Astoria High School - Zephyrus Yearbook (Astoria, OR)

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©ur Bevv Mt0b School We, the members of the Astoria High School, were very much dis¬ appointed at the beginning of this semester to find that the new building was not ready for occupancy. But now ' that we are settled in our new quarters, we feel that we are more than repaid for waiting, as the building is nearer completion and we can better appreciate its advantages. Situated just beneath the brow of Coxcomb Hill, it occupies one of the loftiest positions in the city, from which it commands a view of expansive harbor extending from Tongue Point on the east to the Pacific Ocean on the west and including the breadth of the river to the northward and the hills beyond. It is centrally located and is in the most desirable part of the city. The grounds cover a block, leaving room for a tennis court at the rear of the building and for a lawn in front of it. These are not in perfect order yet, but we expect them to be so in time to make a good showing during our Centennial in August. The building itself is a concrete structure, about one hundred and seventy by eighty feet, with two stories and a basement. It is plain and rectangular, the straight line of the front being relieved by the main entrance and the projection of the two corner rooms. The entrance is approached through a porch of Doric architecture, constructed of terra cotta, and lending dignity to the appearance of the structure. We have twenty rooms, eleven on the first floor and nine on the second, besides a gymnasium, manual training department and a number of rooms yet to be completed. In addition to this, our assembly hall will be, when completed, fifty by eighty-five feet. Each floor has a long hall from which the rooms open. The corridors are especially beautiful. Around the walls in subdued salmon colored burlap cornice and frieze of white glazed plaster. At each end of the lower hall which extends half way to the ceiling, and above which is the horizontal are the stairs leading to the second floor and decending to the rear en¬ trance of the building and to the basement. The main entrance opens into a vestibule which is also finished in glazed plaster, but with a fancier cornice and frieze than that of the halls. This vestibule leads up to the lower hall from which open the several class

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Z 0 OUR NEW HIGH SCHOOL

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rooms, the library, principal’s office, and auditorium. On the second floor the hall is similar to that just discribed, except that it is lighted by a large skylight. From it opens the class rooms, the art department, and the physical and chemical laboratories. Each of the three stationary tables in the chemical laboratory will accommodate twelve pupils with space, sinks, drawers, compartments and faucets. In the physical laboratory each of the four tables will accommodate eight pupils. Here a beautiful new cabinet endows all of the apparatus, much of which is new. All the rooms in the building are in white plaster wuth golden oak woodwork and hardwood floors. Hot and cold water is supplied throughout the building; sanitary foun¬ tains in the halls, and w ' hen the building is completed it may be lighted by electricity, and the laboratories will be furnished with gas. We wish to express to the patrons and to the honorable School Board our appreciation of what they have done for us in the erection of this beautiful new building. A public reception to be held in the new building in the near future is being planned. We hope to welcome large numbers of patrons of the schools and citizens of Astoria on this occasion. “Stick to me close,” said the envelope to the stamp. “By gum, I will,” was the reply.—Ex. Mr. Eply: What is a lake? Bright Student: A dammed stream.—Ex. First Girl: Did you take “gym” last year? Second Girl: No, Jim took me.—Ex. “Why is a cigar like a play?” “Because if it’s bad it won’t draw, and if it’s good you want a box.”—Ex. He: Will you marry me? She: No. And they lived happy ever after.—Ex.