Wellsboro Area High School - Nessmuk Yearbook (Wellsboro, PA)

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. XX H S CHXIXASIKNI lug N ' 1 - 1. I Z JUNIOR-SENIOR LIBRARY AND READING ROOM

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LIBRARY Reading maketh a full man, said Bacon, and so to further the making of the full man our new school has a fme library filled with good literature and under the efiicient direction of Miss Minnie M. Mack, as librarian. During the last few years there has been increasing recognition of the importance and value of the school library, since more and more reference and collateral reading is required in studies, and also since it is during the school age that the reading habit is acquired. Wellsboro High School students may feel justly proud of and thankful for the spendid opportunity their school library affords. Located on the second floor of our new school building, the library is a large and beautiful room, containing six study tables, librarian's desk, paper and magazine files, card index cases, adequate shelf space for 5000 books, and small work room just off the library. It provides a convenient place for meetings and informal discussions by various groups. In a modern, well-equipped library there should be eight to ten volumes per pupil. This would mean that with an enrollment of over 500, Wellsboro High School should have four or five thousand volumes, while at the present time our library num- bers 1233 volumes, some of which are too ancient to be of much value. However we do have the latest periodicals, and the nucleus of a line picture collection. Gifts and ap- propriations to the library will, we trust, soon increase the number and quality of the books. Gifts to the library this first year have been: local newspapers, donated by the respective publishers, pictures, donated by John Y. Roy, books, donated by Mrs. Waldo Miller, Dr. Ray Bowen, Mrs. Porter Shall, Miss Anna Hastings and Mr. Hewstone K. Raymenton, Mr. L. E. Tarr and Miss Mack. The library is open a good share of the day and it offers a haven of rest and solitude where reference work, pursuit of current events, or pleasure reading may be indulged in by the student. We, the members of the school, feel that this library is as fine a piece of equipment as has been installed for the benefit of the student body as a whole.-L. B. C., Jr. '33. OUR GYMNASIUM Class, Atten-SHUN! This and many similar commands ring out daily in our new gymnasium, one of the finest departments in the new school. Combined with the gymnasium is the basketball and volleyball court and part of the stage. It also serves as an excellent dining room. Equipment in the gymnasium includes parallel bars, flying rings, spring board, volleyball and net. When Coach Robert F. Davidson and Coach Belle M. States first came here they found many boys and girls otherwise normal whose chest muscles and biceps were underdeveloped to such an extent that they were unable to do even the simplest exer- cises common to boys and girls of their age. Slowly and surely this condition is being eradicated. It has become evident to boys and girls alike that poise, grace, and phy- sical development are essential to a well-rounded education. The boys' gymnasium classes meet with their instructor, Coach Davidson, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings. The girls' gymnasium classes meet on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons with their instructor, Miss Belle States. Throughout the year exhibitions have been given by both sections. A picture from the boys' February exhibit, a notable show of skill in a school wholly unused to gym work, appears on the opposite page. Through the facilities of om' fine gymnasium and the excellent training of both instructors, we may feel sure that the young men and women who graduate will not only be mentally efficient but will also be physically fit so that they may meet firmly the challenges of life. Page Sixteen

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THE SHOP One of the many new features in the Wellsboro High School this year is the Manual Training and Shop Department. Even though this is the first year that this department has been represented in our school, it has already proved its popularity and worth. Under the capable guidance of Mr. Oberholtzer, the shop classes have turned out some excellent projects and have assimilated much practical knowledge which will be of value throughout life. At the beginning of the year each student was given instruction in the use and care of power-driven machinery, how to sharpen and adjust the edged hand tools, and special emphasis was placed on the rules of safety, which are so essential in the pre- vention of accidents. Much stress was laid on the care of tools. The first project was ai small plant stand, which gave practice in the use of the tri-square and in planning-to-measure. After this start, each student was allowed to plan his own project and work it out according to his own ideas. After mid-term ex- aminations, shop classes were held in Room 206, where instruction was given in draw- ing plans, billing lumber, and in sanding, polishing, and staining finished projects. The shop is equipped with band saw, rip saw, steel and wood lathe, and power drill. These machines, however, are not suitable for heavy work, and any material over two inches in thickness must be worked by hand. Although somewhat handicapped by this lightness of the power machinery, many fine pieces of furniture have been pro- duced, such as tables, plant stands, hall racks, and lawn chairs. Several exhibitions of shop work have been held from time to time, the largest one being held during Childrens Health Week. At this time the entire gymnasium floor was given over to the display.-W. W. W. '33. THE HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT The Home Economics Course, although it is not a new course in our school this year, certainly has been greatly improved and modernized since it is carried on in such a large and well equipped department in our new school. More girls than ever before have been prompted to take it this year because of the decided advantages offered. The Home Economics equipment includes two large rooms and a small dining room for practice work in serving dinners, teas, etc., and for learning the proper ar- rangement of the silver and dishes on the table. The first large room contains tables, mirrors, raised platform for style shows, ample cupboard space, electric iron, ironing board, in short every possible convenience for studying Home Making and Domestic Science. The other large room is given over to the Cookery Department and contains a stove, cabinets, food charts, and a fine refrigerator. It is from this department that some of the work in the school cafeteria is carried on, and each girl in the class is given an opportunity to help either in the preparing or serving of some article of food. This department is at present in fine condition and offers to the girls of our school a most complete course in Home Economics and Domestic Science. This course has a great molding influence on the girl taking it, and may impart a better idea of what should be taken up in later life. The Home Economics course is under the excellent supervision of Miss Inez Hadfield who is ably assisted by Miss Mary E. Reinwald. We feel sure that, with the splendid course offered, with the modern conveniences, and with two young women of fine ability at the head, as instructors, this department will con- tinue to flourish and will rapidly gain importance in the school.-L. B. C., Jr. Page Eighteen