Arlington High School - Stillaguamish Trail Yearbook (Arlington, WA)

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CLASS OF 06

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CALENDAR Sept. 7. 1908—First Semester begins. Jan. 20-22, 1909—Examinations. Jan. 25, 1909—Second Semester begins. May 22-24, 1909—Examinations. Sunday, May 23, 1909—Graduating Sermon. Friday, May 28, 1909—Commencement. June 21, 1909—Alumni Reunion. HICH SCHOOL FACULTY Superintendent—Geo. Lancaster (History) Principal—Mr. F. E. Ostrander. (Science) Mathematics—Miss Grace Jarvis Languages and Literature—Miss Ross Kahn

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HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING AND EQUIPPMENT CHE new high school building is constrncted of con- crete basement, and two stories of hollow concrete blocks. Cost of site, $1,700; of building $12,300; of heating plant, hot air and fan, $1,500. The architect of the building is W. J. Plouffe of Tacoma. The con- tractor, A. Barrett of Arlington. The heating plant is installed by A. Gehrie of Tacoma, and will furnish pure outside air warmed to a proper temperature, changing the air in the entire building once every fifteen minutes. In the basement are located the heating plant in a fireproof room, chemical laboratory, toilets and lavator- ies, room for manual training, room for domestic science. On first floor are four recitation rooms, library and office. On the second floor is the auditorium, with one recita- tion room and two laboratories for physics and botany. The building is wired throughout for electric lighting, the laboratories are supplied with running water and sinks, and in each hall is a bubbling drinking fountain without cups, the source of much contagious disease. The laboratories are fully equipped with about $1,200 worth of apparatus and meet the approval of the state and university inspectors. There is a library of about 700 volumes, of Scientific, History, Mathematics, Language and Economic refer- ence books with about 100 volumes of select fiction. In the alcove of the auditorium is a reading table supplied with select periodicals.