Withrow High School - Withrow Annual Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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THE WITHROW BOOK VERY shrinking little freshie who ex- pectantly crosses the bridge and timid- ly enters Witlirow's confusing white halls is amazed at the immensity and strangeness of the place. In their eager desire to help those freshmen, whose trials they have already ex- perienced, the members of Scribblers, a liter- ary club for girls interested in creative writ- ing, each year compiles the Witlirow Book, a handy guidebook telling everything about the school of interest to the student. Every department in the school is ex- plained brielly, clearly, and informatively. There are maps and directions for finding the various places in the school, explanations of clubs, elections, courses, athletics, prepa- ration for college, scholarships, and all stu- dent activities. The president of Scribblers edits the book, with various committees composed of the other members. Each girl in the club writes articles about the subjects with which she is best acquaint- ed. These are referred to the composition committee, which reads the material and makes the necessary corrections. After all the corrected copy is typed, it is sent to the printer, and returned to the proof-reading committee for correction. The dummy is then pasted up and sent back to the printer to be made into booklets. The committee on art work designs draw- ings for the cover, selecting the best one from this group. This committee also draws floor plans of the school which are so help- ful to wandering strangers, and, especially, to freshies. The publicity and selling committee pro- vides for a proper advertising campaign and sees that every freshman, at least, buys this booklet, which is sure to be of much benefit to him. So it is evident that a great deal of work does into the preparation of this handy little guidebook for the students. VIRGINIA WEBSTER. 106

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i 'Sr 'HEX I Y w S f . L u f THE LIBRARY UR library with its shelves filled with representative works of ancient and modern authors, covering every class of printed matter desirable for high school stu- dents, is becoming more useful and valuable every year. Placed as it is in the exact center of the building and overlooking the tower and the bridge, it is easily reached from all parts of the school, and students in all de- partments make use of its resources. The school library as it is now presents a somewhat different appearance from that of eleven years ago. The alcoves at either end which were at that time only used for seat- ing are now completely equipped with shelv- ing and are used for the short story, history, and reference sections. Several articles of furniture, such as chairs and tables, have been added to increase the seating capacity. 108 The number of books has been practically doubled. However, the size of the library naturally will not permit any all-inclusive collection of books such as are found in large libraries. It has been the policy, there- fore, to assemble as large a group of repre- sentative works of the best authors as can be handled. Each year a new group of books constituting the very best in current litera- ture is added. Those who know books will affirm that excellent taste and knowledge of the best are shown in their selection. The pleasure every one derives from going to our library may be attributed in no small measure to the fact that it presents an atmos- phere which never fails to add to the enjoy- ment of the pursuit of intellectual develop- ment. U NEWELL BUSH.