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

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low Start sTudenTs obouT Ten degrees warmer end, Tor The mOsT perT, sOmewhaT drier during Their Trelq Trom The main building TO music buildings and lunch hall. Delays during The summer and Tall puT The building program Two monThs behind schedule, as meTerials were scarce and carpenTers Could nOT be Found To seT The cOncreTe Torms. As soon as more workmen were Tound, however, considerable progress was made in The cOnsTruCTion OT The audi- Torium and The easTern porT OT The new main building. BOTh OT These secTiOns OT The program should be cOmpleTed lConTinued On page 81 Y HEAPED AT THE END OF THE OLD TUNNEL was AUDITORIUM MATERIALIZED FROM SKELETON OF STEEL DESPITE HUGE CRANES, MUCH LABOR WAS MANUAL sr'x ns-T 'Sdn' if Y if is fi-2'-22? :'t'W5iE 'W AQ! ,M ri

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, , ii , st after lConlinuod from page Sl lransporlralion dilemma. The Glenview Bus Company agreed lo operale buses belween Linden Avenue and Norlh School in Glencoe, while lhe Norlh- wesiern, allhough unable lo offer slu- denl rales, conlinued ils service. Some porlions ol lhe new building program have already been compleled. The girls' and boys' loclcer rooms were parlially remodeled over lhe summer lo provide sludenls and lacully wilh added space in lhe way of eguipmenl rooms, showers, and loclcers. To re- place lhe HM. E. hallway, lhe worlcmen conslrucled a plyboard corridor lo lceep ...N-ff 'r .4 1 1UN'Q.,, ,. 1' ' CHAIN OF TRUC TONS OF RUBBI I 'W

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gin Cccupancy in Fall STEEL PROVIDED REINFORCEMENT AND STRENGTH lConTinued Trom page 7l by Tall, allowing New Trier sTudenTs To use anywhere Trom Ten To sixTy rooms if everyThing goes well. Also according To Mr. William lvlaTThews, superinTen- denT OT consTrucTion, Two girls' gyms, one new and one remodeled, a new sTairway To The guidance TesTing oTTice, and a parT oT The corridor Trom The main To music buildings oughT To be ready by The end oT SepTember I956. This added space will alleviaTe much oT The inconvenience TelT by boTh TaculTy and sTudenTs. When The building program is Tin- ished, TuTure classes will have The righT To be proud, The new audiTorium will seaT Twice as many people as The old, while an acldiTion To The caTeTeria will hold 400 more sTudenTs Than beTore. Also, The eguipmenT and space in The new memorial library will be unequaled by any library in This area. OT all The modern TaciliTies in The new building, The sTuolenT-managed lounge and The new Television seTup are probably The mosT Talked abouT. The lounge will conTain a small l4iTchen, a sTage, and iT approved by The TaculTy, a dance Tloor, a piano, and a Television seT, while The Television sysTem will en- able a much larger number oT sTudenTs To receive The beneTiTs oT a course Trom one Teacher, Thus increasing New Trier's educaTional possibiliTies,