Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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The first bond issue in 1936 was approved by the Board of Aldcrmen but rejected by the City Council, and for an extended time there was much debate as to whether the old school should be remodeled and enlarged, or a new school should be built on Mountain Avenue, or other locations, or on the present site. Not until April, 1937, did both branches of our city government finally give the needed approval. In August, 1937, the P.W.A. grant of 3514350 was approved and soon after, the money was available. There was almost no doubt now that Malden would get its long hoped for high school. With the appointment of a building commission and the selection of Desmond and Lord as architects, work soon got under way with the razing of the Manual Arts building, the destruction of many old homes along Berkeley, Salem, Holden, and Prescott streets, and the breaking of ground for the new school. In October, 1938, the Rugo Construction Co., and many sub-contractors, started work on the new structure. No sooner had the walls begun to go up when protests were raised because of the use of the buff brick of the new building against the red brick of the old. However, these protests were in vain, and the work con- tinued. On December 12, 1939, the building was finally declared ready for occupancy. Exactly one week later, with an interruption of less than two hours in the school schedule, the transition was made from the old quarters to the new, rooms, desks, and lockers were assigned and lessons continued as usual. Immediately following this exodus, work was begun on the remodeling of the old high school. The most impressive features of our new building are the fully equipped Thorn- ton Jenkins auditorium with a seating capacity of nearly I800, the extensive Farns- worth G. Marshall gymnasium with its modern apparatus, banked track, and bleachers, the new and well lighted recitation rooms and laboratories, the music room with its bright chromium plated chairs, the boiler room with its four huge boilers, and the teachers' lounge with its comfortable furniture, tasteful appointments, and modern electric kitchen. Nor must we forget the headmaster's attractive office, and the adjoining school oHice with its modern telephone equipment, and the two-way radio and broadcasting instrument. Over this system radio programs and phono- graph records may be sent, and announcements may be made to all parts of the building, while recitations may be listened to by persons in the office, if and when necessary. With all these excellent facilities Malden High School should have no difficulty in the future, as in the past, in retaining its high rank among the secondary schools of the country. ' ,M l

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CHRONICLE naissance regard the deep pit the gravel and grit whence the building begins t arise regard the steel piers see them standing in tiers pointing their shafts to the skies hear the tattoo of the rivets and you will be carried away by its beat the bolts glow in the flame flash an instant and claim their place in the wonder- ful feat tower ye high to thy place in the sky rise ye majestic and grand stately and proud be thy concept avowed magnificent throughout the land anticipation can you tell cried the youth is it rumor or truth do we move in december or june came the elders reply the moment draws nigh and for none can it hasten too soon though we wonder and hope we must not interlope interfere we must in no way so the questioners sighed on their elders relied and forgot-strangely thus- to inveigh