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

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1, wt Wow TWH ntlv HEN Alice in Mfonderland stepped through the looking glass she was appalled by a gleaming land of imaginary and wonderful marvels . . . and so have Johnny and Mary I-Iillite been stunned with bewildered wonder, but instead of stepping into an imaginary land they have stepped into a reality . . . a reality so impressive and so won- drous to gaze upon that for a time these l-Iillites were a bit dazed. But soon they realized tl1at this was no dream . . . but something stable and that something was the new Arthur l-lill I-ligh School designed espe- cially for safety, comfort, and progress. Four hundred and sixty feet in length, the struc- ture resenibles a huge I-I of two floors with the exception of the center unit which has three. Stepping into one ol? the eight entrances, one hrst sees a long six-hundred-foot corridor that hasn't a protruding edge. All lockers, drinking fountains, lights, Ere ex- tinguishers and hose cabinets, exhibit cases, waste receptacles, bells, and gates are recessed in the wall. Along each side of the corridors on the lirst floor are twenty-six classrooms, divided into four depart- ments: science, English, industrial and home arts, and social science. Each classroom is equipped with six lighting fixtures controlled through an electric eye which automatically turns on or off the lights when

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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.

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lllllf T0 Tllll llll'l'llWll 'I' there is a scientifically-tested sufficient, or inadequate amount of natural light. All blackboards, located at the front of the room, have two indirect lighting fix- tures placed in the ceiling. These are -not controlled by the electric eye. Surveys have proved that thirteen per cent of school building accidents occur in the classrooms and there- fore inside of each room every precaution has been taken to make them the safest things under the sun. To avoid bumping heads the doors have been made with clear glass windows and have also been provided with locks of such a type that a student cannot be locked inside even though the door is locked outside. Still on the first floor .... is the auditorium, one of the most impressive and outstanding rooms in the building with exits at two corridor levels. VVhen night functions require the auditorium, gym- nasium, cafeteria, or library: ceiling concealed gates can be pulled down to cut off any separate unit. After looking over the first floor, john and Mary proceed up one of the modern, safe stairways. The steps are made of a sanitary, skid-proof, terrazo ma- terial that has been pre-cast for greater safety. The stairs, landings, and corridors are so designed to guide persons around the coves and out of the building in case of a fire panic. No point in tl1e building is more than one hundred 1 , s all --' - :., Q' feet or out of sight of a stairway or exit. The red esit lights, run from a separate circuit, are always sure to be on to insure the safety of night crowds. Twenty class rooms with separate wings for the language, commercial, math and art departments made up the second floor. Because the auditorium covers two stories and the balcony of the gym leads to the second floor, this floor is mezzanine type with one room to pay particular attention to . . . that being the Little Theater . . . with 2oo chairs for the audience, its stage, curtain, overhead and footlights. Only two departments . . . but two that no visitor should miss . . . are those covering the whole third floor, the cafeteria and the music department. The cafeteria fully equipped with two serving aisles, and about one hundred tables with eight chairs at each, make a room both convenient and beautiful. After Johnny and Mary Hillite had entered and examined every nook and corner of this wonderland, they decided it wouldn't be bad at all staying at school the whole six hours instead of having two hours free to ramble about as they had done down on Court Street. VVith safety an important factor chiining in with the other factors of modernity, size, and design, the new Arthur Hill I-Iigh School will grow as the com- munity grows and forever be a pride to Saginaw. Li ht and more light set ull each of these six dillerent stairways. The Night would not be feared il' from the darkness loomed a buildin-I two front and two back entrance stairways go to the third floor while whose lights always seem to say welcome, as does this right doom of the two front wing entrances go only to the second floor. the front center entrance off the plaza. ll -- - - t--fs.