Highland High School - Highlander Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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A. B. Cochran contracted To build new A. B. Cochran and Son were contracted by High- land High School To add a new wing To The building. One hundred and ThirTy men worked eight months or 312,000 man-power hours on The consTrucTion of The S600,000 addition. 89,000 bricks and 27,000 glazed Tile were used. The new wing consisted of eleven classrooms, a mulTi-purpose room, a cafete- ria, a band room, a chorus roorn, and Tour shop rooms. Ten of the classrooms were To be ready Tor use The second semester. WiTh a larger TacuiTy and smaller classrooms individual sTudenTs would be able To receive more attention and a beTTer education. Trafiic jams in The halls could be eliminaTed. Both sTudenTs and Teachers would find better working con- ditions more conducive To inTellecTual activity. Crowd- ed classrooms and halls will be Temporarily relieved, but Highland's population will continue To boom, and more expansion will be needed in The TuTure. Mr. Don Lawyer, supervisor of construction, helped Mr. Donald Burris, Highland baind director, under stand details on The blueprint ofthe new band room 5 Highland's new addition joined the main building to form a courtyard which was to be planted with flow ers in the spring.

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conditions during opening doys Various changes ot Highland High School were noted by students on opening day. Construction ot the new addition to the building had begun. An increase in the size ot the student body was opporent os pupils encountered overcrowded classrooms ond hallways. Multord Davis had been promoted to the position of principal ond students noticed mony unfamiliar faces among the toculty. The men's lounge had been moved behind the stoge, and the gym was utilized os o study holl. Seventh-graders were without lockers dur- ing the tirst tew weeks ot school and could be seen in the halls carrying toll stocks ot books. Classroom activity was sometimes interrupted by the sounds of hammering ond drilling in the new addition. New this yecir was the split shitt. No meetings could be held first or eighth period. Crowded conditions ond the noises ot construction mode opening days ot Highland High School chaotic and hectic. Waiting to be served by Sharon Vaught in the bookstore are Tom Chambers, Tom Hull, Steve Kirby, Gail Tarvin, and Steve Keesling. Many students found the need for schedule revisions. Mr. Keith Davis helps Jack Baker rearrange his classes., L Many upperclassmen at Highland preferred to occupy the stair- way instead ofthe bleachers for noon gatherings. 5

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oddlhon To relieve congested conditions Cement mixing for the floors of the new addition look place in the punially finished gymnasium. fworkmen foiled long hours of the mixer amid clusters of shovels and wheelborrows. . i l N X L X l X , is A , K, M -Q K W VL! 1 Y Lid YV!! R R' X ti Jil, ' -ML, 'Il xl L X ,d Q l .N ' l U D m X X ,Ly u lv - X XJ V il V , I VK- yu 'll If ' ' L -XXL i, ,Ji ' V li i Y E V wxl, I. ., WL X' L, M K K W .L V ' I 1 it X X 1-Mhv, l. .llkx ,lol L al. ' 1 bl ' lk j ll V . fx f X 3 rr .Q i , r rf' x f lf 'V l V J LK - YL. L 'Lf K! 'A lb. 'l l W ,V KILL 'X . fl' Ol K L fl ' il l y LL l Q O l , X Lux Li ,kk l 'LV XV lj L Nl ., V l , A N If 4 l N' rv ,gk wi ,Ll Nik l LJ , X ,K 4 X Q y 1 . A , ix , X6 ZL . LJ KL. , y e ,f I 1 k , N , i x ,L J-' , , . ., X J . , , 1 l x j f 4 lu , Q' ,lf ul U h ' ' yd v L l f 1' 1 - ' Cuiting cement blocks was one of many duties performed by construction workers.