Chico High School - Caduceus Yearbook (Chico, CA)

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Architecfs Drawing of the New High School

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FACULTY-G6I'U'Ud9 B9Y'UF9Ut9F, Aimee Stamper, A. A. Heller, Olive Vaidney, F. D. CI'-DSS, Elizabeth Griffith Phillips, Gertrude VV0odWard. U

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GUR NEW HIGH SCHOOL ' ,ga HEN the proposed building on the Esplanade is finished Chico Win have a High. seheei which will be unequaled by any similar build- '6 21 ing in the .Sacramento Valley. But it has been obtained only through years of ex- treme hard work. A ' The first High School was erected in 1904. It was much like our present one, which is the original re- built after a fire in 1911., Almost immediately need for room was felt. The Caduceus of 1912 complains of lack of room to carry on the work required. In 1914, however, the first of our two shacks, the manual training building, was erected to relieve con- gestion. 'The second, .called The Annex, was built after the bonds of sixty thousand dollars had failed to carry. A The bond issue would have blocked development for a number of years, and was defeated because it was too small. VVithin a short time it was evident that Chico want- ed a new High School, and on the 18th of Qctober, 1919, after a strenuous campaign of parades, rallies and open discussion, the people of Chico by a seven to one vote, voted S440,000 for the erection of a new High School. - ' The site chosen is an excellent one. The area is 53 acres. The building will face the Esplanade. The grounds extend westerly along Sacramento Avenue to Ivy Street, then south on Ivy Street to th.e campus of the present High School, forming an L, and bounded on the inner side by the State Normal, the Bidwell Mansion grounds and Mansion Park Exten- sion. The land cost 31,000 per acre. The soil is of the finest in the Sacramento Valley, and the possibility of agricultural development is unlimitedg . The school is to consist of a main structure and several minor buildings. The main building is to be about 300 feet from the Esplanade, and will be reached by walks and a semi-circular driveway. The building is to be of brick, of the Tudor style of architecture, and will cover an area nearly two-thirds as large as our present High School campus. It is to be 340 feet long and about 240 feet deep. Cf thelthree front entrances, the central one is to be the most beautiful. This win have ah eight-foot vestibule, then an entrance hall extending to the main corridor. Qpposite the entrance will be the study hall and the offices of the vice-principals. 'On the left of -11...