Van High School - Vandalite Yearbook (Van, TX)

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P1ctured above IS the new S 15 000 Ad m1n1strat1on Bu1ld1ng whlch IS located 1n front of the h1gh school aud1tor1um Superlntendent J E Rhodes and Tax Offlcer A M Dlckerson whose offxces are 1n the bu1ld1ng are shown at the doorway of the east entrance The bulldmg deslgned to prov1de more convement se rvxce for taxpayers and the publzc generally cons1sts of the Tax Department and supermtendent s off1ce It has a fzreproof vault for school rec ords a larger space for the tax ofhcer to serve more adequately the pubhc a prlvate Off1C9 for the Tax Department s e c r e t a r 1 e s and super1ntendent an lil! Ill auxihary off1ce to serve as space for small staff meetings and SchoolBoard meetmgs alounge and two rest rooms The bu1ld1ng 1S made of hayd1te blocks wxth W1lson Patterson and Assoc1ates as arch1tects Transfer to the new buildmg was made byMr Rhodes and Mr Dxckerson early 1n March Both of thezr offxce s had p revmous ly been m the Semor I-hgh School bu1ld1ng Mr Rhodes used a temporary off1ce 1n the gym most of the past year Movln g of the offxces gave addltzonal classroom space 1-'Sw-isa-p Ji.. U O U N .im -, . . - X af A , 'xt I L , , , N l' Vx Il - Q 1 X - gl NN Q v .. ' r X X .X xx ,X X ,X Wx, g I . pn k .- W 1 '7' -,......,..,...... . p , ,, .. .,.., ,,., , ...4..... M -,. ......-......,.,.M. v.y- .- 'Q.l....-....I'I' s f'If'Zf'If: , 4. ' IEQQ V . fr QQ F A . ,V - ,W ' . ' ' 5 7 , , , '-7?3?ff'fl.. H , g ,,VY 11, A ,- - - , 1 - ,-,af .' .?f.,:.!?k'Zf.ifff.a, 1 - . . , , . . . . . I . . . I 1 I O I I . . l I . , . . . . . . - I I , , . , . 1 I

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CITIZENS FIRST CLASS The V and allte Staff on behalf of the student body would l1ke to use th1S page of the 1954 Vandahte as a means of honormg and thankmg you the voters who approved the S 32.5 000 1mprovement bond by an almost 2. to 1 majonty for ble As students and teachers look a round them they see the many wonder ful 1mprovements that w1ll benefxt them now and the younger gene ratlons yet to come They honor your ab1l1ty to real1ze that the1r equlpment goe s out of style and that modern equ1pment 1S needed You were thlnkmg not only of the present but of the future You foresaw the need for the four new bu1ld1ngs and knew that repa1rs to the school 1ns1de and out were a necessxty You the f1rst class c1t1zens of Van understood that many othe r lmprovements we re needed 1f schools 1n the state They know that you are proud w1th them that people throughout the country speak of Van I-hgh as one of the best equ1pped schools 1n East Texas If It had not been for your deep lnterest IU the school the f1ne lmprovements could not have occurred , . . . . . . , . , , . your co-operation which made it possi- Van was to keep having one of the best

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S11pcl'illl0ndcnt lf. Rhodes Superintendent J, E. Rhodes points to an automatic control ofthe new heating system, one of the many improvements about Van High School. He played an important part in making these improvements possible. os? .5 K 1 , X 5 1 iw 5.