Arthur Hill High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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N -.Q lxxlll ' l fl? wt .fdwive--Ill mists ml + 9 i 1 lux xt 'mx se. s. ,ft N ia , l' , l No hike rack for Howard Smith, but he can just put it along on top of those other bikes piled in such an un- ruly mess! No parking troubles for about 123 Hillites who drive ears daily. cc Olaf do you get there? To Hillites who were a bit vague as to the where-abouts of the school, the location seemed miles and miles from nowhere, but after experimenting with the shortest routes and after examining a school map, they dis- covered, much to their surprise and delight, that the school was centrally located and was much closer to the majority of students than they had dreamed. From north, south, east, and west Hillites came pouring into one ol the eight entrances of the school, and no matter how Johnny and Mary got to school, they welcomed its sight looming up in the distance . . . especially on cold, windy, or rainy days. From Carrollton, Bridgeport, Frankenmuth, Kochville, James, Saginaw, Spaulding, Thomas, Tittabawasee, and Zilwaukee Townships came 8 Nice springy days call for a little basking in the sun- light before classes begin. All out for Arthur Hill . . . just another method of getting there: the bus! our rural students some ol which drove in private cars and others bumped along their merry way on buses that had been provided by the schools represented. Unvacated Helds proved the source of hun- dreds of blocks cut oil lor some 861 students who would otherwise have to walk around. Out of the path and into the main street one meets cars streaming by carrying students who either drove their own, cars, or were taken by family or lfriends. Bicycles might not be so comfortable and fast as automobiles but they at least meant a mode of transportation and proved extremely popular by the appearance of the numerous bikes piled on top of each other at the east end of the school. Seven special city buses and the regular Bond Street to the corner of Mackinaw and Malzahn whizzed courses so mapped out

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llll PLll'l'llll Ill lllllll Yllllll. twenty different Firms. . . good bids with both quality and quantity, the Board hnally chose Frantz le Spence to do the architectural designs of which we are so proud. After all the designs had been drawn and checked, after seventy-two acres at Malzahn and Mackinaw streets known as the Schemm farm had been purchased from the estate, as it proved to be the most convenient center for allg the workmen broke ground on Septem- ber 7, 1938, with a contract to have -the building com' pleted in a year. A year of waiting and the students began to feel that there were not seven but eight wonders in the world, the eighth wonder being, I wonder when the new building will be hnished, with rumors of late materials, strikes and unfavorable weather. A year and a half passed and on ivlonday, January 29, the students Hrst stepped into the new building- a new semester in a new school. Even though workmen were still in the libraries and auditorium, the pounding and sawing mattered little to the students now that they were in the building- the school of their dreams. The school was oihcially received by the Board of Education for the city olf Saginaw April 10, 1940, when Mr. Robert Frantz of the Frantz ik Spence Architectural Hrm formally presented it to Mr. Harry E. Baker, vice-president of the Board of Education. Mfhen the floodlights, above the third Hoor win- dows, come on to light the columns in the center trout of the building where twenty projector lights are recessed into the over-hanging roolf, and both center doorways are lighted up through the glass bricks and the lfrosted glass windows of the towers, the new Arthur Hill becomes one of' the prettiest sights in Saginaw. Harry Schultz, con- dircclorg Mr. l- Bastian, presi- of the Board ot Edu- BOARD MEMBERS AND OF'I l'CERS Frank E. Bastian, President Harry P. Baker, Vice-President Cecil A. Baskins Harold D. Draper J. Orton Goodsell Charles A. F. Dall, Secretary Leonard A. Henning, Treasurer Chester F. Miller, Superintendent of Schools I. M. Brock, Principal ol' Arthur Hill High School I. Frank Luxton, Clerk of Board Edwin Benkert, Superintendent, Buildings and Grounds FORMER MEMBERS OF BOARD DURING PLANNING OR CONSTRUC- TION OF' BUILDING Charlcs G. Milne I Ll on , Supci in tcndenl WV. L, A. o the Bo id L Jiints i ti lirst board meeting in new building as thc nears comple- . Grace McClure ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS Dr. Arthur B. Mochlman-Consultant on Etlucatioiiiil Designing Hugh E. KeelerHConsultant on Con- struction and Mechanical Frantz SL Spence-Architects Bryant 8: Detwiler Company-General Contractors Otto Carlson-Heating and Plumbing, Contractor John Miller Electric Coinpany-Elctr Lrical Contractors Arthur Vollmer-Foundations F 7

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IKE CAI! , CllllSS - CUUNTIIY as to get in touch with the largest number ol students bound lfor school. All olf the vehicles with one destination in mind: the new school! Piling out of cars into the mammoth parking lot, slowly squeezing out of the overloaded,buses at the west side of the building, parking bikes at the extreme opposite end, or parading up one ol the walks on the campus is the campus picture between 8: 10 and 8:20 each morning. Then into school where classes begin! Saginaw youth again benefits! Mrs. Arthur Hill, widow of the nznnesalae of Afllltll' I-lill High, re' eently presented Frank Bastian, president of the Board ol' Education, with 357,500 as a nucleus for a fund to launch an Arthur Hill athletic stadium on the seventy-two acre plot where the new school is situated. The new Slflilllllll will he built around the track with its entrance on Malzahn street. The prospectus Of the stzidiuln shows that it will be Hreprool' and with all modern athletic equipment and facilities.