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

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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

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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.

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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.