Riverside Brookfield High School - Rouser Yearbook (Riverside, IL)

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' Jailed! 5'LOWLY but surely the crowded state of affairs at Rlvlanslmz-BnooKFIELD HIGH SCHOOL worked up to a climax. That climax came in 1937. Some- thing had to be done! A 1 Y Crowded hallways, large classes, inadequate class-room and study-hall space made itvery ob- vious that a building with a capacity of-five hundred was being used to accommodate almost one thousand. The crowded -lunch room' over- flowed into the auditorium at eating time. A class of forty-four boys and girls recited in the cook- ing roomg study-halls were held in the balcony of the auditorium during the lunch hourg congested traffic blocked the halls, and the library facilities were grossly inadequate. Everyone agreed that iL.was high.time to make some changes. 'i And indeed, those changes are about to be real- ized. 'lldeas are fast becoming actualities,,and suggestions, realities. The capable hands of the Board of,Education and Superintendent Kelly placed this question before the voters of River- side and Brookfield: Should an addition be made to the present school building? The plan was given hearty approval. Government -aid was secured in addition to the local bond issue, and immediately plans for a super-schoolwere set down on paper. The days of congestion and crowded conditions will soon be gone. Some- thing had to happensand it did! N -

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f- . Building Progmm Bv .IoHN D. Cinxxev Presidelzf of Board of 1f!flllTl1ffOlI Six years ago we were keenly aware of the crowded dangerous conditions in our building. Two conditions at that time prevented any immediate improvement. One of these was the fact that we did not have any available land to lay out a plan, as the land which the high school then owned, exclusive of that which would be occupied by the building additions, was 11ot suf- ficient for a full-sized football field. The second was the tremendous load of debt which had been accumulated. NVQ then started out with two objectives: 1. To acquire some new land. 2. To reduce our indebtedness and build up a fund for building operations. Continuous work has been done on those two projects ever since. There has been a decree entered by the Superior Court of Cook County issuing us most of the block of land to the east of us. We have on hand sufficient cash to complete our new building operations. Our building plans fall into four classes: 1. Alterations and rehabilitation of our pres- ent building. XYe hope to correct some of the present evils by clearing tl1e corridors of steel lockers, furnishing more and bet- ter light, providing conveniences for per- sonal cleanliness and better and safer stairways. 2. A Manual Arts Section approximately 100 ft. by 130 ft., which when completed will be one of the best in the country. 3. A ten classroom unit. This statement of necessity will not permit a detailed dis- cussion, but l want to mention plans underway for a new library. 4. Plans for the future. The one which we hope will be first accomplished is the building of light, clean, airy gymnasiums, one for boys and one for girls, with ade- quate bathing and other modern conven- iences for the physical well-being of the students.