clock. I've got to be in school at eight-thirty! said john. Why are you in such a hurry? asked his mother. I might be late, said john, rushing for his coat and hat. But, john-. john rushed out before his mother could say anything. When he got to school the custodian chased him out. What are you doing here on Saturday? he asked. SIDNEY BERGER, 6B2. 'N -36 -X -Z- A Wlix-up Everything was ready for the picnic. There were two boxes on the table. I took one box and went into the car with the rest of the family. After we had driven far enough, we thought we would have a bite to eat. We opened our box. To my surprise, it held a pair of slippers. I said it was my fault for having made such a mistake. I should have remembered that wise saying, Look twice before you leap. ELLioT BROONES, 6B2. Page Eleven sa ns.n-so x,us4rs4vx4vs.nv-xn-x- usnvxn-sau ns4rxns.u PUBLIC SCHOOL I73, MANHATTAN-JUNE, l930 How to Make a Clay Map Clay is a very useful thing. I learned that last night, when I was trying to make a clay map. First, I collected my materials. Finding a piece of oak tag, I started looking for my clay and water colors. After having laid out all the necessary materials, I began to work. I drew the outline lightly, and then out- lined the separate states. I smeared on the clay, spreading it as much as I could. Down near the Panama Canal, I placed a small ship. When I finished putting the last touches on it, I stood back to see if I could Gnd any mistakes. The water coloring was soon done, and then I had my map work Gnished. This map helped me more than I expected. I studied from it at home, and in school I often had it before my eyes during a Geography lesson. VERA GUNNING, 6133. W-K-X-M Eskimo Land I dreamt I was in Eskimo Land and saw the men digging holes in the ice to get fish. The Eskimo dogs were skimming over the snow. When I came nearer it became so much colder that I said, No wonder the Eskimos wear furs. Suddenly a blizzard blew up. I was thrown with full force to the ground. The Eskimos ran into their igloos and were safe. When I woke up I remembered that I had been reading about Commander Byrd. SONYA juskowirz, 4A I. Page Twelve s.4e-snxuxnvsavs,ox4vs.ux.-ns.ns4rs4-s-vsn-xnas.4rg4vs.4 :- The Fighting Temeraire The beautiful picture of 'fThe Fighting Temeraire was painted by j. IVI. W. Turner. One evening Mr. Turner and his friends sailed down the Thames River in London. They saw this battle-ship being pulled by a tug boat. The sun was just setting at that time and it made a beautiful picture. Mr. Turner kept it in his memory and when he got home he painted it. The Hrst thing that draws one's attention is the beautiful sun which is setting and is reflected upon the water. The tug has a black smoke stack and that also casts a re- flection. In a distance is a large sailing vessel. If you wish to see the original picture you will have to go a long distance across the Atlantic Ocean. The picture is in the Na- tional gallery in London. ABADEL TILL, 6A3. 'X' 45 95' 9: My Diary l'm a young lady now. My, but it feels ine to be nine, after having been eight so long. At least, I think so. I awoke later than usual. I suppose it was because I was excited. Mother greeted me before I realized I was awake. I wonder that I wasn't late for school. Mother promised me a present of a sub- scription for a magazine that I have always wanted very much. This is the happiest day of my life. EDITH LIPSKIN, 5A5. rsnsusevs-usenx.4vx1-sannsnv-wax-vsensu-s.--snvsn PUBLIC SCHOOL I73, MANHATTAN-JUNE, I930 My journey to Georgia One Monday morning I arose early, for I was to go to Georgia to visit my aunt. I boarded the boat and sailed down New York Bay. While sailing in Chesapeake Bay I saw some fishermen gathering oysters. Off the coast of North and South Carolina there were men tapping pine trees for resin and turpentine, as our school geography teaches. At last we arrived in Georgia. At the boarding house, I changed my clothes for lighter ones. My cousin took me out to a cotton plantation. He said that the cotton would be ready to be picked when the bolls opened. Taking me to a tobacco Held, he said that tobacco grew like weeds. It also surprised me to learn that peanuts grew under the ground and had to be plowed up. After a three weeks' visit, We started to go home as it was too hot for one accustomed to living in the North. JOHN DRAGNETT, 5A4. ANNE? Wctltltci' flottirigs April I-I, 1930. It is intensely warm and uncomfortable today. The thermometer reg- isters ninety degrees. I expect cooler weather on the morrow. April I5, l930. just by chance I guessed it right! Today is much cooler than yester- day. The sky is very blue, not a cloud in it. It is just cool enough to jump rope and skate. A April I6, l930. The weather is very dis- agreeable. It is raining quite a bit. I feel quite disagreeable myself. GLORIA XVOLFF, SA4. vsnvsn vsnrs.nrs4ns.1vs.nvs4rsnrxnvs.nvsnvs4vs4vsuLnvs4v-sn fl Word to the Wise Would that I were living in a world like that of Alice-in-Wonderland. There was no looking to the right, no looking to the left, in those days. What a delight to play around in open fields! However, this is a different world we live in now. It is modern and up to the minute. We must grow with the world, be watchful and wide awake. A If we stop to think when we cross, we will avoid accidents. All dangerous games, as roller skating, bicycle riding, and ball playing must be done on play streets only. In this way we will be safe from accidents caused by automobiles and trucks. We will be just as safe as Alice-in-Wonderland and, perhaps, almost as delightful! BENJAMIN VVEINBERGER, SB3. -X '75 M ii- flsk Dad, He Knows One rainy day I was looking for the cookies. I had searched from the highest shelf to the lowest, but I couldn't find them. I went to ask my mother where they were. She said, Ask Dad, he knows. ALLAN Boskowrrz, 6I32. 'K' 55 56 BC- Who Did It? My' room was in wild disorder. The clothing was hurled on the bed. The chair was overthrown. The dresser was a sight. I looked everywhere for the person who could have done this. But I couIdn't Hnd him. Can you guess who it was? RUTH DANZIGER, EAS. Page Tbirlcen PUBLIC SCHOOL 173, MANHATTAN-jUNE, l930 An Adventure on ct Desert One evening I was reading a book about the Sahara. f'OhI I do wish I could go there for a few days, I said to myself. I started packing. At last I started on my trip to the desert. Oh! llow hot it was! The natives were having day now just the opposite of what we were having at home. I became very thirsty, but, luckily, I was near an oasis. I drank some water and then I felt better. The clothing in the desert was white. I heard someone say it was to keep the sun off the natives. Suddenly mother called me. I started up. I then realized that my journey was an imaginary one. llow I wish it would come true. MARILYN KIPNESS, 4Al. X-X--F-k A Case of Poor Menzory Last Fall, my teacher asked if some of the pupils could bring in some acorns for the Nature Class. I knew of a large oak tree along the llud- son River, about a mile from my home, where, the year before, I had gathered a large number of acorns. On Saturday, with my girl friend, I started for this tree, the only one of its kind for miles around, of which I knew. Arriving at the tree, we were greatly dis- appointed to find not a single acorn on or near it. I could not imagine why this was true. When I arrived home I looked at my tree cards, and found that oak trees bear acorns only every other year. MADELINE ITRAZIER, SA4. Page Fourteen House Hunting III a library book in our class museum is a picture of the Bobolink. Every time I look at it I think of this story: Once, on a glorious spring day, Mr. and Mrs. Bobolink returned from their winter's stay in the South. They looked around to End a tree in which to build their nest. They looked and looked, but in vain! The birds that had arrived before them had built nests in all the trees and did not want neighbors. Summer was coming fast and there was little time to lose. At last they found a little tree just outside an apple orchard. It was very small but it simply had to do. They went to work and soon had a nice little house. In a short time there were six eggs in the nest, of which the parent birds were very proud. Now, if you want proof of my story, go to that apple orchard and you will see their nest. MARIE Lvous, SB3. -IG 'BG 69 R' My Pet My pet is a police dog. Isle can go round Zllllil round and catch his tail. MARVIN I'IULSIIMAN, ZI32. -JG 56 41- 49 Wlien Cold Winds Blow III March the winds blow cold and strong. You can hear them sing in the trees. I like to run in the wind. EDITIIA DICKINSON, ZA I. PUBLIC SCHOOL 173, MANHATTAN-JUNE, I93O An Imaginary journey I was in my room reading a book about Hshing at Cape Cod. How I wish I could go there! I put my book down to think about it. Soon I was packing old clothes and a nice traveling dress, hat, and coat. My brother was to accompany me to Cape Cod. How thrilled I was when I reached Gloucester, an important fishing port in Massachusetts! I saw the Hshermen putting nets in the water and taking them out full of fish. I passed a boat where a net was breaking and a man trying to hold it. Six o'clOck! and Mother said it was time for dinner. How I wish my dream would come true and that I might go to Cape Cod! DOROTHY SCHABAS, 5A3. X- R -JG 46' Poe Tried My Best My mother was ill. I peeped into her room. I tried my best to make her well. LORRAINE Ocus, ZB4. 