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

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When 3I25 sTudenTs enTered New Trier IasT SepTember, They Tound a new building in a sTaTe oT parTiaI comple-Tion. lThe picTures on These pages were Taken in SepTember and OcTober.l There were a Tew new corridors open, These relieving con- gesTion immeasurably. There were also six classrooms, one IecTure hall, a new lunch hall addiTion, and a modernized IciTchen noT exacTIy ready Tor use buT, aT IeasT, usable. LaTer in The Tall The remodeled girls' locker room and Tour new sTudy halls were puT in service. During ChrisTmas vacaTion The naTuraI briclc walls of The old lunch room were painTed in IighT colors, surprising everybody. By The begin- ning oT second-semesTer TourTeen classrooms, Three more sTudy halls, and Two new gyms were in service, in addiTion To The TaciIiTies men- Tioned above. On November 20, I956, The Wil- liam C. SchweiTzer Company Toolc over The consTrucTion iob because The John C. C7riTTiThs Company was noT able To TulTiIl iTs conTracT. No money or Time was losT because The consTrucTion was covered by a per- Tormance bond and work conTinued wiThouT lapse. ICon+inuecI on page 9I 215 ff A MAZE OF LADDERS, LIFTS, AND PULLEYS FOR HOISTING BUILDING MATERIALS SCAFFOLDIN6 FILLS THE NEW MATTHEW GAFFNEY AUDITORIUM AS WORK ON INTERIOR BEGINS w,,,f'-

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THIS WAS THE NEW TRIER WHICH THE CLASS OF I957 ENTERED AS FRESHMEN, I953 AND HFRE IS THE NEW TRIER FROM WHICH THEY WILL GRADUATE, I957. L

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