Manistee High School - Manichigan Yearbook (Manistee, MI)

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The proposed high school building addition to Manistee High School is a neces- sity and therefore of vital interest to every citizen of Manistee. The theme of the 1957 Manichigan is The Future , and the maior change most imminent is the addi- tion to the present high school. The building as it now stands is not adequate for the needs of todays all-time high enrollment. The proposed addition, as now planned, would solve all these problems, provide a functional and necessary edifice, allow room for expansion, and take its place among the beautiful buildings of the city. At present, additional classrooms, the most important item, are badly needed for art, lnow meeting at Jefferson Schooli business machine, mathematics, Science 8, English 5-6, dramatics, visual education, remedial work, driver training, and home economics. The present library has the following weaknesses: lt has to be used as a study hall, present book space is filled, the lighting needs improvement, and con- ference space is needed. The cafeteria seatsiexactly half the number of students that would like to get their noon meal at school . Driver training, now a permanent part of the curriculum, has no classroom. Dramatics and speech have no facilities as the auditorium stage is seldom available due to the various band groups, chorus, assembly programs, and P.T.A. Our flourishing Guidance Department is hampered by lack of room, storage and adequate lighting. Home economics classes are impaired by lack of modern equipment, refrigeration space, and storage room. The Manual Arts De- partment, including woodshop, metal shop, printing and mechanical drawing, is in- adequate and spread over three floors. All four departments set limits on enrollment because of lack of space and materials. The Music Department, with six divisions and a total of three hundred and sixty-five pupils, all meet on the auditorium stage. Many courses which are desirable cannot be offered because of the space limit. The size of the gymnasium is entirely too small to offer adequate recreational activities, strictly limits attendance at games, 'is lacking in equipment both for recreation and health ladequate showersj, has no suitable outside entrance, poor ventilation, and present equipment must be stored in the hall. Three study halls are necessary instead of one, infringing on classroom space. The Commercial Department is divided into three separate rooms. The storage for school upkeep materials is obsolete. The ad- ministrative unit is on two floors and entirely too small. As it stands now, the plans fan the new addition would solve all of these and other problems more than satisfactorily. Plans call for a new cafeteria seating one hundred and fifty, and ten classrooms, all suited to the needs of the particular classes. The library will be improved, by the addition of two rooms, the installations of ex- cellent lighting, and relief for the present study hall situation. Drama and speech will occupy a 'new classroom, and have the facilities of the present stage. The Guid- ance Department will occupy remodeled quarters in the present gymnasium. Unified units would be provided for the Commercial and Home Economics Departments, with modern facilities for both. Manual arts .will also be centered, well lighted, heated and equipped. A new band room 40 x 50, and a new chorus room 30 x 26, is called for, solving this long-standing problem. A new gymnasium, measuring an overall size of 102 x 97, bleachers seating 1700, 50 lockers, new showers, ample storage and exits, a press box, a room divider to make it into two separate units, will have com- plete facilities. Study hall capacities will be increased so that it will no longer be necessary to send pupils home due to lack of seating space. The administrative unit will be adequate, new lighting will be installed in both buildings, and excellent parking facilities will be made available to the students and the faculty. The new building would be most modern and beautifully designed. lt would be a true credit to every member of the community. . '

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. . ,tl:5x..i, is ,, X V ,L Lr? ' - ' ,' v , -KE 94 FI Ifgwsxgi Q P- The future of Manistee High School began to unfold when old Central High was built in 1879. A new high school built in 1927, indicated the.community interest in keeping abreast of the times. The first senior class graduating' in 1927 numbered 78. The 128 members of the class of '57 .dramatically illustrates the increased enrollment since the present high school was built. A A 1 I A new addition, now in the planning stage, indicates that the community interest in education is still strong. As Galsworthy has said, If you do not think about the future you cannot have one. A I