Benjamin Russell High School - Echo Yearbook (Alexander City, AL)

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Benjamin Russell High School BOARD OF EDUCATION T. D. Russell Chairman G. W. Hulme Vice-Chairman Dr. J. L. Miller, VV. C. Adams, Sim S. Wilbanks

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HORSESHOE BEND Dedication... To our parents who, with love and understanding, laid the solid foundation for our future success and happiness, we proudly dedicate the 1954 ECHO.

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The Benjamin Russell High School holds an unparalled position among the schools of Alabama in that every dollar of money used in its construction was supplied by local citizens and local industries. The Benjamin and Roberta Russell Foundation contributed most generously in setting up a fund for the school's construction, as did Avondale Mills through its local plant. Local citizens, without the assistance of government at any level, raised the additional six hundred thousand dollars necessary for construction. The Benjamin Russell 1 ligh School stands not only as monument to a town’s love of its young people hut also a monument to the ultimate in civic cooperative endeavor. The building contains thirty-five class rooms, a Fine Arts Auditorium, cafeteria and kitchen, library, health clinic, dark room equipped with modern audio-visual equipment, gymnasium, room for developing pictures, industrial arts shop, agriculture shop, two science laboratories, home economics kitchen, sewing room, and model bedroom and living room, offices for the principal, librarian, lunchroom supervisor, athletic director, and numerous lounges for teachers and students. Accredited in 1951, the Benjamin Russell Fligh School offers a wide variety of both cultural and vocational courses.