East High School - Echoes Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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I-I1sToRY or BUILDING FROM THE BEGINNING N January 1922 the c1t1zens of Wlchlta voted bonds for a new and better WlCh1t3 Hxgh School 'Ihe flght for the school had been long and hard but success followed In November 1922 the flrst spadeful of earth was taken fl om that spot on whlch the new school was to be erected And after that tlme the bu1ld1ng grew b1t by b1t untll today It stands completed a masterplece of school archltecture In October 1923 the flrst sesslon of school was held ln the neva bu1ld1ng The followmg facts concernmg the new bulldmg are taken f1 om the program for the ded1cat1on GXQTCISGS The new bulldmg 1S a mod1f1ed form of Colleglate Gotluc '1rch1 tecture and 1S a symmetrlcal or 1rregular 1n fo1m It IS bu1lt ln three dlstmct un1ts ma1n bulldlng gymnaslum and shops ThlS was done 1n the lnterests of ut1l1ty and economy It LS sltuated on the la1 gest publxc school campus 1n the M1ddle West and posslbly m the entxre country The slze of th1S campus allovss the school to develop many 2Ct1Vlt16S that would othe1w1se be lmposslble The audxtorxum IS one of the most beautlful and commodlous to be About twenty f1Ve hundred ch1ld1cn are fed m the Cafetefla dally lncludxng those from the Roosevelt Intermedlate School The mmlature audltorlum known as the effectlve spe-xkmg room lb unlque and IS a gem of or1g'1nal1ty of deslgn The clolstered walks connectmg the separate unlts are an attractlve feature of the bulldlng The shops occupy a one story bu1ld1ng apart from the ma1n st1 ucture Industrlal work 1S g1ven under 'ls normal cond1t1ons as posslble The bulldlng has a laundry an 1ce plant a booth for a movmg pxcture machme 1n the audltorlum off1ce.s fo1 department heads an offlce vault a rest room for teachers a speclal lecture room seating one hundred puplls a greenhouse bullt-1n trophy cases and locke1s a VlS1tll1g' team 1oom 111 the gymnaslum and a separate heatmg plant The mam bu1ld1ng of the W1ch1ta H1 h School group IS 243 feet by 251 feet the gymnaslum un1t IS 138x111 the manual trammg or 1Hdl1StI'l2.I bulldlng IS 77x244 The total floor space of the ma1n buxldmg LS 151 858 square feet the gymnaslum 31 333 squale feet shops 23 232 square feet a total of 212 423 square feet Just under f1ve acres There are 4 079 311 cublc feet 1n the three unlts The cost excluslve of equlpment IS 21 cents per cublc foot ' 'K A.. 4 4 , . . . . D ' , L Y ' I I . . , , . . . V 1 1 n 1 1 . ll I 1 ,, . C - D. . . - . . . y . 1 . . 1 . C . . y found anywhere. It has a remarkable atmosphere, - ' , n 1 1 1 1 . c 1 1 I' . . I . . 1 1 1 1 ,n ' , 1 , 1 . 1 , Q I C1 l , 1 1 1 1 , 1 , s' 1 , . , 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 ' g , 5, , F ' ' . . . . . . , 9 1- . In v 9 'x 1 1 , o , 1 . 1 . Y , . ' ! I

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