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

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x 1 1 1 Manual Arts and Commerce-Academic and Admlnlstration Building-Science, Household and Fine Arts

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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