Putnam County High School - Cavalier Yearbook (Cookeville, TN)

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.f's5'i3:g .g.'. ' ' ' 121, fiii, ll' 522595 Th'7.'1,... ff if 41. is QM ni?-Ps . , .V K' . EW: le ' if ,Y Q5 K E J ,gi if if gigs 1 it W H if Y rag wi X sg , if' we 5 sv 1 ' , is N PW X 1' 'ggi 2 .. s M A ' 3. r E , l v .1 r .Y 1 W-5 V 2 L' 4' -1: an A The classrooms are arranged in hexagonal s aeeo Aoo, t., aox, ' Q? 31 , .,,A clusters. All of the clusters . cocscalsse sslae ' . - - Y W vK-f - -- y ,. A . yi-, '. - fp: are equal ln size but all oll WWW. W'f'tf ' X'l M ':iT:1e,Lp.:1 ,,,- f.i:i1i',..,...,.f ,fcd .nge 7 'fflfif' of the clusters do not con- tain the same number of .-sf. . bw-w ., rooms. Some clusters have six rooms, some have four, and some have three. The cluster arrange- ment allows the building to be departmentalized. Each cluster can contain classrooms for only one subject such as math or fl i, 4. 1 English. l l One cluster is an individual building in itself. It has its own heating and air conditioning system which is housed inside this configuration on the roof. l l l l i This unit controls the temperature and the air flow for this one clus- ter only. Since it is not tied into one system for the entire building, it can i f-1w . better react to the condl- In the center of of each tion of this cluster. cluster is a hexagonal room. This area serves as . . . l fr' I 'tn a. y . Tift f' www XR ll: y .... T,-v 1' s' A .., ,,,,i tggg E 1 'A g Hx Y ....,. t y S - s fy.. v 2 :..Q.t!s21i+ . . . a storage area for equip- g.A3.imNii ment . . . ,z YJ. iffiimw I0 , , , and materials , , . . . and as a working area for the teachers.

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5 - Q1 The Senior High building was designed in 1963, but it was 1966 before it was used, and it was not scheduled to be completely finished before 1968. In October, 1963, the State Fire Marshall and the State Board of Education approved the plans and the architect was directed to finish the details. The low bid was over 31,4-00,000 which exceeded the available funds. After the contract was let by the school board, the County Court sued to prevent construction. ln March, 1964, the cost was lowered to about 31,158,000 by leaving out two clusters and the auditorium con- struction. When the Board's request for 3750,000 was refused, the Board voted to sue. - ' SPI, AY i The Board received the 55750,000 in September and construction 4i.k'i ' A' -fw':f5 resumed in December. By September, 1966, the building was ready f -1 -- f A El 4, ' ' ' for use even though all of the equipment had not been installed. f ,F-..-ew-P 1-.,.-.-, ,, ., -.....f-P: .,5.s:-yr-Ass. .-tb.-gy' .-A . . V. ... .- 1s:,-xg V V- X -Q gf'-.sz In early spring of 1967, con- struction began on the other two clusters and the auditorium. Their cost was said to be about 3309,000. 9

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This is one of the general class- rooms. It takes up one-sixth of the One of the first features you notice is the absence of win dows. The glass door and the glass panel are the only pieces of glass between the classroom and the outside. A win- d o w l e s s classroom seems strange, but no windows are needed in this building. 121' classroom space in a cluster A tgpiral rlasssrnum Fresh air is sent from the heating and air con- ditioning unit into the room through this grille . . . ,..,....--Y ffm' , -. .wa - -M ' .-in 1-1-I A A W ,-iii , il . .. and light is provided by wall fixtures like this one. The ceiling is made of suspended acoustical panels. Special panels conceal the intercom equipment. I ,x TN gi? -A gf f .94 The intercom allows announcements which are sent to the entire building to be received in this room, or this one room may be called individually. This equipment is both a receiver and a transmitter. By the flip of a switch, someone in this room may talk to the office as well as hear messages from the office. This room is also equipped with a T.V. which receives com- mercial channels as well as the schoo1's own closed circuit channel.