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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