Salina High School - Trail Yearbook (Salina, KS)

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HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.

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j. A. KIMBALL. j. W. NEPTUNE F. C. BULKLEY. 1. D. SMITH.

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igintnrg nf thv Salina igigh Sirhnnl. The high school is an institution that raises the educational standard of a town several degrees. It puts this opportunity within the reach of many in their home town who would never enter a high school if they should have to go to another place to do so. In I878 the people of Salina decided that this town needed such a school, and founded the Salina High School. The first graduating classes were small, but as the town grew they increased in size, the Hrst, the class of '78, number- ing but two, while our class of '07 numbers forty-two, the largest yet in the history of the school. In the early years the home of the Salina High School was the third floor of the Central school building, at that time new. Later it was removed to rented apartments on the second floor of the Red Men's building. The num- ber of students was steadily growing too large for the crowded class rooms, The citizens, many of whom had children in the high school, saw that a new building must be furnished for this thriving institution. In IQOO the high school moved into its own home, a new brick building, which at this time appeared large and roomy to the admiring eyes of the Salina people. The second floor is occupied by the assembly room, one reci- tation room, a cloak room and a hall. On the first floor are the office, three recitation rooms and hall. The manual training shop and laboratory com- bined are in the basement. 2 There are several faults in the plan and size of this building. In the first place, the plastering used evidently was not the good old-fashioned kind. It came loose and hung in festoons in the assembly room. Whenever some emi- nent professor or speaker visited our school and, during chapel exercises, be- gan his speech with, I am sure it's a great pleasure to look into your bright and happy faces this morning, he was often interrupted by a huge patch of plastering crashing to the floor. And while he lectured on our opportunities some poor, unfortunate freshie was busy shaking the sand and plastering out of her pompadour. To remedy this shortcoming the troublesome plaster- ing was scraped off, and a handsome white steel ceiling now adorns the room. The cloak room accommodations, too, are inadequate. There is one coat hook for about every three persons in some of the halls, so that the rule ap- plied here is 'tfirst come, first served. This is partly atoned for by the recent purchase of two mirrors for the girls' use, and, although the reflections on the wavy surface rival the pictures on the funny page in the Sunday paper, yet a bevy of vain girls can be seen in front of these mirrors morning, noon or night. ln spite of these little inconveniences, we think it possible to acquire much learning in the Salina High School, and we're sure that with the pros- pect of a larger home for the high school that the future outlook is radiant. ALICE BOUGHTON, 'O7.