Lyons Township High School - Tabulae Yearbook (La Grange, IL)

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1928-Year Book-1929 13 be years hence, ere there can be an appreciation of what these new opportunities mean. A brief summary of the physical plant of Lyons Township High School is herewith submitted. C11 With the acquistion of an additional 264 feet of ground on the north side of Cossitt Avenue through condemnation proceedings, there will be an athletic field of a little more than seven acres. This athletic field will be arranged to make available ample space forl physical training and athletics for both boys and gir s. C21 In the original building and additions built prior to the present addition are located: fab A library of 4000 volumes housed in adequate room with possible seatings for one 'hundred forty pupils. fbi A study hall seating 250 pupils. ich A science lecture room seating 67 pupils. Cdl A chemistry laboratory accommodating 25 pupils. fel A physics laboratory accommodating 25 pupils. ffl A domestic science kitchen accommodating 24 pupils. fgh A typewriting room with twenty-three machines. fhb A modern cafeteria seating 230 or more at one time. CU A girls' gymnasium, with office, lockers, showers, and running track. fjj A series of rooms for Manual Training work. fkj Twenty-nine additional classrooms equipped for other special or general work. Q33 The new addition more than doubles the floor space of the original building and the earlier additions and is par- ticularly designed for fostering the aesthetic and cultural phases of education. The factors of utility and beauty can only be appreciated when the building has been visited and studied. Suffice it to say, that this building is worthy of any community and will furnish ample opportunity to educate 2000 or more pupils at the same time that it offers to the public possibilities for a real community center. This new addition contains the following: fab An auditorium beautifully designed and decorated in the gold and blue of the high school. It has 1834 fully upholstered seats in addition to accommodating 60 in the orchestra pit and 250 or more on the stage. A fully equipped stage, selective lighting, moving picture equipment, and a pipe organ makes this room ideal for school and public performances alike. For- tunately, the acoustic properties of the room are ex- cellent. The entrances and foyer to the auditorium are in Mankato marble and their beauty is enhanced by a caste of the western frieze from the Parthenon

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lb? CCD fd! feb ffl Kg? Chl Lyons Township High School ' which was a gift of J. C. Llewellyn and Ralph Llew- ellyn, the architects. Across the foyer from the auditorium is a Community Room with a stage, fireplace and artistic furnishings. This room will seat 250 to 350 persons and will doubt- less be used often by clubs both from the school and from the community. On the first floor is a series of administration offices consisting of' a spacious general office, offices for the Principal and for the Assistant-Principal, a vault, and a large room for Board meetings and Teachers meet- ings. For the first time in years, privacy for those wh? desire conferences with administrators is pos- sib e. On the ground floor is a suite of offices for the Dean of Girls and a girls' rest-room. On the opposite side of the ground floor are offices and rooms for the department of physical training for boys. In the central portion of the ground floor is the boys' gymnasium which has a lioor 60 X 102 feet, a basket ball floor 85 ft. x 45153 ft. and bleacher seats for 1100 spectators. There is a 20 lap track which also ac- -commodates spectators at exhibitions. The gymna- sium floor is the celebrated Blox-on-end construction. Outside the west doors to the gymnasium is an 80 yard indoor straight-away on which three sprinters or three hurdlers may compete at once. There are very complete locker rooms, constructed from terazza throughout. Shower rooms, team rooms, and lockers for 1000 boys make up the details of these locker rooms. At the north of the ground floor, is a large band and music room with locker room adjoining. This will remove a distraction from other classes as no other classrooms are near. On the second floor is a rest room for women teach- ers. The former rest room in the old bulldlng IS set aside for men teachers. GJ There will be two additional study halls When needed, lil facing the east on the second floor. In addition to the features enumerated there will ul- timately be 30 classrooms. At present only eight of these class rooms are finished. Others will be finish- ed as needed.