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

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A? 3 f , if 1 ff P - I HQ: 'M-r lfbmfyfw J' A A ELEVATOR LIFTS TONS OF BRICKS, BLOCKS AS TOWER RISES AN EXTRA CHIMNEY ACOOMMODATES ENLARGED HEATING SYSTEM THE NEW EAST WING ADVANCES FAR ENOUGH FOR PARTIAL USE EARLY IN FALL I I J, .muse .rw ,..,,....- l

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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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THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE TOWER LOOKS OUT OVER LAKE MICHIGAN IConTinued from page 7I As The buildings Took shape, New Trier began To regain iTs Torrner dig- niTy wiTh a new Tace. The exTerior oT The Tower was compleTed beTore ChrisTmas. The new Tower is Twice The size oT The old one and is de- signed To be more useTul. IT will con- Tain some laboraTories, a recepTion lounge, adrninisTraTion and TaculTy oTTices, parT oT The new library, and conTerence rooms. EighTeen hundred new lockers were insTalIed in The new building. I-Iowever, upperclassmen were re- required To share lockers, as no as- signmenTs To new Ioclcers were made unTil second sernesTer. IConTinuecI on page IOI PROJECTION AND LIGHTING BOOTH OVERLOOKS AUDITORIUM 3130 P-M-. AND STUDENTS HEAD FOR HOME 4.44