Appleton High School - Clarion Yearbook (Appleton, WI)

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N X, 'i fi 'TJ Q N -' ' 'VI by .J 1, K, f rule by the majority yet safeguarding the minority. It is particularly fitting that this theme was chosen as the keynote of the dedication at a time when the theories and doctrines of democratic living are being challenged in many parts of the World. Fulfillment of the ideal of democracy is, then, the purpose to which this finest of educational institutions was pledged that evening. The Board of Education accepted this charge when Mayor Goodland on behalf of the city council presented the building to the chairman of the board, Mr. Gmeiner. There is little doubt that those citizens of Appleton who were among the audience will ever forget the close of the dedicatory ceremony. For as the lights dimmed and the band rose to play lohn Phillip Sousa's immortal Stars and Stripes Forever, the heavy curtains in the rear of the stage parted to reveal, poised against a background of Old Glory, a white-clad Statue of Liberty holding aloft a flaming torch, the symbol of freedom. Visitors who toured the building before and after the program were impressed by the unusual facilities for educational achieve- ment. Never before have Appleton high school students had such outstanding ad' vantages as this year's sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Through the medium of this publication the students of Appleton High School express their willingness to make common cause with the ideal to which the building was pledged. i I I i . - 1 'l - 1 .l ,

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fb ancfihegcfmal Members of the school board are Mr. Homer H. Benton, Mr. l. F. Behnke, Dr. G. T. Heqner, Mr. C. K, Boyer, and Mr. Robert McGillan, standing, deceased April l7, and Mr, lohn Wood, Mr. Benjamin I. Rohan, superintendent, Mr. Seymour Gmeiner, president of the board, and Miss Myra B. Hagen, secretary, seated. Mayor Iohn Goodland, lr., is formally presenting the school to Mr. Seymour Gmeiner, president of the school board, the night ot dedication. On Tuesday evening, December sixth, Appleton's new senior high school, ablaze with lights, was dedicated to the perpetuation of democracy. A capacity audience ot towns- people attended the impressive, three-hour dedicatory program. The three musical organizations of Appleton High School-the band, orchestra, and chorus -Dr. G. T. l-legner, a member ot the Board of Education, the Reverend F. C. Reuter, Mr. C. K. Boyer, chairman of the school board's building committee, Mr. H. H. Helble, high school principal, Mayor lohn Goodland, lr., and Mr. Seymour Gmeiner, president of the Board of Education, participated in the solemn cere- mony which pledged the new school to send into the community Uthoughts, concepts, atti- tudes, and principles which are fundamental in a democratic nation. We dedicate this school to the perpetua- tion and improvement ot democratic society and representative government, to the develop- ment ot self-respect and the preservation ot human rightsethe supreme value ot the in- dividual, to the continuation and perpetuation of the working principles ot democracy- ,im-ass uiwiuwitm M

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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