Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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Employed by the Board of Education, the Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory constantly checks critical items of construction. Weld- ing tests are tests made by the use of X-rays, and welders, themselves, are to be tested as to their qualifications. Below is pictured Building C which will house the classrooms. Here the steel roof is in place and is reflected in the scattered puddles of water.

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. Anticipate the New Beginning in mid-May of 1962, architects Fo- ley Hackler Thompson Lee teamed with the Kuhne-Simmons Construction Company of Cham- paign to build the new East Campus of PCHS. The structure will house juniors and seniors and may have a capacity for 2000 students. Located across from Building B will be the Little Theater, with a seating capacity of 600 per- sons, designed specifically for drama and small musical groups. Besides the major classroom area, there will also be a cafeteria, kitchen, mechanical plant, and gymnasium. Architects John Hackler, at left, and John Lee, right, confer with Howard Broberg, .irchitectual field repre- sentative. Unique in feature, the new gymnasium roof will be supported entirely by four interior concrete pylons. These pipes, steam lines, chilled water lines, and heat runs, are installed in the series of tunnels surrounding and connecting East Campus Build- ings.

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ACTIVITIES Student Life 10 Fall Play 14 Contest Play 17 Speech 18 Homecoming 20 Frosh-Soph Party . ' . 24 Foreign Exchange 25 Band 26 Majorettes 27 A Cappella 28 Sophomore Choir 29 Christmas Vespers 30 Melody Maids 31 Dance Band 31 Student Council Elections 32