3' -JG SE -3? A Visit to China If I had enough money, I would visit China. There I would see how silk grows and is made into quaint costumes the people wear. I would see house boats on the river in which poor people live. I chose China be- cause it is so different. BERNARD MARCUS, 4BZ. An Eskimo Girl I am an Eskimo girl and live near the North Pole in an igloo. My skin is a yellow- ish brown and I have long black, coarse hair. The clothing I wear consists of two fur suits. My family and I like to eat polar bear meat, walrus, seal and whale. I learn to sew, cook, prepare skins for clothing, and to count. CAROL IIARTMANN, 4A3. 91' CE 51- 45 The Covered Wagon On April 10th, just one hundred years ago, the Americans traveled toward the Far West in covered wagons. They came from differ- ent states to go to Oregon, because their farms could not prosper in their own states. The Indians in Oregon fought with these people and wanted to take their babies and their wives. The pioneers would not give them up, and so they fought for their lives. They were very brave men and women. That is why we will always remember them. PAULA KOESTER, 3AI. 'L X 'L When the Wind Comes The wind blows our clothes. It blows the curtains. The wind blows the leaves off the trees. -IANE FRAZER, ZB4. Page Fifteen PUBLIC SCHOOL 173, MANHATTAN-JUNE, 1930 .4vsuxnvs1nx.ansuxnvs4ssnnx4nxnns.4rsnasavsns.4 usevg4vsnsnus4vxnvsuus4rx4nxnnxArx4nQnns4rs4rs4vs4r Tlays On Washington Heights SCENE I Time: One afternoon in March, 1930. Place: ln the classroom. Characters: Teacher, children. Teacher: l think it would be interesting to take a little trip around Washington Heights. Children Call togetherj: Oh, we'd love it. Teacher: Well, where would you like to go Hrst? Shirley: l'd like to go to Fort George. Adele: l'd like to go to the Tablet of Fort Washington. Nlargerie: l'd like to go to the jumel Mansion. joan: l'd like to go to the Van Cortlandt House. Phyllis: l'd like to go to the Hamilton Grange. Marion: l'd like to go to Fort Washing- ton Park. Teacher: Well, we'll have to go on differ- ent days. We will start to-morrow. Children Call togetherjz Thank you. JUNE HENNEBERGER, 4A 1. SCENE ll Time: Next day. Place: On Fort Washington Avenue. Characters: Policeman, teacher, children. Teacher Cto children on 174th Streetj: Does anyone here know what this park is. called? Page Sixteen Sinclair: lt is called Fort Washington Park and is continued on 183rd Street. Teacher: Yes, that is right. Bernard B. Cspeaking outj: On 17-lth Street they call it Wright Park because the man named Wright has a farmhouse right on 174th Street. Teacher: Yes, that is very good informa- tion. Let's start now. We have a great many more places to go to. fPlace: 178th Street.j Teacher: Oh, look at the big bridge! lsn't it wonderful? Children fall togetherj: lt certainly is. Teacher: Does anyone know when it is going to be finished? Howard P.: They hope to have it finished in 1932. Richard B. fspeaking aloudj: lt is going to be a suspension bridge, and it has Roeb- ling Cables, too. Teacher: Does anyone know why they call them Roebling Cables? Milton: They call them Roebling Cables because the man named Roebling made them. Teacher: Yes, you're right. Richard F.: Oh, look at the big steamers on the Hudson River! There were no big steamers in the time of Washington. Teacher: We must be on our way. PUBLIC SCHOOL I73, MANHATTAN-JUNE, 1930 CPlace: l8lst Streetj Myron C.: Oh, look at the trafhc lights and the policeman. My, there were none of these things in the time of Washington. Policeman: Come across. CPlace: l8Znd Streetj Teacher: Does anyone know what this tablet is and why it is there? Arnold: It is the tablet of Fort Washing- ton and is there to take the place of a fort. Do you want me to read it? Teacher: Yes. Arnold freadingj: This memorial marks the site of Fort Washington, etc. CPIace: 190th Street.j Teacher: Does anyone know what this tablet is called? William: It is the tablet of Fort Tryon and it is to take the place of another fort in which Washington kept his supplies. Teacher: Does anyone know what this big place is? Children: No, please tell us. Teacher: Well, it is called the Cloisters. See how beautiful it is. Isn't it, children? Children Call togetherj: Yes, very. Teacher: Religious sculptures, paintings, bibles and other objects were brought here. Look at the beautiful garden. Oh, it is get- ting Iate. We must be going home. CThey go ofT.j ELL1oT I'IAUP'I', 4Al. SCENE III Time: 8:40 A. M. the next morning. Place: In the schoolroom. Characters: Teacher and children. Teacher: Children, it is impossible to go to all the places you mentioned, so we will form committees. Each committee will go to a different place. Who will go to the Indian Museum? Milton: lwill. Teacher: Who will be your committee? Milton: Bernard, Sinclair, Richard and Herbert. Teacher: Alright, now, who will go to the -lumel Mansion? Myron: I will. Teacher: Who will be your committee? Myron: Arnold, Howard, Richard and Hastings. Teacher: Who will go to Port George? Richard: I will. Teacher: Who will be your committee? Richard: Elliot, Martin, William, How- ard and Bernard. Teacher: Who will go to see the bridges across the Harlem River? june: lwill. Teacher: Who will be on your committee? june: Rosalind, Adele and Tiva Belle. Teacher: Who will go to the Van Cort- Iandt House? joan: lwill. Teacher: Who will be on your committee? joan: Frances and Theodora. Teacher: Alright, now, who will go to Hamilton Grange? Ann: lwill. Teacher: Who is on your committee? Ann: Audrey, Bernice and Shirley. Teacher: Who will go to the Dyckman House? Phyllis: lwill. Teacher: Who will be your committee? Phyllis: Marjory and Katherine. Teacher: I will give all the committees until Thursday to get information. BERNARD ScHusTER, 4Al. Page SC'U67lf6C7l PUBLIC SCHOOL 173, MANIIATTAN-JUNE, I930 SCENE IV Time: Next day. Place: Classroom. Characters: Teacher and children. Teacher: Children, I would like to hear you tell me about the places you went to see yesterday. Milton: My committee went to the Indian Museum which is located at l55th Street. It has a collection ol' Indian relics, such as, clothes, canoes, pottery and other things. Myron: My committee went to the jumel Mansion which is located at 160th Street and Edgecombe Avenue. Roger Morris built it in 1765 and it was occupied by Washington as his headquarters from September 16th, I776, until October Zlst of the same year. It also was the home of Stephen jumel, a French merchant. After her husbands death, Madame jumel married Aaron Burr. The old mansion today is really a museum filled with china, furniture and all sorts of treasures of the Washington family and other important personages of the Colonial days. Richard: We went to see the remains of Fort George which is located at l90th Street. Page Eighteen Nothing remains of Fort George except a broken rock placed in the grounds of the George Washington High School. Ann: We chose to see Hamilton Grange which is located at l43rd Street and Con- vent Avenue. There were thirteen trees in front of it, which Hamilton had planted to represent the original thirteen colonies. The trees were removed about twenty years ago. joan: My committee went to the Van Cortlandt House which is located in Van Cortlandt Park. It was the Hessian head- quarters during the American Revolution. Washington occupied it for one night. june: We went to see the bridges on the Ilarlem River. I saw the High Bridge, the 145th and 155th Street Bridges and the Washington Bridge at l8lst Street. Phyllis: My committee went to the Dyck- nian Ilouse which is located at 204th Street and Broadway. As I went in, there was a man at the door who said that it was the best kind of home they could have in those days. Teacher: Well done. I think you've all tried very hard, and I've enjoyed listening to your reports. JOAN BERNHARDT, 4Al. xnuseuseusenxuxnuses-xsvsn-su-snsnvs.svx4v-snvxc PUBLIC SCHOOL 173, MANHATTAN-JUNE, 1930 vsarsn-s.ns,usn rxu-suse uxnvs.4rxnrxux4vsnx,n-suse :sn 'Projects Our Project Exhibit On April Znd and 3rd an exhibition of projects was held. It was one of the biggest events P. S. 173 has had as yet. The projects were exhibited in the third floor gymnasium. More than four hundred people visited the exhibit. This included teachers and pupils from other schools. We are glad to announce that SAI and 5A3 won the first prize, 5133 the second prize and 0132 the third prize. Miss llynes and the Parents' Association presented prizes of money and books. LEROY IVIILLARD, 5131. NNE!