Fairfield High School - Quill Yearbook (Fairfield, IA)

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Fairfield High 19 f 40 The Q Un. L You Didn,t Know CPerhapsD July 28, I938-P. W. A. Grant. August I0, I938-W. P. A. Grant. September IZ, I935-Bids opened on grading project. -First ground broken-Official start on project. September 22, i938-First excavation. December B, i938-Bids opened on building project. December I2, l938-General contractor started---built office, sheds, etc. December 20, I938-Excavated trenches and tunnels. january I9, I939-First concrete poured-footings. March I I, I939-First structural steel-girls' gym. March I3. I939-First bricks layed. January 4, I940-Board accepted building. March 30, I940-Building 99 I ln completed. April 8, I940--Completed equipment contracts accepted by Board. Total cost-S536.247.39. l,700,000 cu. ft. in building. 9l ,400 sq. ft. Hoor area. - 600,000 bd. ft. of lumber used but did not remain in building. 400 cars of sand and gravel. 350,000 face brick. 450,000 common brick. 200,000 clay tile. 70,000 face tile. 3,200 glass brick. 40,000 sacks of cement. 230 tons of steel. Millions of gallons of water. l068 permanent seats in auditorium. 365 doors. I40 was the maximum number employed on project at one time. 54,000.00 peak payroll weekly. 23 I, Z acres in site. 355 ft. length of building, east to west. 215 ft. depth of building, north to south. 75 ft. lowest point of building to the highest point. 700 student capacity. 603 present enrollment. 31 class rooms. ln addition, we have the biology annex, Board of Education rooms. High School offices, Boy Scout and Girl Scout rooms, lunch room, library rooms, boiler rooms, numerous closets and storage rooms, two gyms with their showers, etc. Auditorium-Height, inside, 27'-9 . From the front doors to the stage is 91'-6 . The stage is 25' x 70'. Boys' Gym-Height, inside, 33'-S . Seating capacity, I200g BO' x 100' in size. Girls' Gym-40' x 60'. Library-92' x 28'. Main Corridors-203 l,'2' x l2'. Seven

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Fairfield High 19 f A 40 The QUILL Six You Knew On Friday, April 22, l938, at one-twenty in the morning, the fire alarm sounded the doom of our high school building. A rising sun showed a mass of twisted steel, bricks, and debris. Out of this catastrophe arose a new building for our high school, much finer than even the most optomistic individual had hoped for. Only one day of school was missed. On Monday, April 25, classes were resumed in rooms hastily prepared for us at Parsons College, where we finished the school year. The next three semesters of school saw the classes in various rooms about the square. Under our many handicaps there developed a fine spirit of loyalty and co-operation upon the part of the townspeople, the students, and the school administration. january IS, I940, dawned the day thousands of people in our community had looked forward to, for on that day the class rooms about the square were deserted. The student body had moved into its new home on East Broadway. From the time of the fire, many difficult problems were met with and solved by the members of the Board of Education. Too much credit cannot be given them for their task was difficult. During the period of construction of our new building the following men were members of the Board: John Ward, H. E. Gaumer, W. Early, H. A. Anderson, Dr. W. T. Webb, Eugene Fleming, and Booker Smith. The secre- tary of the Board, John Lindauer, Supt. W. G. Pence and Principal F. T. Saur. were untiring in the discharge of the additional burdens thrust upon their shoulders during this time. This group of men is deserving of the Commendation of us all.

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Eight Fairfield High 19 40 The QUILL 'T' 122,25 I WILBUR PETTIGREW N. Speech, Couernmenl, Economics, Social- 'i' V ii . 2 Q... 3- ' 'S ogy, Dcclarn and Debate f, '61 flier f Lv' 7 rg , ANNE LINDAUER I 4' 'A A ', L'l I , W ld H't . E nrffbneti Mrolzi,a7ri1nEurciygalnutlisloryiu Torchmfgllilb N Sponsor , 5 65E?d?ff0 ': 1f: 2 ARIEL LEALH 3,5 - if A '1 -3 Vocal lilusic, Normal Training Music 4' ix HL- A, if A JULIA MCCLAIN K , 1, English 2, Typing I ' ' ,Q W , KEITH A. PRIZER ' ' Business Law, Business MGlhCUIUfiC8, ? 'V Bookkerping. Quill Advisor ws 'jf-T :A ' MARSHALL Coors 'T ff Physics, Business Law. Normal Training Agriculture, Business Mlllh6mdliCS 3, it www ,f. LEO DE KALB Q ,. , General Science, Boys' Pep Club Sponsor 1, D N 'Q A ' - S ',i'i71,,,, ALBERTA COCHRAN . . 1 English Literature. junior Advisor A ' JOHN A. HOERNER ig. , is L Solid Ceamelry. Plane Ceomelry, Fool- ! ., g Qyif?'5 '-QQ, ball, Basizelizall, Track, and Golf :ws if n- ww-1 1. . ,LTI Q , 'SVR gl MYRTLE MAINQUIST R. ' xi f ' . Vocational Homemaking, Sponsor Girl Reserves