Springfield High School - Capitoline Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL.

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:rite . -,J lp l-n-14:55 F 6 A P 1 0 L I H E 'f3'? . tLli - -5 JUNE 1816 .f i 1- 1 5 ,.g do --F -15. f- Eg, - 'I 514 l y .-fv4-Y.. f . x,-- , NEAR 'I E i-fe 1- H i 'L 6 'S -,,'f T I .I I Svtaff EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ............ ............. W m. H, Nieholas, Jr. ASSISTANT EDITOR ...,....... ................... M ary Artsman, BUSINESS MANAGER ................,.. A.............. H arold Corsen CIRCULATION MANAGER ......... ............,..,,. P aul Bigler FEB. '16 EDITOR .....,,,................,..,,..... .............. D ewey Somdal ADVERTISING MANAGER .......,. ............ J ohn Gorman. Erpartmmi Ehitura Literary ......,,... ........,.................,................................. G eorge Stout Athletics ,4,,...... .......wwww.... I+ 'rank Briggs, William Fortune Societies .......... ...........,....,.................,...................... J o June Knox Calendar ..,.......,,...,...,, .............. H elen Fortune Wit and Humor ............. ....,..l...,..................l............................... J ennie Barnes Art and Designing ...,,........ ........... A rt Department of the High School,

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'Q .,, V :::::::::::: QFSZET':E5:gf ts if 'lfgto L-wit' YQQ1'-1 Q .Lk .K-gig : .Q Q- . - 341 ' 5 5 YEL c .-- --.-.--.. ' T - -Y 4. f m it 'Qi' .--- -------- YJ.-- --- Y x-W Y - -,,.. zfzf ie ... QAPITOLQB .g Gbur illnturr 55111112 HE king is dead! Long live the king! Thus they said in the olden days when the ruler died, and thus they chant as our class, June '16, leaves. Even if we did submit to the crowded class rooms and the lack of necessary apparatus, we regret to leave, and envy those blithe young Freshmen who are just entering. We wish to congratulate all those who will have the pleasure 'of acquiring knowledge at the new school. Let us hope that future classes will uphold and even strengthen the prestige gained by the classes who have finished in the old school. The regret at the parting from our old home 'is turned to joy in the contemplation of the new. Located in Forest Park and facing the east, the imposing new High School will be approached by two broad walks leading from the street. The ground floor contains the cook- ing rooms, sewing rooms, business, typewriting, stenography, bookkeeping, machine shops, lunch rooms, kitchen, music and public speaking rooms. The domestic science rooms, to the east, contain a model house-keeping suite of six rooms. It is furnished com- pletely and includes living, dining, kitchen, bed rooms, bath and den. The business rooms, to the south, and live in number, are large and well equipped. The machine shops are large and complete in every detail. These shops include forge, metal work, wood turn- ing and manual training. - The large lunch rooms and kitchen are in the center of the building. The public speaking and music rooms are situated in the north and south parts of the building. Each of these rooms is provided with a stage and raised seats. Each is about twice as long as it is wide. From each entrance a flight of marble stairs lead to the first floor. Situated in the center front are the principal 's office, his private and public offices, and reception rooms. On this first floor are class rooms along with the biology and general science rooms, auditorium, boys' and girls' gymna- siums, and the toilet and locker rooms. The crowning glory of the building is the auditorium, capable of seating 1,524 pupils, and the stage 400. This stage is sixty by thirty feet and is large enough to accommodate the graduation class, the chorus and the School Board. The stage is on a level with the first iioor and when not in use doors may be opened and thus create a corridor run- ning in the shape of a huge bowl and here the seats rise in tiers. The two gymnasiums are to the west. These two rooms are connected by a re- movable wall. Spiral stairs lead to the dressing rooms for both gymnasiums. ln the girls' gymnasium are seats for spectators, which can be raised to or lowered from the ceiling by electricity. This is a new plan and if it succeeds, will be known as the Springfield plan. On the second floorin. the center is the library. It is a very large room, built to accommodate 150 pupils. lt will be fitted out with large tables and will be one of the most used rooms. The chemistry and physics lecture rooms and laboratories are situated to the south. They are very completely fitted out for all experiments. To the north are two large art rooms con- nected by a store room. On the third iioor are located the me- chanical drawing rooms, blue printing room and arts and crafts room. They all have large store rooms. Thanks to all those instrumental in securing this magnificent home and again congratulations to those pupils who will use it.