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

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s 5 0 The bright and spacious Art room. One ofthe outstanding features of the new school is the fact that it is the only Catholic High School in the dio- cese that was built with a separate auditorium and gymnasium. The auditorium is used for daily Mass. A large altar is set on rollers so that it may be conveniently placed on the stage for Holy Mass and then rolled off to the side when the stage is to be used for other purposes. The auditorium has a seating capacity of approximately 800. The foyer of the auditorium is graced by two modern box offices. Flooring consists of elaborate finger wave terrazzo. It has its own separate entrance from the outside. The gymnasium has a regulation playing tioor, roll-away bleachers on both sides seating 'l,600, in addition a place for temporary bleachers for 400 more seats. A large roll-away partition can be used to divide the floor area to facilitate handling boys and girls physical education classes simultaneously. Below the gym are four large locker rooms, showers, drying area, laundry, and an all purpose room . The name locker is a misnomer be- cause the students store ll t h ' ' a o t err personal effects in baskets stacked on portable shelves in a sort of library fashion. 57 'S jf? 65' i i we 0 The business department consists of the typing room, bookkeeping and office practice rooms

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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-

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Q 0 The little theatre L....J 2 2 Q .cs i 2 ? N? l :z-ffre O Sewing class in action. A Besides these two outstanding features, one is sure to remark about the music section. Two large community re- hearsal rooms with risers, excellent lighting, and practice rooms are only a few of the fine facilities ofthe depart- ment. The band occupies one of the large ensemble rooms while the orchestra and chorus have exclusive use of the other. Besides the separate practice rooms of these organizations there are offices for the music directors, storage rooms for instruments, uniforms and choir gowns as well as two separate music libraries. The doors outside the band room overlook the gymnasium. Three double sliding doors make it possible for the band, reporters and guests to witness activities in the gymnasium without setting a foot inside of the area proper. 58