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

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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

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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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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