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ELL ESS PE BRIEF HISTORY OF THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDINGS The original main high school building was erected in 1897-1898. In 1903 the present manual training building, a gift of the late Mrs. F. VV. Matthiessen, was erected. In 1913 Mr. E. VV. Matthiessen gave to the high school two building lots to the north of the main building and the lots on which the Hygienic Institute now stands. In the same year and on the lots to the north of the present main building the social center building was erected. To the construction of this build- ing, Mr. Matthiessen gave 575,000 and the citizens of the township raised by a bond issue S25,000. In this year the old high school building was remodelled and the little auditorium in the basement built. To his gift of 1913, Mr. Matthiessen also added the building now housing the Hygienic Institute. In 1915 the large athletic grounds to the west of the manual training building were donated by Mr. Matthiessen and in 1916 the outdoor swimming pool also was built by him. In 1918, through a gift of the same donor of S45,000, an annex was added to the social center building, and the main high school building further remodelled. To these donations, in 1920, Mrs. Eda Matthiesen and Mrs. Adele M. Blow added 515,000 for the equipping of a new library. In 1923-24, the Town- ship Board of Education added a new story to the social center building, contain- ing five new recitation rooms, at a cost of about S40,000. Altogether, in the past twenty-seven years, the late Mr. F. VV. Matthiessen and his family have given to the local high school over S203,000, reckoned in values prior to 1918. During the same period, the tax payers of the township contributed for buildings and grounds 5Q5,500. The new gift of Mrs. Matthiessen and Mrs. Blow, together with the new township bond issue will add 2,600,000 to the sum spent for grounds and buildings prior to 1925. PAGE 10
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