PJ Jacobs High School - Tattler Yearbook (Stevens Point, WI)

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Ll iozi 'll TAJTTLER ll' SPHS l Our High School, Old and New THIS year we, students and faculty of Stevens Point High School, are in the happy real- ization of a situation which has been the hope and anticipation of our predecessors for many years past. We are for the first time occupying our much needed new high school building. To be sure, the new edifice is not the most magnihcent structure of its kind in the state, nor does it completely satisfy the demand for adequate facilities in all departments of the school. But it affords a tremendous relief from the insufferable congestion of the years gone by, and the additional opportunities which it has placed at our disposal are greatly appreciated by all persons who give the matter serious consideration. The days of the old regime are but memories of the past. Although the old building still stands, and is still being used in conjunction with the new school, it has been remodeled to some cxtent,and no longer has to serve as the main home for our educational life and activi- ties. And what pictures those memories of by gone days present. There were the general axemblies in the old main room with all seats doing double duty, collapsible chairs jamm- ing the comers and aisles, window sills hlled to capacity, students banked three deep around the walls, the suffocating atmosphere of congestion and improper ventilation, and the dinky stage upon which to execute our programs. There was the chase around the block to the venerable old shack which accommodated the commercial department, and the ducking through the leaky passage way to the barracks. There was basketball practice at the Parish House, in the Normal gym, or on the blackboard, as the occasion permitted, and the athletic dressing room was a fitting model for any Bastile dungeon. Most thrilling of all was the free- for-all daily battle in the narrow cloak rooms, from the struggle of which, one who could emerge with his own coat and cap, a whole pair of his own rubbers, clothes untorn, buttons intact, and hair unruffled, was indeed a hero, athlete, and Hghter. Such are pictures ofthe old regime, surely they depict congestion, inconvenience and discomfort. But they portray school days, and after all, their memories abound in happiness. The new building has wrought a great change. lts better facilities have had a beneficial effect upon every phase of our school life and have extended their influence through the entire community. A commodious auditorium with a well equipped stage furnishes an excellent, place for mass meetings and programs, and serves, as well, to encourage and accommodate worthy enterprises fostered by the community at large. A well lighted gymnasium with an excellent fioor, fair seating capacity, good showers and commodious dressing rooms, has stimu- lated interest in athletics, provided a means for giving physical education the to student body at large, accommodated Boy Scout activities, and supplied the business men of the city with a place for volley ball contests. Steel lockers located along the walls ofthe wide corridors, afford a safe storage place for clothes and books. Several large class rooms have dispensed with the necessity for the old commercial building, although the barracks, improved in appearance, is retained for the new courses in printing and sheet metal work. lt is a tribute to Stevens Point that the new building was necessary, and that its capacity is being rapidly reached. lt is indicative of an increasing educational standard throughout the community. The structure stands as a testimony to the fact that the citizens of the city are mindful of its educational needs. Everywhere throughout the city there is evidence of an increasing civic pride. It is fitting that in the march toward a greater Stevens Point, the facilities for the instruction of our youth shall not be neglected. For the youth of to-day is the citizen of to-morrow, and no community can rise above the average intelligence of its citizens. ' C. A. H. Page seven I I S'l'l-IYHNSPOlN'l'lllGl'lSfllltitil, I I