Loomis Chaffee High School - Confluence Yearbook (Windsor, CT)

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south from Xllss Iennle Loomls To facllltate the xxork grading xxas con tlnued all xxlnter the fro en ground helng blasted and then remox ed xxlth a steam shox el brass seed xx as soxxn ln August 'and xx as green for the openlng of school ln SPIIC of the best efforts of all concerned the xxeather and foundatlon troubles delax ed the xx ork and the last month before school xx as a hectlc one It xxas generallx prophesxed that the the plant xx as not xxhollx flmshed but on September 23 1914 the school began as adxertlsed the palnters 1T1OX1I'1g thelr staglng out for the first dax and returnlng as soon as the parents had left The contractors xx ere about the place for a month more especxallx on account of the barn xxhlch had been started a llttle later than the other bulldlngs Xlmost as soon as school had opened xts success became so assured that thought xx as turned to the school and admlnlstratlon bu1ld1ng the larg nngq, est of all Tentatlxe plans xx ere made bx the archltects a model presented to the Trustees accepted bx them and contracts for the S300 OOO bu1ld lng let 1n Wax 1915 Such progress has alreadx been made that lf IS cer Q' DORMITORY GROUP MARCH 1916 18 . ' AV C - V DORMITORY GROUP' MARCH, 1914 opening would be delayed. It is true . . Q ' U 1 ?,

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lwhtlng etc were lemon lt was not unt1l julx lf that the contracts were slgned lhe Central l3UllLllY'lU Cdom panx of Worcester Mass started work at once w1th one xear to fl1n1sh the lDUllLllI'lgS Xs luck would haxe If the fall proxed extremelx ra1nx and the foundat1on tond1t1ons turned out to be had on actount of the claxex suhso1l l-lolts would he dug one dax and the walls supported hx two 1nch shonng In the n1ght a ram would come the shor1ng would be broken l1ke tooth p1cks and the hole would haxe to be dug agam Some part of the foundauons wh1ch had to be C3I'I'lCLl to a depth of tw entx feet w ere dug out three tunes Phe extra on th1s 1tem alone w as ox er T530 O00 and the delax sex eral months 4:3 GHMNASILM YEBRUARN 1914 Xll of thls tlme work on the Grounds w as proceedmv under the d1 rect1on of 'Xlr Qhefheld X Xrnold of Boston Xearlx ex erx square foot of Lllfll 1n s1ght was moxed to hu1ld the m un road and prox 1de athlet1c Gelds and ttnn1s courts The grade CFOSSINU w IS rtmox Cd NXlIl'l the co operat1on of the Xew Haxcn 1o1d 1nd the land on XXlAllLl'l p1rts of the D1n1ng Hall and IX ox l 1 st 1nd w is lttlulrtd ron Xlr l htly s and that further to twt Xwll LOM ROAD MARCH l9l-8 11 ' ' Q 'J 1 ' - D . .. O . , 1 . U - I I ' . k t N . . W I V - ' za , .' . ' . . . ' Y , - I U x . Q ' 1 1 N 1 v 1 U V . . b -A 1 ' YV sv 1 I I A 1 . ' . . ll '. ' 'L A 54. ' ' Y . j . I I. Y ' I 1 . l . 'I ' ' F , - f X? U C? ' A A Q g 4,- 4, V 's'-y Y l 1 . . , ' h I Las - . . 1, te 1 x, - 1 i - ca -f f. - -' - I C I v ' 1 ' ' 1 I L V D A C ,C L 4. Tal ' elill z 'az' 'X f'1 5 s, . 1 A 4 J , ,M 2 . , 1, ' 1

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