-75 Our Project Every class in the school made a project. We made an apple project. We were to show how apples grow and how they are brought to the City. Each child was to think of something to make the project nice. I liked making the project very much. I'l0WARD Moskowitz, ZAI. The Project I Liked Best The project I liked best was the model of The lludson River Bridge. It showed the shape of the shores of New York and New jersey. When Hnishecl, the bridge will be the biggest suspension bridge in the world. The model looked very realistic. PAULA OBERNDORF, 4A3. Irrigation Irrigation is, as most of us know, a method of watering the land artificially. It is one of the most marvelous things the world has ever known. Before this wonderful thing called irriga- tion was discovered, the farmers in dry areas had to wait for the rain to water their crops. Now, they are quite independent as to their water supply, because when there is not enough rain to give suflicient water to the crops they are irrigated by means of water. This flows from the dam or reservoir in which it is stored, into ditches which have openings, so that the water may flow into the land. Thus, dry land has been made fertile. HELEN ROSENBLUM, 6BZ. '55 46 -76 -Je Irrigation We haven't any flowers, No scenery here or there For if we had some flowers, We wouIdn't feel despair If there only was a way, We would be very glad, But then we really had to say That people were so sad. One day there came some Spaniards Who taught them something new, They showed us how to water land And we are telling you. J CLARA FARRELL, 6132. Page Nineteen 5.4nxnsavs4ns4o-s,nvs.us.nsns.4nsnvsux,ns..vx4n-s.u PUBLIC SCHOOL 173, MANHATTAN-JUNE, 1930 Our Project How happy the class was when Miss Hynes said that we may make the Hudson River Bridge for our project. We soon set to work and the bridge was finished in less than three weeks. Every- thing was made by the children. When it was taken down to the gym- nasium it made quite a showing. The water, the trees and the New jersey side made the coloring very beautiful. We had no idea of prizes but when outsiders came to visit the school, many of them chose our project. The next morning Miss Hynes announced that we had won. We were very happy to get the prize, which was a beautiful geog- raphy book. ' EDNA COHEN, EA3. 49-56-2-1- fl Child's Impression of rl i'Project When the project was taken out of Miss Cohen's room a little boy asked, Miss Cohen, don't you get lonesome without the snvs-as,nsnv-xnx.4ss.4vs4rsux4nfs4wx,4vs.vs4nsns,ns.4vs4 :A The journey of Oil from Earth to Machinery Oil is one of the greatest powers in the world. Therefore, I would like to tell you its story. Rocks are examined for traces of oil be- fore derricks are built over the spot where evidence of oil has been found. The drill is then used to strike the oil, which is to be mined from the earth. The smallest wells are not less than Hve hundred feet deep, while the largest is not more than eight thou- sand feet. The miners drill for many days before they strike the oil under the surface. The oil is then forced into the air, and is known as a gusher. Sometimes it spouts for many weeks or months until the well is dry. Now it is packed into cars and sent to the refinery, where it is purified. It is then made into by-products, such as vaseline, gasoline, kerosene, tar and naptha. Hereafter, when you ride in an automo- bile, motorboat, or airplane, or see a gas engine at work, listen and see if it says, I use Petroleum. Without Petroleum, I project ? couldn't run! VIOLA HERMANsDoRFER, EB3. 6Bl Milton Grusmark 6B2 Harry Van Slycke 6B3 Sylvia Horowitz 6A2 Myron Brussack 6A3 Janice Schoenfeld SBI Lillian Bromberg 5BZ Stanley Hodes Page Twenty HUNIOR EDITORS 5133 SAI 5AZ EA3 EA4 SA5 4Al Open Air Gladys Granat jusrm SAiEw1Tz SB3 David Shair Robert Bacon Doris Grossman Lester Lees Frances Sigmund Selma Gilman Bernard Diamond PUBLIC SCIIOOL 173, MANHATTAN-JUNE, 1930 -guna:-Q nga:-s4vs4ux4rs4us,ns4vx4vsavsnv-s4vs,4ox.4vxnrs.4us,4rsux4vs4v-s4vsns4vxns4usgvxn gardens and School garden Association rss :san-saw-suQ.4vs4vsuinv's THE CLASS NATURE ROOM IS MAINTAINED BY CLASS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF MISS ANSPACHER Our Class Garden In our class, 3AI, we have a school garden. These are the plants we have: geranium, stone crop, wax begonia, sweet peas, spider- air-plant, and ivy. We have flaxseed, nas- turtium, fern, pussy willow, and creeping Charlie, too. We never forget to water them, because if we don't, they will die. They give us much pleasure. ANToiNETTE Bono SCHULTE, 3AI. y Page Twenly-one smxnaxeus.avxnnxnnun-xnnxuxux.nn-sux-vxnxnga PUBLIC SCIIOOL I73, MANHATTAN-JUNE, 1930 Our Bulbs Many of our pupils bought bulbs. They planted them in pebbles and gave them water, air and sunshine. Soon the bulbs be- gan to grow. Not long afterward, the school had an ex- hibit. Class 3Al had grown the finest plants. After the exhibit, the children took their plants home to surprise their parents. BETTY ROSENBERG, 3Al. 'K 66 -39 -I9 A Class Nature Room In our class-room we have pictures on the wall. Some of them are of birds. I like the birds. I like the bird pictures, particularly, the robin, crow, redheaded-woodpecker, red- winged-blackbird, barn-swallow and king bird. Most of them are seated on a branch. The barn-swallow is the only one flying. They are very pretty. That is why I chose them. BETTY Rosrinmino, 3Al. 5991-6946 Our flquariurn We have gold-nsh in our room in a bowl of clean water. We give the gold-fish food every other day. One of the fish is a fantail. The aquarium is on the same table with the plants. This makes the room look attractive. You will see our garden from the picture. BEULAH POSNER, 3Al. v-s.nx,n smxuxn nxos.nnsus.nx,ns4ngavxnnsnusnvxnnxa ,sm The Seeds We Planted At home I planted nasturtiums. I gave them water, air, and sunshine. Yesterday I measured them and found them to be Hve inches. They make my mother happy. Doms GINSBERG, 3Al. X 42- -35 The Alligator The alligator we have in our Nature Room was born in Florida. On the underside of his body it is rather yellowish. His claws are very sharp. His skin is brown and black. He lives in the muddy water. I think it is great to have a Nature Room. ARTHUR EPSTEIN, ZAI. 'Y it -A K My Nature Reward Last spring seeds were sold in my school. I bought several packages of them. One ol' them was The Corn Flower. The corn flower seeds are little brown seeds. They take a month to bear flowers. When the exhibition was held I was very glad. At the end of our assembly period I received a banner and a medal for having one of the best plants. The medal was pre- sented to the school by the School Garden Association for the best plant grown by a pupil. IVIYRAL MINTZER, SA4. IIIIID GIIIID IIIIID GIIIID Page Twenty-two rgus,us4wsnnxns.nvx.nxm nxnxnx nge'-gn px. axnrsm PUBLIC SCIIOOL 173, MANIIATTAN-QIUNE, 1930 ature oom and School ature ,Ceague NATURE AT FIRST HAND IN THE NATURE ROOM, IN CHARGE OF MISS COHEN Our Nature Room On the third floor there is a nature room. This morning our teacher took us there. We saw rocks and nuts. On one of the tables were birds and plants. There were many nature books. We saw shells and wood and some birds' nests. IIOWARD Nloscovrrz, ZAI. The Sea Horse The sea horse is no longer than a child's Unger. The sea horse winds his tail around the seaweed. When danger is near the baby sea horse gets into the father's pocket to hide. Ile cannot run because he has no feet. But he can go very fast swimming upon his tail. I saw one in our Nature Room. Eurrrm DICKINSON, ZAI. Page Twenty -three PUBLIC SCHOOL 173, MANHATTAN-JUNE, 1930 The Nature Club The club started with the help of Miss Hynes who saw our interest in nature. She invited Mrs. Holtzoff of the School Nature League to pay us a weekly visit. The pur- pose of the club is to learn to appreciate nature. We have seen insects, birds and animals. We have made booklets, looked in reference books for information, made posters, brought pictures to school and hung them up on the walls. Do you know that the Baltimore Oriole makes his nest like a pouch? And that