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

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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

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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,

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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.