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

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EN . . .14 leohcafion It meant moments of des- pair and moments of elation to bring about this school. It meant neglect to all other duties in order that a building might be born. To these men who helped Saginaw in build- ing its school, the members of the Board of Education and especially to Superintendent Miller, who gave so unceas- ingly of their time, we re- spectfully dedicate this book. ol the Board of Education and Superintendent Chester F. Mil- ler, the new Arthur Hill I-Iigh School has been educationally as well as architecturally designed. A community rather t.han a few men made possible this building by visiting the old school to know hrst hand its de- ficiencies. Then meeting with pZil'C11tS, business men, citizens of all walks olf life and school ex- perts to see what could be done. .ln one of the group studies the campus map was made. The map showed sixteen meeting places some three miles apart necessary to carry on the activities of a modern high school. Saginaw population distribution and growing residence districts were studied along with industrial progress and promise. Then a check of school admin- istrative organization was made to make possible necessary lead- ership in getting the voice and needs of the community ex- pressed and aware OI the situa- tion. IVhile publicity was under way to let the community know what group investigation had found, another channel of school admin- istration was making a survey ol' the school curriculum in correla- tion with industry and modern trends to determine any re- visions necessary before planning a plant for such a curriculum. A A A - vt J! 'U LL, 1 I ' 1 I -fig? sp' ' JA CURRICULUM STUDY ORGANIZATION S I H rr Il fa SAGINAW. MICHIGAN - A ,Ln rr rr I f r F I rr Q31 II pfg f' 'S VQ BOARD or EDUCATION Q JF 75 If ,jqi EEK M1550 A A-ities.. lf.-L. ,, , , x, 54, . X .. n-,J mfg CITIZENS Tj' in K lx f-:'JI' SUFEHINTENDENT or SCHOOLS ' -Tkfflamw-. I ARTHUR HILL I-IIGH t I -f X . -K PLANNING CURRICULUM DIRECTOR . -. I , ,, C. ,'- V 3 ,, , T IITIQI A- 77 4. PLANNING AND coonDINA1'INc , , ILII' , ' Y - I- - COUNCIL or 53 N IIA? I- I I- , -l, II I IaoA D or EDUCATION Gi'5imhT2LQg:'QG INDUSTRY CITIZENS PUPILS , CONSULT T A P X - szo SUPERVISORS PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS oRc.ANIzED av cnoups T0 DETERMINE: Q ARCHITECT LOCAL FINANCING - - I In I LI I :Ins stz sb: gas E'a1,,st,, 25:45 .pw - 'We-W' 5953 ogg gig 335' 5523 ECE swag SEQ -:I I I I- o IJ Q .. :a U - U D UCD SUFT-OFSCHOOL5 E, 3 23 333 525, gpg 5-1 P'-fgi23 zz X L FEDERAL I-INANCINC new euILoINc.s-cnouNDs . If I men scuoot. Cnour-s aEosCANIzED ,, av sua.1Ec1 FIELDS Ii . I ENGLISH COMMERCIAL - um. or eunnteut DIR or VOCATIONAL I FORUGN HOME ECONOMICS EDUCATION QL I nm or PPTYSICAL. LANGUAGES - . N - EDucATD INDUSTRIAL ARTS 25515 N MATHEMATICS AND vDcATIoNAL h If ' HEALTH AND PHYS' TI SCIENCE ICAL EDUCATION DIR or Must: PRINCIPAL K DIR or ART SCM DEPARIMFU T'FAEl TEACHERS co-CURRICULAR MUSIC ACTIVITIES COMMUNITY PLANT NEEDS SURVEY ORGANIZATION SAGINAW, MICHIGAN BOARD OF EDUCATION SUPIIRINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS CON5UL.TAN'I1 UNIVERSITY FEDERAL CIVIL WORKS or MICHIGAN ADMINISTRATION sunvzv DIRECTOR AND STAFF ssc ASSISTANTS MICNIQAN PLANNING 'X COUNTY COMMISSIONER COMMISSION ' or SCHOOLS I CITY COUNCIL couNTv CLERK CITY PLAN SCHOOL BUSINESS COMMISSION CITY HEALTH DEPAR TMENT TRAFFIC AND SAFETY DEPARTMENT BOARD OF COMME FICE COAL AND OIL COMPANIES BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY ARCHITECTS DIVISION CHILD ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT SCHOOL SUFERVISOFIS SCHOOL PRINCIFALS TEACHERS PUBLIC LIBRARY I MANUFACTUR ERS ASS'N HOU P ROGRAMS DINNER CIVIC CLUBS uff' sail'-A 2.1 ,Ja wap STUDY CLUBS F deb vidio J gin we 36' Q 1 ,N I-T 9 LLENIEN rAnv JUNIOR sI:IIInR T 9 9943 1: -940,0 W 5 ' ,I - .5 J 5 1' .ZIf a -pd' O 4, ' C' Q P 1 Wgff, , . we 'N 1 PTA CITY EDUCATION FINANCIAL STATUS In 1926 the East and Wt-st Side schools were consolidated. There was a bonded indebtedness, of SZ,2l0.000, at an interest rate ol' tive and one-half per cent. From 1927 to 1932 local planning and development of public opinion was in progress. From 1933-34 a C.W.A. school plant needs survey was made. In 1936-37 a curriculum DI'0I4l'lI.II'I study was in progress. In 1938-39 educational designing' and architect plans culminized in the new Arthur Hill high school. In the meantime tive new elementary schools were built and in addition. three revisions or extensions were made in the Webber Junior High plant, one at South Intermediate and a Trade School extension to put the needed school within three quarters of a mile of each elementary school age child of Saginaw. The cost of building, grounds and equipment was .'51,282,856.5Z, of which S-577,285.44 was contributed by P.W.A. and bIi705,57l.0S hy the Saginaw Board of Education. The school site of 70 acres cost Sl3,900'.37, which Iigure is included in the foregoing costs. The building is thus entirely paid for, no bonds being issued, nur money bIn'rowetl. The period ending in 1939 found a total construction within ten years ol 5F2,769,349.53 with a bonded indebt- edness of S374,000.00 at an interest rate ui one and one-half and one and three-fourths per cent. 5

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AGI AW ll ILIIS A SUll00L Chester F. Miller, superintendent ol public schools, has developed a system of long-range planning of re- quirements for the physical plant and for the curriculum to meet the educational demands of Saginawls youth. AGINAVV builds a school. A building suited to the needs of .every student who attends it. This school was not built overnight nor was it pulled from a hat at the Wave of a magicians wand. It took ten years of intensive surveys and planning before the building was even started. It took a study of prospective city districts and population distribution. lt took a plan of the course that every student would take and Where A his classes would be. This new building breaks down all traditions of what an institution of learning should bc. Schools have sometimes been ornamental, out- moded buildings that were built to suit some architect's dream. The new plan called for a school that would adapt itsellf to the students rather than having the students try to adapt them- selves to it. Through untiring work on the part

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onfifrucllion OR months it was a deep mystery as to whether the government would give their aid in an al- lotment, when linally on June 22, 1938, gov- ernment representatives agreed to 0ur plans and appropriated us 3569,l27 of forty-live per cent of the total 351,250,000 cost of the building. The dilferenee 0f fifty-Eve per cent would be paid for fr0m the building fund Saginaw school budgeting had diligently accumulated. Bids for the general construction ol' the building, electrical, plumbing, heating ,und ventilation were due by 4 0'el0ck December 12, 1938 in the Board of Education oflices, Searching for the lowest bid from