the lion hunts at night? And that fur-covered animals are called mammals? l learned all that in the nature club. Mrs. Holtzoff said that if we learned a great deal about nature we could become members of the School Nature League. You are cordially invited to visit us. Our meetings are held at 2 P. M. on every other Friday. HOWARD Povkm, 4Al. -75459669 What 1 Saw A fish in the Nature Room looks like a star. That is why they call it a star Hsh. l think it is wonderful. jiskozvuz MoRToN, ZAI. X- Bl' -79 96 The Turtle In the Nature Room there is a turtle. The turtle is found in the country. On the turtle's back there is a shell. l like to set these things in my school. STEPHEN HARRISON, ZAI. Page Twmziy-fam' Nature Scraps Did you know- That the grasshopper lays its egg an inch under the ground? That the Oriole's nest looks like a pouch? That every fur-bearing animal is a mammal? That the butterfly's caterpillar spins a chrysalis and the moth's caterpillar spins cocoons? That the dragon-fly lays its eggs in water? That the catbird builds its nest in low shrubs? That insects have three plain eyes and two compound eyes? That the Baltimore Oriole is named after Lord Baltimore on account of having the same colors as his flag? That the spider has eight legs and eight eyes? That the moth lays its eggs on the bottom of a leaf? That the flicker is called the Hhammer head because he taps on the bark with his bill? That the sea-gull has webbed feet? That an elm leaf is short on one side and long on the other? That the male lion hunts at night and cares for his babies as well as the mother? That the baby dragon-fly is called a nymph? That the nymph dragon-fly has no wings? That the butterfly's body is thin and the moth's is thick? And that the catbird's song is like the Meow of a cat? MARJORIE KANTOR, 4Al, PUBLIC SCHOOL 173, MAN11ATTAN--IUNE, 1930 In the ,Qibrary READING CLUB, CLASS 4Al, HOLDING A SESSION IN OUR SCHOOL LIBRARY, UNDER THE suI1ERvIsIoN or MISS HOURGIL Our School Library We all get a feeling of joy when we enter that precious room Called the HLibrary. We eagerly scan the Shelves for books that we think may be interesting. Soon the room is quiet and everybody is absorbed in his or her book. To Show our appreciation for this privilege we take good care of the books and put them back where we found them So that other Chil- dren can Hnd and read them without much trouble. BETTY KOPE, 6131. Page Twenty five PUBLIC SCIIOOL 173, IVIANIIATTAN-jUNE, 1930 The Benefits of Books Let us imagine as we read in the library that we lived a long time ago. We would have seen very few books. King john of France had twenty books in his library, which was considered a big one. Books were very expensive. At that time there were monasteries scat- tered in all parts of Europe. The monks in the churches sometimes spent their lifetime copying books. The Egyptians' books were simply rolls of papyrus. This was a plant that grew along the Nile River. Since there were so few books, pains were taken to make them beautiful by hand. They were sometimes covered with rich vel- vet or studded with precious stones. No one thought of making books for children. They had to read from the older people's Bible. A man named Gutenberg began to print. People thought it was witchcraft. After that the little chiIdren's primer was made by means of a wooden block on which the letters were scratched. It was a queer book. We are very lucky. We have as many books as we want. The libraries teach us more than any person could. We get both knowledge and pleasure from reading. We are fortunate to have a school library of our own. NAOMI FINE, 6Bl. Reading Club Since Miss Iflynes was so kind as to pre- sent us with some books we got a notion to form a reading club. The purpose of the club is to know good literature. Page Twenty-six Some of the books are, 'fln the Days of the Giants, The jungle Book, Thirty More Famous Stories, When Grandfather Was a Boy,', 'Travels of Marco Polo, HBurgess Bird Book, Historical Plays for Children, 'fAbout Birds. I wish you could read them all. The children also gave books as, Lives of the Presidents, Igloo Tales From Eskimo Land, and the Book of Knowledge, and others. We have meetings every Friday at I0 A. IVI. We were very interested in reading so we received permission to visit the school library every other Friday. We have made book reports. The following are some of our reports which I think you may enjoy read- ing. BERNARD DIAMOND, 4AI. if -If 5? 9? just So Stories The name of my book is just So Stories. The author of this book is Rudyard Kipling. These stories are, just So Stories. The story I liked best is, How The Camel Got llis Hump. There was a camel who did not want to work. If somebody would speak to him all he would say would be, lslumph! A horse came by and said, Camel, O, Camel, come and trot like the rest of us. But all the camel said was, HumphI , and the horse went and told the man. A dog came by and said with a stick in his mouth, Camel, O, Camel, come and fetch and carry like the rest of us. But all the camel said was, IIumph! , and the dog went and told the man. ' An ox came by and said, Camel, O, Camel, come and plough like the rest of us. But all the camel said was, Humph! , and the ox went and told the man. PUBLIC SCI IOOL 173 r-gnu-sn-xus.ns,nsn xx.usenxnn-gnvxnnxnaxnosnn-su nun When the day was over the man called the horse, dog, and the ox together. I hope you will enjoy reading the rest of the story. SINCLAIR KORMAN, 4Al. 469591-'55 When We Were Very 'Young K'When We Were Very Youngn was writ- ten by A. A. Milne. It is a book of poetry. The poem that I like best is, If I Were King. It is about a little boy who said, Ulf I were king of Spain, I would take off my hat in the rain. I am sure you would like to read the rest of the book yourself. You would enjoy read- ing it because poetry is so interesting. SHIRLEY PLOTNICK, 4Al. 96 -JG 95 96 Adventures of ci Brownie The book, Adventure of a Browniefl was written by Dina C. Mulock. The story is about amischievous Brownie who always got into trouble. The story I liked best was, 'fThe Brownie and The Cherry Tree. One day mother said to Ned, Bob, and little Nell, 'lYou may go out into the orchard and pick cherries, but do not climb the tree. unless jack gets them for you. When they reached the orchard, jack was nowhere to be seen. But read the rest of the story and rind out if the children got the cherries or not. ADELE PFEFERBLUM, 4AI. , MANHATTAN-I UNE, l930 Myths of the Red Children The stories in this book are Indian legends. They were written by Gilbert L. Wilson. The story I like best is How the Bear Lost Ilis Tail. A fox once stole some Hsh. As he was carrying them a bear came along and asked where he had gotten them. The fox, think- ing he would play a trick on the bear, said, 'fOh, I just put my tail into the ice which covered the lake. The bear did this and the ice froze so he couldn't get his tail out. He pulled so hard that his tail came off. I like this story because it is humorous. HOWARD IVIARKS, 4Al. if 45 95 -JG Historical Plays for Children HHistorical Plays for Childrenn was writ- ten by two men named Bird and Starling. It contains plays about Magellan, Colum- bus, Marco Polo and other famous men of the past. I liked the play of Marco Polo best. Marco Polo lived in Italy and wished to go to Cathay. He knew that everybody was rich there and that he could bring home spices, gold, silver and other precious things. Ile started off and went over the Swiss Alps. I am sure you would enjoy reading the rest of it because it is very exciting. ELLIOT HAUPT, 4Al. G CD CD CD Page Twe1zty-.tefuelz PUBLIC SCIIOOL 173, MANHATTAN-JUNE, 1930 'Uisual Education in 1930 DEMONSTRATION or THE USE OF VISUAL INSTRUCTION IN A SB CLASS. THIS SHOWS THE INTRODUCTION TO A LESSON ON AIASIQA, OIVEN BY MISS OESTREICHER, TEACHER OII 5133 fluclitorium Movies The movies in our school are educational. We saw a picture about The Cultivation of Sugar. lt taught me how they make syrup into sugar. 