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

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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

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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

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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