Santa Monica High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Santa Monica, CA)

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Ilousehold and Fine Arts building and, like the Manual Arts building, is ir- regular in shape, 'having a maximum dimension of 196 by 62 feet. The first Hoor of this building contains two lecture rooms and laboratories for chem- istry, physics, biology and botany, physical geography, together with appar- atus and dark rooms, and instructors' rooms. Un the second floor will be the department of household and fine arts, including cooking, general scwi11g, dressmaking, millinery, housekeeping, laundry, free-hand drawing, designs and water-coloring. The two side buildings are connected with the Academic building by a covered cloister with paved brick floor, and on the easterly side of the main building, on the first floor, there are two large open-air study rooms, fully pro- tected from the winds by the method of grouping the buildings, 'covered with a roof the same as the buildings, but entirely open o11 three sides, with the exception of the columns that support the roof. Provision has been made in all buildings for open-air school rooms. Four rooms on the second floor of the Academic building have no wall on the easterly side, and it is not thought that any provision will be necessary for the enclosure of this side of the build- ing even in stormy weather. All windows throughout the three buildings are to be so hinged that the window may be thrown at right angles to the casing, thus opening up the entire window space. The architectural style of the buildings is reminiscent of the Lombardy style of brick, architecture found in northern ltaly, and tapestry brick of the maximum length of twelve inches and laid with wide cement joints, is used in construction. The foundation is of concrete and the roofs will be of red tile. The interior throughout, and all the floors, will be of Oregon pine, except that the second floor of the Science, Ilousehold and Fine Arts buildi.ng will be finished in maple, it being the intention of the board of education to cover all hallways, offices, library and some class rooms with cork linoleum so as to elim- inate the shuffling, grinding noise incident to the administration of a large school. The Academic building will be heated by warm air conveyed to the rooms by a fan system, and the two side buildings will be heated by a hot water system, all being installed in the same concrete, fireproof heating room. Pro- vision is made for a complete vacuum cleaning system for the three buildings. The site occupied by the high school is known in local history as Prospect llill, and the Academic building rests on an elevation of l20 feet above sea- level, thus offering a commanding view of ocean, foothills, mountains and valleys. A gentleman recently from New York, who has traveled extensively and frequently in Europe, as well as in many parts of the United States, re- cently said: 'Nl have seen many of the building sites of Europe and America and I have seen a number of sites that cqualed Prospect llill on one side, but TQ have never seen a public building site as good on every side, with sea, foot- hills, mountains and valleys so spread out in one continuous panorama. The school site is located between Fourth Street and Seventh Street, Fre- mo11t Avenue and Michigan Avenue. and contains thirteen and one-half acres. The net cost of the site was Sli-15,-187. The grounds and three buildings now under construction, together with the equipment old and new. will represent an investment of SF250,000. The completed scheme for the high school contemplates a boys' gymnasium on the Michigan Avenue side of the athletic field and a girls' gymnasium on the Fre- mont Avenue side. The athletic field is 502 feet by 35-L feet, and will have a quarter mile track. Page 'I'cn

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High School Buildings Cliy Horace M. Rebok, City Supt.D The first formal action toward building a high school for Santa Monica, was on September 1-L, 1910, when the Board of lflducation met with invited representatives from the eity council, Santa, Monica. Bay chamber of commerce, and Santa Monica. board of trade. The Iiincoln building. occupied by the lligh School since 18511, is the property of the elementary schools and will be needed by these schools next fall. The election voting rI42tiU,0llU tor a lligh School was held January 2-l-. 1911, and was carried by a vote of 768 to 107. The splendid work done by lligh School pupils in that election was a high compliment to their intelligence and sense of civic duty. The large majority ol' vot.es in favor of the bonds placed lndelibly the stamp of progress upon Santa Monica. The three buildings shown on the opposite page are now under construe- tlon and the contractor agrees to have them completed for the opening of the New school year in September. The Academic building, occupying the eenter of the group, has a frontage ol' 260 feet and contains an auditorium that will seat 1,0-lil, with gallery. fully equipped stage, dressing rooms, ehcck room and ticket booth. There is a, music hall on the second tloor that will seat 110, with stage and dressing room. The building also contains sixteen class rooms and a large library. On the first lioor are the offices of the principal, vice-principal and teachers, and rest rooms for girls, while on the second tioor a.re located offices for the board of educa- tion. city superintendent and secretary. A large cafeteria seating over 3100 is arranged for the basement, under the auditorium. The Academic building will care for the subieets of ancient and modern languages, English. mathematics, history. music. debating and oral ex- pression. The board of education has blaced a contract for upholstered chairs for the seating of the auditor- ium, and the school authorities have planned to make this a community au- ditorium for the general educational and intellectual interests of the com- munity, as well as for the school. The building on the Michigan Ave- nue side of the grounds is known as the Manual Arts and Commerce building. its outside dimensions are l82 feet by 67 feet. On the first lioor will be located the foundry, forge, ma- chine shop, practical physics, cabinet- making, with provision for milling. stock room, dry-kiln. finishing room. fuming room. instructor's room and two lavatories, while in the basement H. xl. in-ook, cny SlllH'l'flli0llll0!l1 of this building will be the wood-turn- ing and patteln-making shop. The second tioor of this building provides for the commercial department. mechanical drawing. applied a1'ts and an exhibit room. -The building facing Fremont Avenue will be known as the 'tSeienee, Page Nine

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