1 liked it because it was very interesting, and it helped us in our project. LAWRENCE XVEISS, Class 3134. Page Twenty-eight Visual Instruction I am very grateful to P. S. 173, Manhat- tan, for the moving pictures every Tuesday. We become acquainted with many different places. We learn the occupations of differ- ent nations. lt is a great help to us in geog- raphy. The world comes to us instead of making us travel to foreign places. SYLVIA VOGEL, 4B3. PUBLIC SCHOOL I73, MANHATTAN-JUNE, 1930 Our Pictures Every Tuesday, Class 5133 and other fifth year classes go to the moving pictures to see our Geography lesson given in motion. One picture I liked especially was about Hsh. It showed three ways of catching Hsh, spearing by natives, using fishing rods along the New England Coast, and by nets or fishing-wheels for catching big fish, such as salmon. Also, we were taken on journeys through national parks, canyons, valleys and pla- teaus. Don't you think we are lucky? DAVID SHAIR, 5B3. -JG 46 -36 45 An Illustrated Lecture The Society of The Children's Humane Army, sent a lecturer to our school to give the children of the lower assembly a lecture about some of our animal friends. She told us that if we wanted to join The Children's Humane Army, we must pledge ourselves to be kind to all living things. We were shown still pictures or slides. The thing I learned from these slides is that an eagle makes his home in a dead tree be- cause lightning does not strike it. Our class enjoyed the lecture and pictures and some children joined The Children's Humane Army. GLADYS GRANAT, Open Air Class. -19964646 The Days of the Dutch in New 'York Our assembly this morning was very pleasurable. After the school sang a song, Miss Hynes introduced us to Miss Halsey, a member of the City History Club, who showed us some slides, and also explained them to us. The picture was about the his- toric days of long ago, in the sixteenth cen- tury when the Dutch settled New Amster- dam. It was later named New York, after the Duke of York, who captured it in 1664. Some of the boys made a speech of thanks. The girls can speak to visitors, too. JULIA LEVY, 6Bl. AC :I X Films Shown During the 'Year Twentieth Century Pilgrims Thrift Civics in School Student Self-Activity School and Community City Government Fire Department Patriotism Oral Hygiene Need for Exercise Health Habits Corn and Wheat Agriculture Cane Sugar Petroleum Pruit Growing Yosemite Yellowstone Glacier and Mt. Ranier Grand Canyon Hawaii Silver Climate-Winds and Rainfall North America as a Whole Commerce-N. Y. C. and Buffalo Needle Trades and Printing Coal Iron Woolen Manufacture Niagara Page Twenty-nine PUBLIC SCHOOL 173, MANHATTAN-JUNE, 1930 Clubs THE HISTORY CLUB AND CIVIC LEAGUE ARE HOLDING AN OPEN MEETING UNDER THE GUIDANCE O15 MISS HOURGIL--REPORTS ARE BEING READ BY MEMBERS THE HISTORY CLUB AND CIVIC LEAGUE OF CP. S. 173, SVIANHATTAN Again the History-Civics Club of P. S. 173, Manhattan, wins honors! Ever since it was organized, in 1927, it has been a winner. That nrst year it won the junior History Banner. Again the following year the Club was awarded the same banner, which entitles P. S. 173 to permanent owner- ship. In 1929 we won the junior Civics Banner. This year, instead of being given the junior Civics Banner, we were presented with the higher honor, the junior History Banner. This last award was made at the annual meeting of the City History Club of New Page Thirty York, at which all of the History and Civic Clubs of Greater New York met for the annual exhibition at the Museum of Natural History on Saturday, May 10, 1930. I was lucky enough to have won the cer- tiucate for our Club for my poster and essay work. I also accepted the History Banner in the name of the Club. There was great competition among the clubs in the exhibits they displayed. These came from Trade Schools, Recreation Centers, junior High Schools and one Senior High School. We received not only the first prize, but Honorable Mention, too. s4vx4vs4nxosnsns4usnwxnnsnsnxs-Q.n nxn-gnxn 1 PUBLIC SCIIOOL I73, NlANlflAT'l'AN-JUNE, l93O The History-Civic Club meets every Mon- day afternoon from 3 to 4 P. lVl. in Room 407 under the leadership of Miss llourgil. At each meeting We discuss the history of New York, past and present. We also bring in scrap-books, plays, essays, stories, models, posters, and poems to help illustrate the sub- ject we are discussing. ' xnxx use nxuvfxnnxnnsnuxnnfs nxnxmsuxn n-xuxu usa nxosn We have a most interesting time and will be sorry when the Club holds its last meeting for this term. The officers of the Club are as follows: Frank Slate, 6Bl, President. Muriel Muchnick, 6AZ, Vice-President. janice Schoenfeld, 6A3, Secretary. FRANK SLATE, President, 6Bl. TRAFF IC GRULES W.F.S.: Wait for signal. N.j.W.: Never jay walk. O.T.R.: Obey trafic rules. CAC.: Cross at corners. FLORENCE GOLDMAN, Civic League. b MEMBERS or THE GEOGRAPHY CLUB, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP oif MRS. SELTGMAN, WORKING ON A PROJECT IN THEIR RooM CALLED A MUSEUM OF EUROPE!! Page Thirty-one PUBLIC SCHOOL 173, MANHATTAN-JUNE, 1930 THE GLEE CLUB NVITH MISS FERGUSON THE GLEE CLUB At one of our special assemblies, the Glee Club of our School, under the leadership of Miss Ferguson, with Mrs. Martin at the piano, sang Chiribiribin. Chiribiribin is a three-part song, which our children, members of the Hfth and sixth grades, enjoyed singing. We think, because of their applause, the visitors enjoyed these selections, too. We trust the program presented by our Glee Club this june will give to the little singers good-cheer and happiness. JAMES ToML1NsoN, 6A3. 'X' 'X' 'X' 'X- The Art of Singing Would you like to know how we learn to sing? First the song must come from your heart. You must feel every word you sing and try to touch the hearts of your listeners. Page Thirty-two Your tone should be mellow and full of resonance. This means that the voice must be placed forward and not have ll throaty quality. Shade your song, as an artist shades his picture. Use soft and loud tones to express your feelings. Use quicker time to give the impression of joy, and slower to express sad- ness. Usually a song has marks of expres- sion which tell you what to do. Follow these and tell your story in song to your listeners in an interesting manner. ARTHUR KAUFMAN, 6A3. 'X' 'K' N -X- Thc: joy of Music Music brings joy to the sad heart. It makes the world a better place in which to live. Think of the famous composers who spent many hours writing songs to lighten our cares. Let us rejoice that music goes on! CHARLES HAMILTON, 6A3. use-xc ns.nx-ns nsnsa me ns.-vsnxns,u-gnxn uxnxn -a'ff-- 'W grv- r f PUBLIC SCHOOL 173. MANHATTAN-jUNE, l930 ,The Music Memory Contest Ou May 21, 1930, there was a Music Memory Contest in which all the schools in the City took part. The music supervisor, Miss Corcoran, has assisted us. The children in the fifth- and sixth-year classes did very well. Nine classes took IOOZ. MIRIAM HOFFMAN, 6Bl. 14nx4vx.1ns4nx4vsnnxnsxnwx.-ns-'sn-essnxuxns-nsnxns List of Classes Wlticlz Received 1OOcZ7 in the Music Memory Contest 6B2 6A2 6A3 5BI 5B3 5Al 5A3 EA4 5A5 M rs. Miss Miss Mrs. Miss Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Miss! IN THE MUSIC ROOM Seligman Levy Ferguson Seyfzirth Oestreicher Critchley Martin Hart McKeon IN THE GYM Page Thirty-three PUBLIC SCHOOL l73, MANHATTAN-jUNE, 1930 GTHE CPATROL OF 'P. In our School we have a Safety Patrol which is made up of eight squads. Our duty is to see that the children cross at the cor- ners, and to clear the streets and stairways. Our aim is to safeguard the lives of the children of our school. LEON SIEGELBAUM, 6B l. ., .U I 'l vw' Some of the Citizens of the Patrol of P. S. 173, Manhattaiz Leon Siegelbaum, Captain ...,...,............ Arthur Toro, Ist Lieutenant ...i.............. Milton Grusmark, Znd Lieutenant ...,.... 6Bl 5Bl 6Bl SPECIAL DUTY Robert Frankel, Captain ..,.....,. ..,... julius Greenstein ....,.............,...,............. Norman Grober .............,,.,..,..,................. 6Bl 5Al 5Bl Under the guidance of Miss DRISCOLL. SQUAD A-FORT XVASHINGTON AVENUE Robert Herfert, Captain ........................ 6Bl Eugene Aleinikoff . Edward' Foley . ..,. ,. Berg Kara ...,..,.. julius Levin .......,,... Arthur Werthiemer ...... ....... Myron Mainthow . Douglas Drew .,.,,.. Page Thirty-four SA5 5A4 5A5 5Bl 5A4 SAZ 5A2 S. 1 73, MANHATTAN SQUAD B-OUTSIDE YARD Ralph Howe, Captain ..,...,.,,...........,... A james Patterson ...,......., .....,.. Robert Lewis .........,. .....,i. Thomas Russel ...,... ,....,.. Barnett Miller ......... ,,...... Norman Silver .,..,.. ....,... joseph Samuely ..,....i...........,.....,,.,,,..,.... SQUAD C-l73RD STREET Lawrence Segal, Captain ,.,....,..............., William jost ..ii............... ,......, jack Helfer ,.,..,,... ..,i.... Lewis Goldman ,...,.. ......., Stanley Lewis ....., ....,,.. john Black ,i,.i..... .,.,.... ,...... ........ SQUAD D-l7-i'FI1 STREET Kenneth Lasser, Captain ......,............., ,. Urho Hill ..........,.i,i.i...,....,.i.... ........ Berne Samuels ,...........,..,..i, , , EXIT 6 Charles Ilerzberg, Captain ........, ......., Richard Cohn ......,.,....,......... ........ Richard Bates ........, .,.,,,,, llarry Van Slyke ......, .....,.. Philip O'Neil .,.....,.,.,... .i..,... Theodore Standish ................ ...,..., EXIT 7 Frank Krause, Captain ,....... ....,.., Nathaniel Reiter ......,...,,..., .,i..... Walter Diehl .,.....t... Harold Patirath .........,...... EXIT 8 Harold Aug, Captain .....,.. Frank Silva .....,,4...,....,.., Donald Grant ..,....,..... Ralph'Lungo , ....... nsgvunvsa :- 6B3 5A5 6A3 6B3 SBZ 5Bl 5A5 6Bl 6Bl 6Bl SA3 6Bl SAZ 0Bl 6AZ 6Bl 6Bl 6Bl 5A-l 6BZ 5A4 5A3 6Bl SB3 5A2 5A3 6B3 6BZ 5A5 6B2 Pl'BI.lC SCHOOL 173, MANIlA'lA'I'AN'-jL.?NE, 1930 Dramatics .I SCENE ERoIvI HTHE FAIRY GIIfTS PRESENTED BY CLASS 5A5 UNDER THE DIRECTION or MISS MCKEON Dramatics in P. S. 173, Manhattan One of the most interesting extra-curric- ular a.'2:vities in our schools is the dramatic work done by our children. Upon the children themselves rests the selection of each play. Several books of plays are given to them to read. Spirited discussions ensue! The possibilities of each play are minutely checked by the young producers, until one is found that satishes them as a play worthy of production. The children selected The Fairy Giftsl' to produce. The action took place in the early seventeenth century. lt was the ex- quisite idea of the Twelfth Night Feast where the fairies give gifts that foretell the future. ' Among others of our notable productions this year was The Goose l'lerder, a beauti- fully enacted portrayal of mother-love. Balboa was an historical play. Nathan Hale brought tears to many eyes. An enjoyable Christmas selection was the old favorite of Dickens, 'fThe Christmas Carol. HELEN NTCKEON, Teacher of SAS. Page Thirty hz t PUBLIC SCHOOL 173, MANIIATTAN-JUNE, 1930 Uther Winners ofthe Tear Floyd Gibbons Report on Hudson District Meet! I lello, Everybody! 1 have some hot news for you! 1 attended the lludson District Meet at the 168th Street Armory on May 3, 1930, and what a meet! The boys in our School who received medals and helped to bring honor to our School are Frank Silva, Thomas Ford, Cas- per Cramer and Paul Piskosh. What we need is more boys like these! Twenty-three schools participated. Of these, P. S. 173 was a winner. I had the best time of anyone there. I wonder that I didn't win a medal for cheer- ing so hard for P. S. 173. I have no more time left, and so until another broadcast, Bon jour! ALICE KERNER, 6131. DANCING IN THE AUDITORIUM Page Thirty-six 4:'K'. L'u. . . ,r .K rv f wav? Y. . 55Q,,,,'fI:3 1 .7 E 1 ffaflrj ff ,,vyg5fg:: Wm- -f ' fl A- 1- K L-.L f- - 5-'71, mzglr' x,gr,1:a ' Q. . 31,43 .Wg ww-.W M. ITL-'L - -N,--,e:1.a. .Q - , . my Q, agar.. ,.o--.. ' I-,LI I A. 4-54 ' ' ,QM 5515- aide at . ' c - L'-.:. L-:ax ' -114 , I ,f3l?'.:'El E-EI. I 'A ' - f..':'.:.'..r.:'.: a.':.':.s 'i - - , We-4 Z 3 1- .fr -it f ...---- ..s . , s :e.KPt ,Ps'V,n31S?lsV'53a1 +15 fm' flwisi' ,na I if i Q Q V 1 I , 1 V ,ef-gg I . , - 9 if W f W 437 W. ' . : 2 1 'V ,W Q p xiii I 3 7 . f - ' ,. . V .- D 5 s '- it qi 11 Q a N., i3 in - c.. - K . A. .' -,res N . gf . lfgwvqaf TRACK TEAM Get on 'Your Mark! Get Set! Go! Now the meet's over and we know Who is who. My, it's too bad you weren't at the !'Armory to see our boys go! Four of our boys, Frank Silva, Thomas Ford, Casper Cramer and Paul Piskosh, are decorated with medals for getting a place in the 440-yard relay. But, we canlt forget the others. 'Did they go? 1 should say so! Anyway, they did the best they could. Some of the children could hardly talk on account of cheering. Everybody said he had a better time than his !'Pa1s. After the dashes some children from dif- ferent schools did some Hne drill work. Let's give thanks to everyone who helped us in anything connected with the meet. MILTON GRUSMARK, 6131. PUBLIC SCIIOOL I73. MANIIATTAN-JUNE, 1930 Essay Writing During the spring of 1929 Class 5Al, whose teacher was Mrs. Martin, added to the glory of P. S. 173 by winning one of the highly-prized bronze medals which was awarded by the Mayor's Committee on Fire Prevention, for the best compositions on 'ASaI'eguarding the Home Against Fire. The winner, Robert Frankel, who is now in 6Bl, felt quite proud to be invited, with the suc- cessful competitors from other schools, to the City Ilall where Mayor Walker presented the medal to him. Unfortunately, the com- position is not available now, but we are try- ing to get a copy of it for future publication. CHARLES HERZBERG, 6Bl. -1946-X-59 The Poster Class During our drawing periods pupils have been busy making posters illustrating the following: Safety, Clean Up Week, Park Preservation, Health, and Open School Week. These posters were made for practical use. The Clean Up and Safety Posters were dis- played throughout the school. The ones on Open School Week and the Preservation of Parks posters were sent to Riverside Park Association where they were awarded two prizes and two honorable mentions. SYLVIA HoRowITz, 6B3. V V V The Childrenis Fair Our teacher told us that there was to be a Children's Fair from October llth to l7th, 1929. It was held by the School Nature League in the Museum of Natural History. I went down there and saw many interesting projects. .After the exhibit, prizes were awarded Class 6Al won second prize on the topic of 'Conservation of Our Forests. The prize was ten dollars, with which the class pur- chased a picture. This they presented to the School Nature Room. Two of the Individual Exhibitors were joseph Samuely, who won a prize for mak- ing hard-water soap, and Ruther Leder, who won one for making a candle by herself. Both of these children were in Miss Hourgil's class. The money they won was presented to our School Nature Room. I hope that we will enter the exhibit to be held in December next year. VIRGINIA LINDSAY, 5B3. CO LOR GUARD Page Thirty-sefven PUBLIC SCHOOL 173, MANIYIATTAN-jUNE, 1930 Winners vin Attenelnnee and Pnnetneclvity jerome Halpern Harry Hartman FEBRUARY-jUNE, 1930 6B1 Rosa Erbesheld BZ Gertrude Beldner Shirley Weisman Arthur Lyons Bernard Mark Bertram Winston Paul Piskosh Helen Adams 6133 Hilda Genzburg Margaret Gerwitz Yokiko Nonaka Natalie Reinken jeanne Rosenthal Irene Schapiro GAZ Arnold Miller Lillian jacobstein Frederick Paffrath Sadie Hartman Roslyn Simmons 6A3 Betty Greenberg Abadel Till Kiyoko Nonaka Martin Israel janice Schoenfeld George Kitzes Ruth Silver james Tomlinson Harry Wilson 5B1 Lawrence Cohen Marianna Quinn Norman Grober Edward Zornberg Harvey Rothschild Helene Koerpel Dorothy Lyons Page Thirty-eigbt William Cargill Stanley Doran john Ogle james Springer 5B2 Donald Endelman Bernard Kass james Parish Arthur Rosenberg lfdward Weinbrenner Helen Crandall Paula Sancier Mildred Klein Betty Marcus Renee Fundler I lelene Orloff Lawrence Finck Harriet Noshkes joel Chavin Robert junger Bernice Cherkos Estelle Cohen David Laurie Darrell McCain Winifred jaborg Adele, Kaufman B3 jean Paris Viola llermansdorll 5Al Dorothy Friedman Doris Gross lidith Medine jane Rosenbaum Lillian Schoolman Florence Seiden 5A2 Edward Wurfer Ruth Grodman SA3 Thelma Greenspan Rosalind Schwartz Arnold Goodovitch Sam Freeman Philip O'Neill SA4 Fran k Weinbrenner Madeline Frazier Naomi Stone rx,-rs-rsnnx4vsns4vs4 Walter Waterman Berj Kara Rita Antkes Paul Smith joseph Bauer Irwin Stein Virginia DeBruin Gladys Dick Ilerbert Blimbaum Richard Brown Myron Canter Richard Fisher Richard Isaacs PUBLIC SCHOOL I73, MANHATTAN-JUNE, I930 rs- nxauxnrsa rs-nxusn ns-nxnvsn rsuxa 5A5 Lillian Moran Dorothy Rubin Frances Lipman 4BZ joan Gordon 4B3 Betty Gelbfarb Shirley Glanzrock Muriel Levy Doris Brandeis 4Al Sinclair Korman june Henneberger Tiva Belle LeMar Adele Pfeferblum Shirley Plotnick Dorothy Rose 4AZ Walter Clyde Quimby Ruth Frazer Lillian Langguth 4A3 Franklyn McClintock Robert Price Myron Cashman Herbert Cutler Bernice Tamor Morton Puner Lenore Roth 3Bl Georgette Rosenthal Lavita Weissman Virginia Slate 3134 Rita Beller 3135 Florence Elbling Philip Benjamin 3A1 Doris Ginsberg 3A2 Murry Goldenberg Thelma Goldberg Rosa Weil Evelyn Schwartz ZBI Alan Herfort Stanley Solomonidi Sherwin Grossheld Miriam Drucker Irwin LeBowski Aiko Nonaka Ray Lipschitz Maria Swatosch ZB4 Norma Wills Hannah Rapaport ZAI Stanley Newstadt Lawrence Soll Mark Lesser Norma Mandlebaum Sheldon Binn jerome Morton Arthur Epstein Howard Moskowitz ZAZ Seymour Horowitz Donald Genzburg ZA3 lilvira jaborg Fay Zuckerman Gloria Noschkes lBl Kimmie Yokoy Beatrice Greene IBZ Mary Allen Crowell IB3 Gladys Claman Berta Kasner IB4 Stanley Phillips lAl Edward Grafstein Howard Nitzberg IAZ Grace Friedman Howard Diamant Page Tlfirly-nine vs- nxnsu-snxv-so-sn :susan-we v-snxanrsa :xnxx 5,4ns.4v-s.sns4nxnrs4ns.4ns.vsnnx,us-vsanns-ss,-v-s4ax4 PUBLIC SCHOOL 173, MANHATTAN-JUNE, 1930 ss.l-wsu-s.nsnrs,u-sa sxnesanxn-sns,uns.4 n-s4osuxns.rsus.n- KINDERGARTEN 4 Leopold Roth OPEN Am CLAss Helen Gallinger Irwin Cooper 'Thrift KINDERGARTEN I Grace Guth KINDERGARTEN Z Helen Pappas Arthur