New Trier Township High School - Echoes Yearbook (Winnetka, IL)

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LAST DAYS FOR WEST WALK FROM MAIN BUILDING TO LUNCH HALL OLD AUDITORIUM HAS SEEN ITS LAST ASSEMBLIES AND STATE PRODUCTIONS ,T We 3 ' 1 J V' 'ffffgi ', V-, f, 24- - auf f ,Lg .11 D?

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Since The very beginning oT New Trier Township l'ligh School on February 4, IQOI-53 years ago- The main Tower building has served in various Tunc- Tions as The Tocal poinT oT school operaTions. Through The years, The Tall, sTaTely sTrucTure, Topped by iTs conTinuously-running cloclc, which was The giTT oT The Class oT l926, has been a symbol oT New Trier's excellence in educaTion. I-Iowever, similar To The TaTe oT all buildings, iT has become ouTmoded, unsaTe, and inadeguaTe Tor an increasing enroll- menT. The Board oT EducaTion has ThereTore Talcen successTul sTeps To have The building Torn down and a new, more modern, and much bigger building con- sTrucTedvin iTs place. Also, a new audiTorium, con- Taining approximaTely Twice as many good seaTs as The presenT one, will be builT on The siTe OT Today's audiTorium. HISTORIC ENTRANCE TO 54-YEAR-OLD MAIN BUILDING Besides The new Tower building and audiTorium, The consTrucTion plans as approved provide Tor The replacemenT OT a heaTing boiler, The insTallaTion oT a new elecTrical sysTem, The building oT indoor cor- ridors To connecT all school buildings, and The expan- sion oT The caTeTeria To accomodaTe 400 more people aT one Time. Included in The new main building will be ThirTy- Tive classrooms and laboraTories and eighT sTudy halls. A memorial library and reading room will be presenT in The new building: and The school's easT wing, which aT presenT houses The library and Two sTudy halls, will be reTurned Tor physical educaTion use, The TuncTion iT originally served. OTher rooms This building will conTain are numerous conTerence rooms, adminisTraTive, business, and TaculTy oTTices, an enlarged book sTore, and addiTional loclcer, sTor- s'..Q ,,.S,T' --TW' '-'7' AS Ab f'7'W.'.'-'ir'-'71 V C131 1 JL'-xi -N' ' 2521- dll' s 'V M .ig ' -fV.a.f'l..4i' '

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age, and museum space. A large lounge, supporTed in parT by class giTTs OT recenT years, will be IocaTed in The basemenT and run by sTudenTs Tor social acTiviTies similar To The Senior CanTeen in operaTiOn during The pasT Two years. The success in obTaining public approval Tor The building program was The resuIT OT many years OT careTuI planning by archiTecTs, The Board OT Educa- Tion, a special TacuITy building cOmmiTTee, and simi- lar groups. The Board worlced wiTh The archiTecTs in designing The new secTiOns and wiTh The TacuITy cOmmiTTee in worlcing on arrangemenTs Tor reIocaT- ing classes and oTher acTiviTies while consTrucTion is in progress. ATTer Traming The basic plans Tor The new Tower uniT and audiTorium, The quesTiOn was broughT To a voTe among The school disTricT residenTs in a special eIecTiOn on December I2, I953. The Board aslced The public permission To issue bonds amounTing To 55,875,000 in order To cOnsTrucT The new secTiOns and improve exisTing heaTing and elecTricaI sysTems. GONE WILL BE FAMILIAR AUDITORIUM WALK All measures were approved by a raTiO OT Tive To Two. WiTh The money available, acTuaI worlq was Then ready To begin. Commencing in March a Tempo- rary adminisTraTive building To house mOsT OT The oTFices Tormerly in The Tower building was begun. IT is IOcaTed norTh OT The school On The girls' aThleTic Tield, and is scheduled To be compleTed by The end OT This school year. According To plans, The moving OT all supplies Trom The Tower building is To Talce place beTween June I8 and July I, wiTh The demoli- Tion OT The Tower building beginning July 5 and end- ing SepTember I I, Two days beTore The sTarT OT The nexT school year. The razing OT The audiTorium will ToIIOw in OcTOber. During These monThs, deTails will be compleTed in The blueprinTs. Bids will be accepTed during Decem- ber, and The Tinal cOnTracTs will be drawn up in Time To begin consTrucTion OT The new main building by January I5, I955. IT is expecTed ThaT This building will be ready Tor use by April OT I957. , rg .7 .l5f5l'- 5' ur 49.7, Q, , L, I 4 ,Q 337 V ' U .1 . JY' T ff ' if TW' W ,, -Sf., suse, M17 VT '?w,, T I if I, 21225 . 'W' I ' , I V , ,, I X .g, , , . I , ,fy ,,, 7 Q., A , y -x -4 -5Ex Td. ., -X , A X -an fiff M ' 5'4'U, ' T 2, 1- - X I-ff T' ' I ' 6 - ..,,. V., - I ss... ,- , ,fs as X S f fa, as A T' Q' , ' ,gf fy f ' I X ,f I , f- ... wk . v i . -. ig, .A , - 4, 2 I f g l be f x - 1 M jxxx - h ,r.5M5 All , If I 441, I , -'T , L , .1 Wa, Awvwk? , , , . , ., .,-,,f.-0 e +- ' wwf? --- Qxiwsizw -.-s: TX -5 ,M-,. I .-.f f