Appleton High School - Clarion Yearbook (Appleton, WI)

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also includes four vertical files containing clippings, pam- phlets, pictures, and bulletins. The academic section has been built to accommodate 1,800 pupils. The length of the main corridors on each of the three floors is 262 feet, a second corridor on each floor running along the south side of the auditorium is 172 feet long. The 75 class- rooms are all 22 and 24 feet long and vary in width. Through- out the academic sections are the commercial classrooms, the five science laboratories, modernly equipped, the sewing rooms, the kitchens, the speech room with its miniature stage- all complete to the last detail which will make educational opportunities for Appleton High School students as great as possible. Probably one of the loveliest show places of the building is the large Early American activities room on the first floor. The room is used by various school clubs and societies for social meetings. Paneling of light, natural pine, tasteful furnishings upholstered colorfully, bookshelves, wall pictures depicting scenes of the early American period, Venetian blinds, and a stone fireplace with brass andirons gleaming on the hearth make the room a thoroughly delightful place for students to hold social gatherings. A small, but completely equipped kitch- en where refreshments can be quickly prepared after meetings, is found connected to the main room. Rivaling any theater in Wisconsin in size, perfection and completeness of equipment is Appleton High School's huge new bullet-shaped auditorium. Nothing has been left to chance in this carefully designed room. 1,654 persons can be seated in the cherry-red stuffed chairs in the auditorium. tSee picture below.J The color of the seats blends with the red velour cur- tains, the cherry-tinted concrete aisles, and the rose trim along the borders and over the stage openings. The walls and the ceiling are painted grey. The equipment includes an asbestos curtain, a motion picture screen, scenery, ropes and pulleys, a giant switchboard which controls all the lighting in the build- ing and may be used for any lighting effect, a projection booth equipped for sound, radio, and public address, spot lighting, six banks of cove lights, fourteen lights set flush with the ceil- ing, and a paint studio, 30 feet above and behind the stage. The stage is 34 feet deep and 78 feet wide with a proscenium opening 24 feet by 36 feet. Above the eight-foot wainscoting of wood paneling are acoustical tile lines. The stage floor is built of fir and maple, and beneath it are rehearsal and dress- soundproof rehearsal chambers where musicians may practice ing room. Behind the large stage, which compares in appoints ments to the best in the state and on which the most elaborate productions may be staged effectively, is a corridor which leads to the band, orchestra, and chorus rooms. The individual practice rooms are a decided innovation. Other interesting statistical facts about the building are these: the huge smokestack in the shop section rises 100 feet from its base, 770,000 pounds of structural steel were used in constructing the building's framework, 2,100 keys to entrances, cabinets, closets, and files are registered in the main office, and 3,700 steel lockers are provided for the students' convenience. 'WL' A , - 7

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dim' .Zallm iZZ'leRef!S Hundreds of visitors to Appleton during the last year have driven along broad Badger Avenue and seen the vast, beautiful building which is Appleton's new million dollar senior high school. These tourists have been amazed at the size and the magnificence of the huge structure. And no wonder! Because it was recognized early in the history of the United States that learning and knowledge are indispensable in a democratic government, the agencies involved in the erection of the school have made the institution the finest educational plant in the state. Every advantage, every opportunity for broadening the cultural background of each student, for mak- ing the three-years' course as complete as possible, for prepar- ing students to meet life's p oblems and situations intelligently has been provided. The building is located on a triangular section of land at Badger Avenue and Winnebago Street. The dimensions of the site are 1,624 feet by 1,126 feet by 1,142 feet. Surrounded by spacious lawns, the school has a half mile of trunk line side- walks, a quarter mile of service walks, and a quarter mile of drives. Before the central tower entrance is a lighted fountain. An architectural style known as modern American - modern without being modernistic-has been carried out. Built of red brick, the structure is comprised of four distinct units-the academic section, which includes seventy-five large, sunny classrooms: the gymnasium, which seats 2,000 specta- tors on the bleachers and in the balcony which surrounds three sidesg the auditoriumg and the shops in one part of which are the three fifteen-ton boilers which heat the school. The shop unit, really a separate building, is connected to the main section by a 122-foot passage. Particularly unique features of the gymnasium are the bleachers which, when not in use, are folded into the wall, and the movable wall which separates the gym into two parts, one for boys and the other for girls. Glass bricks form the upper walls of the gymnasium and provide excellent natural light. One story above the floor level of the big gym is the correc- tive gym. Other rooms include two handball courts, showers: and dressing, equipment drying, and ping-pong rooms. Shuf- fleboard courts are laid out on the tiled corridor which com- pletely surrounds the main gymnasium. The athletic field, one of the state's largest, includes a huge intramural fieldg the track, the gridiron: and eight concrete tennis courts. The heart of the academic unit is, literally and figuratively speaking, the library, located centrally on the second floor. The walls are lined on three sides with high, filled bookshelves. Attractive and convenient displays for magazines and news- papers are found on the extreme south end. Long windows, the beauty of which is enhanced by Venetian blinds, extend the full length of the west wall. To the right and left of the entrances are the charging and receiving desksp between the two desks is the large card catalog. A browsing section, equipped with comfortable leather chairs, book stands furnished with study hints and ready suggestions, and individual study tables, is found in the center of the reading room. 140 students can be accommodated in the library. At the extreme ends of the room are doors leading to the two large study halls. Cn the shelves of the library are 9,000 carefully selected books: equipment 6 ,. 'M

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