Rodbell KINDERGARTEN 3 Florence Mills Thrift Thrift is 'iwise spending. Learn to store up some of your wealth, that you may have the money when the time comes to purchase a needed article. The habit of laying aside a bit is worth acquiring. Your bankbook is an indication of a carefully planned-for future. Think far ahead-college and your career! Start now and save for them! No matter how small the sum saved, it repre- sents your attempt to take care of yourself. The school bank is at your service, ready to help you. ROBERT FRANKEL, 6Bl. Every Child Should Belong to the Bank I think that every boy and girl in our School and in every other school should belong to the bank. Once a friend asked me what book I liked best. I told him a baseball book. Then I asked for his preference. He told me a bank book. Since then I've learned to like it, too. In our school the bank money is collected once a week by reliable boys. I hope that those who read this article will join the bank at once. MORTIMER Low, 6B I. The Bank One of the best habits anybody could have is being acquired in our school. This habit is thrift, or, in simpler words, the habit of saving. The bank books are collected weekly. The children delight in watching their bank account grow. lVli1.ToN GRUSMARK, 6Bl. Page Forty PUBLIC SCHOOL 173, MANHATTAN-JUNE, 1930 Decoration to Date Through the Pictured Halls Would you like to come with me on a journey through part of our school to see the decorations F There are tive entrances to our school. We shall enter through the l73rd Street door. To the right is the auditorium, which seats about six hundred and forty. If we look at the platform we see a large bronze tablet of Washington signing the Dec- laration of Independence. Along the walls, there are seven beautiful pictures, three of which were presented by various 6B classes. The two l'd advise you not to miss seeing are, Grand Canal, Venice, by Turner, and The Child Handel, presented to the school by Mr. Albert Polnariow. If you have ever read the story or seen the motion picture, l landelf' you would realize that Handel's father did not like music. One night, Handel's father had broken the boy's violin. He went to bed and cried. The mo- ment he thought that his father had left the house he jumped from his bed and went to the attic, where no one but his mother knew there was a piano. His father came home early with some friends, heard some one playing the piano in the attic, and went to see who it was. ln the picture, The Child Handel, you see Handel's father starting to scold him. Now that you know the history of this picture, won't you be anxious to see it again? We now take exit number one which brings us to the ofiice of Miss Hynes, our Principal, on the second floor. Outside the office is the Bulletin Board, which has on it all of the latest news posted by the children. Anyone is allowed to see it at any time or to con- tribute to it. If we walk a little farther we will see the picture, Normandy This is a beautiful scene of fiowers of France. Let us walk still farther and we pass eleven Mother Goose pictures. These are there for the beneht of the lower classes, especially for the hrst year and Kindergarten children. Some new pictures have just come which l have not had a chance to see yet. Look for them! Gi.AoYs GRANAT, Open Air Class. l Pictures on the Fourth Floor On the fourth floor of our school building there is a group of pictures painted by john W. Alexander telling about the evolution of writing. The first is the imaginative representation of the age of oral tradition. It was, perhaps, the head of the tribe whose memory held the tribal literature, and who told stories about it before the campfires. Page Forty-one PUBLIC SCHOOL 173 , MANHATTAN-j UNE, l930 v-x4naevs4nx.4ns:vs,4ns4ua:o-x4ns4v1rs4vs4nx:os.cus.4va:rs The second picture represents the trans- mittal of thought through the Dark Ages. Much fine literature of ancient days would have been lost to us if the monks had not been writing with pen and ink in their mon- asteries in manuscript form. A The next picture represents the Hrst print- ing press, a movable wooden type, invented by john Gutenberg. We can see how the world has progressed with this machine. The Hrst one invented made only sixty or seventy copies per hour, while the big ones we have now print a million copies a day. PAUL HARRISON, SA5. The Angelus ln the back of our school-room hangs a colorful picture of The Angelus. It was painted by Millet. There are two peasants praying, with their heads bent low. ln back of the woman is a wheelbarrow. A rake stands planted in the ground beside the man. The sun is setting in the background. The picture makes me think of the solitude of evening. VERA GUNNING, 5A4. 1ND1v1DuAL RESEARCH IN OFFICE 460 Page F orty-two vsuxuosnvvrsevsanxausnsxuwxuvserxnuxnvsn vsux. PUBLIC SCIIOOL 173, M.-XNIIATTAN-JUNE, 1930 -rsuxnx.wsuxns-v-x-ax-nsuxnnxnnxansnnsunxnnxnusers, The F 'irst Contact with the World of School Kindergarten I The children were interested in birds and we learned the names of several and songs about each. As we did not have one for the cardinal bird, Leo Alpert volunteered to make up one and the following song was the result: The Cardinal bird is red as a rose. He wears his hat wherever he goes. Kindergarten II This kindergarten picture represents the type of activity we have each day. The children respond to various materials placed within their reach, and use them to carry out problems of their own. The chil- dren, as far as possible, purpose, plan, carry out, and judge the result of their problems. The teacher's part is to supply the en- vironment Which will call out the child responses to control the situation without dominating itg also, to raise the standard of the work with any help that may be required. ELLA B. MALCOLM. Page Forty ibrvt s.ns.4vs.4rs.4ax4vs.u-suns.4v-snnxa-xnvxn-x4sx4vsnvs4 PUBLIC SCHOOL 173, MANHATTAN--IUNE, l930 usarianxnit nrsawsansavsausansnvsunsassaaxnxuxuvsarxaq GREMARKS FROM FIVE-YEAR-OLDS Kindergarten H Knows that the Fleet Is in the River 'lYesterday I saw from my window that all the warships were lit up with a bright light. HERMINE Poucn. I saw sea planes on a boat and I saw the propeller going. BILLY ISAACSON. I saw aeroplanes all in a row. LILA WEISBERG. I went with my Daddy to visit a war- ship. We went out in a little boat to the big boat. I saw the sailors talking with flags. I can show you how they did it. SEYMOUR FAUST. I liked the trains and tracks because I have them home. JULES KAPLAN. I liked the South Pole because there was ice and I like the cold, and there were air- planes. JOHN KUMMY. I liked the farm, because the cows are nice and little children are there. KELMA SHAPIRO. I liked the circus, because there were clowns, animals and a lady on a horse. JOAN FRIEDMAN. I liked the orange tree, because it showed how oranges grow. EDYTHE COHEN. Page Forty-four Enthusiasm The picture was taken at 2:30 P. M. At 3 P. M. indignation reigned. Where is the picture? Can't we take it home now? 46-K-'IG-IP Comments of Kindergarten HI after a Visit to Project Exhibit MI liked the big bridge-it was built so well and had many autos and boats. ALLAN GILBERT. I liked Com. Byrd's Expedition because I like snow and its snowy all the time. EVERETT FIRESTON E. I liked the bird houses, because I love the birds, pigeons and sparrowsf' IIAROLD LAUZNER. 49 'K' 'IG -JG Original Story Told by Marion Leiclimer, Age Six 'Years HEDITHIS FRIENDU Once upon a time there was a little girl by the name of Edith. She went to school one day and met an owl. The owl said to her, Where are you go- ing? Edith said, I am going to school. The owl said, 'lPlease, may I go with you? Edith said, The teacher wouldn't like it: but after school I'lI come and play with you. Then the bell rang and she went to school. MARION LEICHMER, Kdg. III. wx-vx1-sans'vsfnvvsnvs-nxnvsavs-ns4rx1 as-:sms PLTBLIC SCIIOOI.. I73 Echoes from Little Workers One by one the association of Little Folks of lBl gaily step into their little kingdom each day, to be transported to the far dis- tant land, where A, B, C's jostle each other to see how many words they can crowd into, and where those elhsh little fellows, Mr. l, 2, 3, 4, etc., keep appearing just to mix a fellow. The good fairies are with us this term. for all the Little Folks of lBl,' feel that they have been able to catch hold of the A, B, C's, and to keep in place the jumping r I, 2, 3, 4s. MARY M. FLYNN, Teacher IRI. 'I' 'X' -X' -IE Our Speech Class Our speech class is organized for children who do not speak correctly. I think it is helpful to have a class of this kind in our school. It has helped me a great deal and now I talk much better. I want to take this opportunity to thank my teacher, Mrs. Mc- Cord, for taking so much interest in me. MEl.VlN KALPAN, 4A2. 