Saginaw High School - Aurora Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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Moses he looked over into the Promised Land, but history says it was not given him to go there; so we look over upon the new building, with all of its promised services and pleas- ures, and wish that we might have entered. But in regretting that we cannot do so, as scholars, and that the opportunity and enjoyment have not been ours, we are glad for the blessings that those who come after us will enjoy. For the thought, and for the execution of the thought, every one in the City of Saginaw owes to Wellington R. Burt » debt of gratitude, and it is a debt which many generations will feel, but it is also a debt which there will be joy in owing, and which, contrary to the usual form, will make the debtors richer. —James Webber Peter. Saginaw, Michigan, April 29th, 1905. % is

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from the ground to the level of the kitchen. Connecting with the High School kitchen will be a suite of rooms composed of a butler’s pantry, a dining, reception and a bed room, in the order named. Then on the same floor, but in the back part of the building, is the gymnasium and the running track, twenty-nine laps to the mile. The gymnasium itself will be fitted with all suitable appliances, and joined to it will be two locker and shower bath rooms, one above the other, the upper one being for the girls and the lower for the boys. At the north end of the top floor will be two session rooms, and the smaller rooms will be given over to commercial work, stenography, clay modeling and recitations. The two large rooms at the south end will be for sewing and domestic art. In the back part of the basement will be the foundry and forge shops for the boys, and also the engine and boiler rooms, while in the front part will be the shops for cabinet making, wood turning and pattern making, together with a machine shop for metal work. There will also be a complete laundry outfit for the use of the girls. The boil- ers will be of sufficient capacity to heat, not only the building in which they are located, but also the High School upon the opposite side of the street. They will also provide all power required, and will run the electrical generators which will light the two school buildings. Some idea of the size of the building may be had when it is stated that the total area of the three floors is almost sixty thousand square feet. This article would not be complete if some reference was not made to the proposed swimming pool already planned, and which, by reason of Mr. Burt’s recent offer, will be placed in the rear of the building. This will enable all of the children of the city to learn how to swim, and it will be a source of healthful pleasure and real benefit. It is to be regretted that this beautiful building has not greater space about it, but this does not detract from its value. It only means that for such a noble work a worthier frame should have been provided. And now we see that within the four years’ life of this class of ours in the High School, has come the thought and its execu- tion. In massive simplicity the East Side Manual Training School stands almost completed, and its doors will be open to receive the class which follows ours. We can liken ourselves to 11

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INTRODUCTION. In accordance with the annual custom, we beg leave to present this Aurora of the class of 1905. We issue it as a souvenir of our High School days, to illustrate the spirit of the school as it manifests itself in bright visions of fame and success, in healthful competition—both literary and athletic— in the lights and shades of wit and humor, and in the formation of the bonds of friendship and good fellowship. These pages will be a reminder of our happy school days, and will renew memory’s pictures (in after years) when the colors have been dimmed by time.