La Salle Peru Township High School - Ell Ess Pe Yearbook (La Salle, IL)

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LA SALLE-PERU STADIUM V? Now we students of La Salle-Peru High School have a truly fine school -one in which we can really take pride. We have some of the finest facilities for academic study in the state. Not only do we have these two splendid buildings and an ideal library, but we also have a beautiful stadium in which to participate in various athletic sports. Our stadium will also be used for music festivals. The land on which the stadium is located was generously donated to the Board of Education by the Western Clock Company. Our stadium will seat about forty-five hundred people which is nearly fourtimes the number of students enrolled in the La Salle-Peru Township High School. The playing field proper is three hundred feet long by one hundred and sixty feet wide, but the entire field is three hundred and ninety feet by two hundred and twenty feet. The stadium itself is con- structed of concrete, but the press box built on top ofthe stadium is constructed of aluminum. There are facilities for two teams at the south end of the field. These facilities include two dressing rooms and two showers. 7

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THE WEST WING The new west wing is constructed in the same brick and Gothic style of architecture as the old wing. This wing is connected at the north end to the original new building by. a spacious hall and adjoining rooms, forming a picturesque Ll-shaped building. An open court is left between the new and old wings, and this presents an opportunity to have a real campus in the future. The west wing contains the combination study-hall and cafeteria, the new dramatics room which has the advantage of a stage, and the girls' new gymnasium. Directly below the gymnasium is the new locker room with a corrective gymnasium adjoining it. On the same floor is a fully-equipped physics laboratory. The library is the crowning achievement of the new wing. lt furnishes a pleasant place for study since it is blessed with the same gen- erous window space and flawless lighting conditions as the rest of the building. The glare of superfluous light is guarded against by Venetian blinds which are found throughout the building. The soundproof band and music rooms are another valuable feature of the new structure. Although the students of La Salle-Peru have always been fortunate in the gener- ous endowments which the high school has received, the government loan which has made the new wing possible has brought about almost ideal studying conditions. 8