'K' 'BG -lf 'X' The Chilclrerfs Humane Army I will try to be kind to every living thing. I will feed the birds and give them shelter and care. If I had a dog, I would take good care of him. If he felt sick or cut his paw, I would fix it. AUDREY DEJONG, 3Al. , MANI IATTAN-,I UNE, l930 Heard in 1B2 At the beginning of the term we decided to form a Phonetic Club. We always enjoy our phonetic period. It is great fun to be able to pronounce big words without help. Teacher-'fRichard, why didn't you tell me yesterday was your birthday? Richard-'fl didn't want you to give me anything, Miss McCabe. Lune T. MCCABE, Teacher IBZ. M 'X' K- 'X- My Parents Our parents do so many things for us that I like to make them happy. On Parents' Day and every other day in the year I try to be good. ACY LEHMAN. ZBI. -19-X-'X--X' Our Clearifup Club Our school has started a new club. The name of it is The Clean-up Club. It is open to all the pupils in P. S. l73,' Man- hattan. The captains are two of the cleanest children in each class, one being a girl, the other, a boy. The aim of this club is to keep our city streets clean. Not only on the streets but everywhere we must try to clean up. To keep paper and garbage in the rubbish cans, is one rule we all wish to teach, so that soon our neighborhood will be the cleanest in Greater New York. DANIEL SCHLOMBERG, SA2. 925 lg 995 995 Page F orty-five PUBLIC SCHOOL I73, NIANIIATTAN-JUNE, 1930 ..n-xnrsuxn -xnxnxn uxnxan-xuxnvsnvssnnsevxuxa ns.n-sue nxnfsnsus.nvx.nsnnsufxus4 nins,uxuxn-sux.. usa Health THE OPEN AIR CLASS UNDER THE GUIDANCE Health Ilealth! llealthl The greatest Wealth! Master of us allg With it, we can climb and buildg Without it, we will fall. jEANE'r'rE LOWENSTEIN, 5A Open Air. Page Forty-six OF A SPECIAL TEACHER, MISS ENOCH fl Glass of Wfilk A glass of milk at the ope' of the eye, A glass of milk when the sun's in the sky, A glass of milk right after lunch, That brings you health all in a bunch. AVLINE SHAPIRO, 6A3 PUBLIC SCHOOL 173, MANHATTAN-JUNE, l930 Dear Readers: As President of the Open Air Class, I take pleasure in telling you about it. Our object in class is to improve our health and work. In the morning before nine o'clock we have morning inspection, followed by lessons in hygiene. Some of the health topics studied have been about milk, teeth, proper foods, rest and play. After that we do our work by assigned contracts. At ten o'clock we go into the yard and play different games for about ten or hfteen minutes. When we return to our room, we have our milk period. We again continue with our work until twelve o'cIock. When we return from lunch at one o'clock we have a rest period until two o'clock, and then a short lesson in formal gymnastics. This is followed by lessons in penman- ship, composition or manual work. Our method of doing most of our work is by assigned contracts, which explains the work we do in class. The reason we have these contracts is because we have different grades from 3A to 613. We each have regu- lar help in our work every day by Miss Enoch, our teacher. I know that everyone is interested in the way the Open Air Class accomplishes work. I hope this letter explains it. Yours truly, RHODA WILD, President. Health Pledge We, of the Open Air Class, in order to gain weight and be healthy boys and girls, do the following five things: I. We clean our teeth at least twice every day. 2. We go to the dentist every six months. 3. We eat the proper foods. 4. We keep good sleeping hours. 5. We obey all of the Health Rules. GLADYs GRANAT, 6B Open Air. 0 0 9 School Medical flttention Do you all know we have a sympathetic nurse-lVIiss Callan? I will tell you what she does for us. After the doctor inspects us to hnd our defects, he records these on cards. A slip is then sent home to remind our parents to take us to the doctor to correct poor eye- sight, teeth, tonsils or adenoids. i If we cannot afford to pay, the nurse finds a clinic for us. In a few days she comes in to see if we have checked up on our defects. I hope everybody appreciates what she does for us. I know I love her. JEANETTE LOWENSTEIN, 5A Open Air. Page Forty-seven PUBLIC SCHOOL 173, MANHATTAN-QJUNE, l930 sn nsnx,-mx 1 nxmxuxu-suvxaaxansnvxnaxnnxnvfsnasa vsusus- usa-xn-xnxx.-sus' :su-sux: usa-v, MABEL HOBART A ssistant to Principal 5Parents' Association The Parents' Association has held six suc- cessful meetings this year. Through the ac- tive work of Mrs. juskowitz, the President, and Mrs. Rossner, the Vice-President, inter- esting lecturers have been secured to address the members on these occasions. MARY M. FLYNN SADIE STEINFELD ELLA B. MALCOLM MAY F. CLARK Business Managers LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD DR. MATI-IEW SLATE, Chairman MRS. SELINA B. KING MRS. FANNIE G. SCHOTTLAND MRs. KATHERINE D. CODDING MRS. THERESA G. LINDHEIM Page Forty-eight Y YW wrni,-F.-,-...,,, WY IIVIDEPC ...Ol PICTURE OF SCHOOL ...,..,.,,.., DEDICATION ................,....,..,.,,...,..... PICTURE OF DR. CONROY ....,,....,.,.. EDITORIAL BY THE PRINCIPAL ..... CREATIVE WORK .......,......,.............. EDITORS ...,..,.......,.., POEMS ...4.... STORIES ...,,. PLAYS ..,......, PROJECTS .,,........,,.............,....,..........,...,..,..,...,....,........ .4,..,. ,... JUNIOR EDITORS ,,.,.....,..,.......,... .....,...,.,..,.,..,,.,..,.................,., , .. GARDENS AND SCHOOL GARDEN ASSOCIATION ....... NATURE ROOM AND SCHOOL NATURE LEAGUE ...,..,. IN THE LIBRARY ..........,...,....,.,.,...,....,...,...............,... .......,........ VISUAL EDUCATION IN I930 ..,.,,. CLUBS ..............I,.....4....,...I.,....,.............,..,....,. HISTORY CLUB AND CIVIC LEAGUE ...,I.... GEOGRAPHY CLUB ...,..,...........,...,........ GLEE CLUB ........,. PATROL .........,.. DRAMATICS ..,...,,.,.........................,....,,..,.,.... OTHER WINNERS OF TIIE YEAR ............,.......,.,......,..,..... .. WINNERS IN ATTENDANCE AND PLNCTUALITY .... . THRIFT .......,.,..................,...,..,...................,....,......,,...,.,..........,. ,......,.......,. . . DECORATION TO DATE .,.........................,..,,................ ...... ,.,....,..,..,.... .,.. THE FIRST CONTACT WITH THE WORLD OF SCHOOL I-IEALTH AND THE OPEN AIR CLASS ...,.....,...... ............,...,,. , PARENTS, ASSOCIATION .....,,,.,..,..,..,.....,...... LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD ...,. INDEX ....... Q ...............I..I....,.....,.....I.., LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ..,.... ADVERTISEMENTS ....,.......... PAGE I 3 4 5 7 7 7 I I I6 I9 20 ZI Z3 25 Z8 30 30 31 32 34 35 36 38 -I0 4I 43 46 48 48 49 50 53 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS loi- PAGE PUBLIC SCHOOL I73, MANIIATTAN .. ,. I DR. CONROY IN HIS NEW OFFICE .....,.,. .. 4 CLASS NATURE ROOM ..... ZI SCHOOL NATURE ROOM ..... Z3 IN TIIE SCHOOL LIBRARY ..... 25 VISUAL INSTRUCTION ,........,.........,........,.... ..,,.. 2 8 HISTORY CLUB AND CIVIC LEAGUE ..,.. ....,. 3 0 GEOGRAPHY CLUB ,,..,.,...........,.................,.. ...... 3 I GLEE CLUB ..,.................,..... 32 IN TIIE MUSIC ROOM ........ 33 IN TIIE GYMNASIUM ...,.. , 33 THE SCHOOL PATROL ,.....,.,.... 34 DRAMATICS- FAIRY GIFTS .. .. 35 TRACK TEAM ..,,.... 4,.......,.4.,,...,....,......., 3 6 DANCING IN TlIIi AUDITORIUM ..,. 36 COLOR GUARD ..........,..................,..,,...,..,,....,.... I..... 3 7 THROUGH THE PICTURED HALLS ........, ..,... 4 I IN OFFICE 460 ,,.....,.......,.,...,......,........,.....,.,... ...,.. 4 2 KINDERGARTEN ACTIVITIES .... 43 OPEN AIR CLASS .........,........,,,.,. Q .......,..,,.... ....,. 4 6 PUBLIC SCHOOL I73, MANHATTAN ......,,. ..,,.. 4 8 UJUCTOQGRMCPHS UYUTOQGRMTHS ltclephones BAR clay 6242-6243-6637 listzlblislwd 1886 A. L. BAZZINI COMPANY Imp ortefrs Nuts and Dried Fruits Peanuts Our Specialty 110-116 PARK PLACE NEW YORK EVENTUALLY WHY NOT NOW Open an Account in C0mm01n1Wea11l1t1h1 Savings Bank OE NEW YORK CITY 161st STREET 'Ed AMSTERDAM AVENUE 4242 BROADWIAY CNear 181st Streetj WHERE INTEREST IS PAID AT 4-V271 per annum FROM DAY OF DEPOSIT JOIN OUR VACATION CLUB WOOLF EYESIGI-IT SERVICE, Inc. 17 JOHN STREET New York Telephone COR tlandt 6718 JUMPING crickets! What news I have for you to-day. It's about the greatest, most entertaining maga- zine you ever read-a magazine called- The Funnies If you want it send I0 cents in coin or stamp to the Funnies, 100 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Bank of Manhattan Tirnst Company BRoADwAY AT 169th STREET CAMP NAMIECGO The Ideal Camp for Boys LAKE EFNOR Corinth, N. Y. REV. '25 MRS. CLARENCE J. 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