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

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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

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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.

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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