Emporia High School - Re Echo Yearbook (Emporia, KS)

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blocks, with Bedford Stone trimmings and cornices. There are at present 44 rooms of which 35 are classrooms. The only change in the rooms was the partition between Room 10-A, which constructed the present music room. The new equipment of this building was put in the Printing Department, new lathes in Manual Arts and new furniture for Domestic Art Department. Counting other mis- cellaneous objects the cost has been only about 53,000 since 1914. In 1934 a project for un- employnient was given. At the beginnings of our new school we had 'only L9 teachers-26 at present. There are many outstanding features of this building both structure as we have mentioned, and in rooms. The basement contains a large gymnasium, 45x76, with all necessary accessories for boys and girls respectively. Also have seven well built rooms for Manual Training. Also various other rooms for different phases of Manual Training. Another feature of the basement is the boiler and fuel rooms, plenum room with its steam coils, motors, fans, and apparatus for automatically controling the heat. On the first floor are the Principal's office, Superintendent's office and that of the Board of Education. The Domestic Science room ffoodsj is one of the most outstanding features of the first floor. It contains a very modern equipped kitchen, pantry and diningroom. Classrooms for Mathematics, Music room, Grade Supervisors room and the observation gallery for the gym, accommodating three hundred persons are also On the first floor. The second floor also has its pride. It is the large and spectacular study hall, partitioned by glass from the library. The east end of the second floor has the rooms for the commercial course as typewriting, bookkeeping, etc. The other classrooms for history, English being close to the library. The G. R. restroom is located here and also the Mary White room or colored girls' restroom. The third floor is proud of its large auditorium with a seating capacity of 900. The stage is of good size and it has a large balcony. It is well equipped and with the 1931 seniors' gift of a vel- vet curtain the auditorium is really beautiful. The auditorium has been repainted an attractive color. Laboratories for Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Physiology, Agriculture are on this floor. The other rooms are used for languages with the exception of the two rooms for clothing. These are very modernly equipped. The stairs of this building are very wide and comfortable. The two stairs near the front lead- ing to second floor are very attractive. The landing has glass cases containing awards won by the school. Sanitary restrooms are located On each floor. The school is equipped with sanitary individual lockers on all floors. The lighting system of the rooms is very good. Each room with four well areaed windows-of course artificial electric lights are in each room to be used when necessary. A clock is in each room, controlled by a master program clock run by electricity. The building is piped for vacuum cleaning system. Telephones are also conveniently placed. The heating and ventilating system is very fContinucd on Page 355 Vg., 4 ,,.,..,.. , .. ,V.. ,- . ...H-. .W ,W .. V I W. -'pf 1 1 TE al , 55 ff, . ff Rx i . ,I ,A Y .. f f fe .AM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BUiLDING Erccted in l 91 4

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1884 CRADUATI Thursday evening, May 22, 1884, the citizens of Emporia were gathering at the Whitley opera house for the sixth annual commencement of the Emporia High School. On this night five young women and three young men received their high school diplomas from the late D. XV. Morris, fa- ther of XVarren Morris, of the Morris Drug Com- pany. Every member of this class is living to- day. The members of this 1884 class were: Livingston Jay Buck, who still lives in Emporia, and is a bank official. Nettie T. Miller fnow Mrs. R. C. Ten Eyck of Santa Fe, N. M.j, who wasvfhe Mary Pickfordu with long golden curls of this class. Alexander A. Reeves, colored, was employed by his schoolmate, Livingston Jay Buck, some years ago in the bank in Emporia. After inheriting some money he moved to Den- ver, where he lives. Frances Stotler fnow Mrs. THE OREGON SUNDAY JCUINAL. 'ORN Bonds of 50 Years Ago 'ro Reuniie Classmaies n.:c.v.:.:z. 1.x '6.13,1.s::gf:ID. 11mw 'f ' A or , fi wma., s..... 9 4 - Tizursixy mwazasy z:.1sse. F 4. s I- Li S514 Kansas Class Of 84 Plans or rmofm K Of! UWA uengzaax. 1- wx cms ,Henson me to vc me 'ff' U- X4 C195 bl' ,,,,a.w.x, t'fQ,ls 1133, :live 223,51 imfziffsz Nag fxiwgv' b' 1122 in neural.-g'i..w-5,,i12.'l2s-H 1,..ne,f, 5:28 qv. mg ,.,. 'an'f'gQ,,, mar' wax. Whig- 102,235 M11 vo, uw ee,,,n1 , X mi 'DA nw! xo ye ins 1 tot, rf '66, 589 msg!! ,of o4'f Msgpv-Y 1 gneifxnl Mui' ,-,yselfme tnuizzouw 11 QL., naw' fo, a you ,gn H V ma?Tt?9W2gv.iia:xli. ueawio i atneerelv- dui Bb 5 K in such CLASS ALL LIVIN Harry T. Woodsj, living in Wellington, Kansas. Lee M. Swope, who has been around the world three times, makes his home in Long Beach, Cali- fornia. Adaline J. Whifflesey Qnow Mrs. Ada- line W. McCarrollj, is a physician at Coachella, California. Mrs. Jean G. White has lived in Portland since 1912. For six months Mrs. White and Mr. Swope planned this reunion of the eight members of the 1884 graduating class. The reunion was held in Emporia, May 22. Although most of us have kept in touch with each other these fifty yearsf' says Mrs. White, little did any of us dream that we would all be together again as we were Thurs- day evening, May 22, 1884, in che W'hitley opera house when we received our diplomas. In 1884, the graduation custom was for each Senior H to deliver an oration, or recite an essay .. av .. qnxoauu, 15, ve? raw' dx nav' UDB' that 1 hs-111Rc,..nnl 'Q,,ii1 :naw ,of 8,41-e N, we H, mv al' was 0 ,4