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

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t e bta e The Benjamin Russell High School is unique among school structures in that every dollar expended for its erection came from the citizens and industries of Alexander City. The main body of the building contains thirty-five classrooms, the library, a fully equipped audio-visual room, offices for the principal, supervisors, the coaches, and the lunchroom supervisor. It also contains a sick room and numerous lounges for students and teachers. Shown at left is the Fine Arts Audi .orium, with a seating capacity of two hundred. It is used for class meetings, club meetings and special programs.

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vnattcf, In the fall season, when things start to cool, We pick up our hooks and head toward school To prepare ourselves for Life’s great play— For Life is hut a stage some say. 1 hus on this stage we plot our courses, The scripts we use are school resources. “One man in his time plays many parts.” As freshmen we came with carefree hearts, As sophomores we think we’ve found the route, As juniors we learn that we’re just finding out, As seniors we realize that Life’s just begun. And we have many scripts, some serious, some fun. Our school board produces, our teachers direct, And we find that math is a thing to respect. Latin, history and geometry, too, Teach us so much that we never knew. The ballgames, the dances, the parties, the fun, 1 he Washington trip, the Junior-Senior prom All form a glow within each heart That makes us glad we played our part.

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At right is shown the modern, spacious gymnasium. Immediately below is pictured the Agriculture-Shop building which contains workshops lor each subject, classrooms, offices, the band room and student lounges. Shown at bottom is the lunchroom which operates under the federal program. The lunchroom is frequently the scene of community and civic club meetings and banquets. All buildings are connected to the main building by corridors and breeze wavs. Cv v