Elmhurst High School - Anlibrum Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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in with tlie new: Elmhurst Expands

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Out with the old r- ■ Elmhurst High School underwent phase one of a striking transition during the ' 64- ' 65 school term. When the 362 seniors, 353 juniors, and 417 sophomores entered on September 9, the workmen of Irmscher Sons had just begun the 1.3-million- dollar expansion project. From this first day of the school year to the last, building went on. Workmen with air hammers demolished the south ramps and wrecked the temporary choir room. Giant earthmovers dished out the old parking lot to provide a level area for the 54,000 square-foot addition. After planners had staked out the area, footings and foundations were poured. Tall cranes set up the dull red steel superstructure. By early spring brick walls were up. A part of the new building, where the old boiler room and chimneys had stood, was yet to be constructed in the summer of 1965. The students crowding through the halls waited for the time they could breathe out into the new Elmhurst. Seniors complained that the classrooms would not be finished in time for them to use them. Juniors and sophomores anticipated the autumn of 1965 when they would be using the brand-new classrooms, the new laboratory facilities, and the new library. Watching the progress of the new addition and waiting for its completion became the important subjects in the year that Elmhurst built for the future.

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