Newport High School - Bruin Yearbook (Newport, WA)

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NEW BUILDING Last year we had high expectations of being the first elses :to graduate from the new building, but plans for help from the W.P.A.did not come our way. Our class can still have the pleasure of saying Wwe were the last clcss to graduate from the old building.U December 7, 1955, different contracts were awarded to J.T. Helin, General Contractor, 569551355 S. T. Miller, heating and plulbing, 5155955 both of Spokane and Watts Electric Co., 85,5560 Grand Coulsu. The new building is to he completed by August 20, 1956, for the start of the new school year. The new building dimensions will be 149 ft. x 86 ft. It will have withing its wells 15 large class rooms, e library, study hall, superintendent's and principel's offices., writing room, physical ex aminstion room, end two store rooms. Our new building would not be complete without a gymm .or audi torium. The gymnasium will be 50 ft. x 90 ft. with an athletic con test floor of 48 ft. x 80 ft. It will have e balcony of five feet on ell sides with the gymn floor of maple. The auditorium will hnvs an inclined maple floor with e setting capacity of 675. The opera chairs will be used. The stage is 21 ft. x 50 ft. with prosconium arch of 12 ft. x 56 ft. A In the home Ee room, library and corridors the floors will be of firs and overlaid with battleship linoloum. Terrozsa flooring will be used in showers levatorics and stairways. The heating plant will be located in the present building. There will be a tunnel for the pipes running into the new building. The old school building will be used for the grade school. Ne, the class of WSSW, the last class of the old building, wish the best success to succeeding classes in the new building.