Windsor High School - Pow Wow Yearbook (Windsor, IL)

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WCHS A Dream Come True In the Pow-Wow for 1927 there appeared on page nineteen a prophecy by Katherine Luce, '28: Ten years from now will show you a new high school building, one of the best schools in Central Illinois. Miracle of miracles! These prophetic words have come true, and the year IS 1937, or within the time allotted by the prophet. We now have a building whose majestic appearance symbolizes the beauty and truth to be gained in our modern age learning. As you enter by either of the two front entrances, you step into specious corridors floored with terazzo. The walls of the corridors are lined with buff salt glazed brick. Students' lockers are recessed in the walls of the corridors. Recessed drinking fountains are at convenient places in the school building. A glass trophy case is in the center of the north wall of the lower corridor. After entering the east door, you find a recitation room, the agriculture laboratory, and the boys' rest room. This corridor leads to the gymnasium-auditorium. On the south side of the corridor, the first door leads to a spacious office. On down the hall on the south is another recitation room. The next door to this is the sewing laboratory. At the extreme west is found the all modern domestic science suite, which has a large cooking laboratory, pantry, and dining room. The manual arts room, which is upon basement level, is at the west end of the building. The west corridor also leads to the gymnasium, clinic room, and girls' rest room. Our gym is said to be one of the finest in Central Illinois. The hard wood floor has a bakelite finish, which makes it a very attractive floor. The markings on the floor are the required changes made in basket ball. On the north side there are four rows of bleachers and a balcony above these. On the south side there is a stage with a 55 foot opening, which is used for dramatics, music classes and orchestra. The stage is equipped with rust velour curtains with gold crescent. In the rear of the stage, is a beautiful back-drop which is an outdoor scene. There are also other necessary curtains of a light tan. Girls' and boys' locker rooms may be reached from either end of the gym. The second floor is reached by two flights of stairs, one on the cast and one on the west. Here is found the large library facing the south, and containing fourteen tables and accommodating 84 students. The library, which has taken place of the old assembly, is in accord with modern education. On this same floor, there is a large science laboratory, equipped for both chemistry and physics, and biology. On the ex- treme west, there is a recitation room. On the east side, there are the commercial rooms which are separated by a glass door and windows. Cabinets are in each class room, and in various places there are found supply closets. The floors of all the class rooms are of tile laid out in squares of buff and gray with a black border. This is a school which any student should be glad to attend 5 it competes with sur- rounding schools in courses offered and in beauty. We Seniors feel proud to have had the privilege of attending this school for one year, and we are happy that our class is the first one to be graduated from it. -Editors. POW-WOW Seventeen