Angola High School - Key Yearbook (Angola, IN)

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— — T HE KEY «— -m «n— THE NEW ANGOLA PUBLIC SCHOOL One of the most outstanding events of the year, the formal opening of the new Angola Public School building, will he held on the afternoon and evening of November eight¬ eenth. The Honorable George ( ' Cole, State Su¬ perintendent of Public Instruction, will ap¬ pear on the program. Bishop Noel of P ort Wayne, the architect, the contractor, and a large number of teachers and school super¬ intendents from surrounding cities will be present. Judge A. C. Wood, of Indianapolis, will preside at the dedicatory program. The vari¬ ous architectural engineers will explain then- parts in the construction of the building. The public is invited to attend this pro¬ gram and inspect all departments of the building. There will be guides who will ex¬ plain just how a modern school operates. The new school building has been con¬ structed at a cost of $158,000, and Angola has been provided a school system second to none in this section of the state. The beautiful auditorium seating six hun¬ dred people, the spacious halls, and the well arranged class rooms are sure to arouse pride in the heart of every citizen of An¬ gola and the community. The details which promote greater efficiency will surprise and please the public. The manual training de¬ partment, the chemistry and physics labora¬ tories. the library, and the modern kitchen equipped with gas stoves and modern ta¬ bles, to be used by the home economics classes and in the cafeteria work, are evi¬ dences of the practical instruction given in the school. The building is of a conservative modern¬ istic design. The exterior surface is con¬ structed of pastel shade buffi brick, trimmed with Indiana limestone. The shape is that of an E, and there are three levels, the basement and the first and second floors. In the central part is located the auditorium; in the south wing, the rooms for the grade children; and in the north wing, the rooms for the high school class rooms. The base¬ ment is given over to shops, cafeteria, and laboratories. The stairs are finished in white marble with light green tile bannisters. The cor¬ ridors are done in terrazzo and asphalt tile. This is very beautifully matched with the yellow sand plastering and the buffi and green glazed tile around the door frames. Along these corridors on both first and second floors are recessed lockers for the students. In the upper hall to the left of the library door is the recessed high school trophy case. The auditorium is equipped with opera chairs, green window and door draperies, and rust colored stage curtains over which is hung a gold valance with a purple and gold monogram. At the back there is an encased projection booth to facilitate the working of changes in the lighting effects and to house the moving picture machine. The dressing rooms and private practice rooms are beneath the stage. The building is fireproof. The walls are of cement covered with plaster and rein¬ forced by steel. The floors are of cement covered with terrazzo, and the border design is of treated oak. Every possible provision has been made for the future. Increase in enrollment and expansion of activities programs will bring with them no new problems. Thus we see why Angola may be justly proud of her new public school building. DEDICATION PROGRAM Music.Angola High School Orchestra Lloyd C. Oakland, Director Song.America the Beautiful Builder’s Report . .W. A. Sheets, General Contractor Delivery of Keys of Building. .Architect Fred Pohlmeyer Acknowledgements....Cary E. Coveil, Clinton E. Beatty, and Edward C. Kolb Board of Trustees Introduction of Judge Alphonso C. Wood, Honorary Chairman Greetings from Parent-Teachers’ Asso¬ ciation.Mrs. Ina Hubbell, President Short Address.George C. Cole State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dedicatory Prayer.John Humfreys, D. D. Chorus......Girls’ a capella Choir Introduction of Guests . .Supt. John L. Estrich Music.Angola High School Orchestra Building Open to Visitors— Friday, Nov. 18, 3:00-9:00 P. M. Sunday, Nov. 20, 2:30-4:30 P. M.

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FROM THE BEGINNING Angola Academy 1866 Angola s first school was an old log building located near the present site of Klink s Funeral Home. The second build¬ ing was a frame one and larger than the first. It was erected near the Dr. Weicht property. In 1864 the frame building burned. Also there was the Union Seminary, a select school, located where the Hotel Hendry now stands. Later it became the public school of Pleasant township. The advance courses were given in t lie Seminary building (known as the Bee Hive) and the primary classes were held wherever rooms could be obtained. In May, 1866, a new brick building was erected where our school now stands. In the third story of this building was an audi¬ torium where plays were produced. At about this time tin students published the first school paper. In 1876, the surrounding counties sent delegations to the Angola Academy to prepare for teaching. This sug¬ gested the need of a teacher’s training school in northeastern Indiana. In 1883, the Academy was torn dow r n and the first Angola Public High School was built. However, since this building pro¬ vided no auditorium or place to give enter¬ tainments, the Alcyone Literary Society gave a number of ice cream socials to raise money to erect a stage in one of the larger rooms. School equipment in 1885 included chemical apparatus, a skeleton, a micro¬ scope, maps, globes, historical charts, and geometrical blocks. In 1905 the north wing was added. After nearly fifty years of serv¬ ice, the first Angola Public School building was torn down to make way for the present structure.