Regis High School - Chi Rho Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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The music ensemble room is large, airy and well lighted. There are three sets of risers ' ' ' I f r all musicians to see ff, V avril lasik 1.1 iii , 1-1, H11 I Mr R Walther and assistant put the finish- ' utside ing touches on the metal door lust o the gym. making it possibe o the director at all times. ., ,L T.,-We-navrvuiszusssfnwsffft-WPMQ I Wi, H M K , g In looking over our new Regis someone remarked that it is a symphony in brick, mortar, terrazzo and steel. Yet if one were to consider the amount of each of the constituents of the building in more ordinary terms and compar-' isons and colassalness of the symphony would surprise one. 231,000 cement blocks were used in the construc- tion--if layed end to end, they would reach from Eau Claire to Rice Lake. The 5,700 glass blocks would make a window 25 feet high and 100 feet long. The 91,000 pieces of glazed tile used in the gym and locker rooms would ' half mile long. y 1 ' d. If this steel were to be make a wail fifteen feet high and one ' ' i e' nails, etc., there were 308 tons of steel use h to stretch from Boston, Mass., Excluding the steel used m conduit, p p , P made into ordinary clothes line wire, it would be 15,400,000 feet long-long enoug to San Francisco, Calif. - 55

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aria ll 0 Early spring and the building nears completion. A 2 l 2 ' , 5 gf Representatives from the vari- ous parishes in the city check on the return during the Fund Raising Campaign for the new Regis building. Seated: Miss P. Kauffman, secretary, Mr. F. Cobb, chairman, Mrs. E. Schatzlein, St. James the Greater parish, Mr. W. Shea, St. Patrick's parish, Mr. E. Krumenauer, Sacred Heart parish, Mr. A. Coleman, lm- maculate Conception parish. rf As the fall of 1952 wore into early winter, the building went on aided by milder weather than usual so that all concrete footings and foundations were completed and the super-structure enclosed so the work continued unhin- dered throughout the winter. The work accomplished was phenomenal. By early spring the building really looked like a building with all the contractors working at top speed. lt looked as if it would be completed for the open- ing of the school term in Sept. of '53 as had been promised by Mr. Peterson, the contractor. As this book is being com iled,th f' lt h ' ' ' ' p e ma ouc es are being completed, school is in session and Mr. Panek, the efficient foreman has re- turned to Minnesota. ' Regis High School with a past record of high achievement in the face of great obstacles, looks to a great future in its fine new building which is beautiful and functional in every department. 54 fx

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l ,Q gifs dors with recessed lock- ers, light green terrazzo floors, buff tile and yellow walls are some of the physical properties which make school life at Regis so pleasant. 0 The last meeting of the key building men: Mr. K. Wilson, Mr. T. Panek, Father John Paul, Mr. E. Klingler, Mr. G. Green. QW When all ofthe lights in the building are on fwhich we ho e 's ll p i neverl, a ranges cooking, all motors, fans, etc. running under full load, they will use the same amount of electric current as would be required to light 14,520 twenty five watt light bulbs. There were . is amoun were made into a side walk three inches thick, andone and one half feet wide, the walk would extend from Eau Claire to a point 29 miles beyond St. Paul, Minnesota. If the water supply pipe bringing city water into the building were opened wide, the flow of water would be fast enough to fill a railroad tank car in nine and one half minutes. Excluding telephone wires, there are approximately fifty miles of electric wire and conduit in the walls of Regis. As a final comparison it is estimated that it would t k k a e one man-skilled in all trades--working forty hours o week three to four life times to build Regis High School. 9,600 barrels of cement used in the construction of Regis If th' t 56 The long spacious corri-