Auburn Adventist Academy - Rainier Vista Yearbook (Auburn, WA)

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U f essczgc fgxieomz fire Cgqcesziclerzf O! file 'g30t1:rc! You will find the largest volume dam of masonry in the world located at Grand Coulee, Washington. While this dam is second in height to Boulder it contains three times the amount of concrete used there. This structure would build a monument as high as the Washington monument with its base covering six city blocks, or sufficient concrete to pave two roads twenty feet wide from coast to coast. This gigantic piece of masonry will hold in control the water of the mighty Columbia from its source 616 miles above. The power plant established here will generate 2,420,000 horsepower. The irrigation project in connection with the dam will provide for irrigating 1,200,- 000 acres. Before erecting this dam it was necessary to remove 18,000,000 yards of dirtg 1,000,000 yards of rock was excavated. In general from six to ten feet of weathered surface rock was removed to prepare for the foundation. This foundation was repeatedly tested by diamond drill holes. The engineers, recognizing that the en- tire super-structure depended upon the foundation, made every provision to assure the lasting strength of the foundation. So it is in life. Success for this world and the world to come must be based upon a proper foundation. Auburn Academy, founded to promote the cause of Christian education has proven in the lives of young people a mighty instrument in helping them to establish their lives upon the sure foundation of Christianity. The Board and Faculty purpose that this work shall continue to be the outstanding ac- complishment of this institution. C. A. Scriven. 6