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

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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.

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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

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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