| Show THE OGDEN 2-- B FIRST HEAD SCHOOL RECORDS LONG CAREER STANDARD-EXAMINE- RHYTHM OF ROCKIES IN NEW BUILDING'S DESIGN BUSINESS OF INSTRUCTION OPEN FITTINGS MADE SUNDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER ID 1937 R TO AID CLASSES 4' "" 7 The architectual design of den High school has caught the rhythm of the Rockies The structure perched on a shoulder of the famous mountain range breathes the spirit of vastness grandeur stability Rising abruptly from a gentle rolling landscape on the west1 the palatial building towers to its four stories of massive brickwork climbs again to an irregular skyline of terra cotta trimming falls smoothly to the south and steps in a series of plateaus as crests of the gymnasiums on the front break intricate the ruggedness in an ' ' design of beauty BUILDING HAS PERSONALITY For this feature has made the new city high school a building with a personality enhanced its charm swept away school house sameness To thrust the - gymnasiums beyond the school’s front walls was a plan of the architects not readily accepted But as brick upon brick moulded its unusual beauty the novel scheme drew the praise of the most learned of the profession The arrangement has centered the school’s recreational facilities as a single unit which may be used without hindering its academic quarters Huge entrances on the south will admit the largest of crowds Immediately east of ‘the gymnasiums is the auditorium From the top the structure assumes the outline of an airplane Og-win- (Continued from Preceding Page) i ' : ' fc'' A 'S' ' " "rv Sixty students enrolled for the classes School was dismissed that first day at ten a m because September 1 was Labor day ijf Superintendent R S Page Lewis and Miss McNeely had to prepare their course of study and announced a three-yea- r English class as the chief subject to be taught By the end of the first week the class had become so overcrowded 4 ''If41 i ' that the school had to be moved & rooms of the to the upper city hall The second year' class at the hih school was made up of students 4? who had formerly attended the public schools with a number from private schools According to the report of William Allison superin-in tendent of schools (published “A bevy THEODORE LEWIS 1904 by J O Woody) one these of Principalled First City Schools private of girls from institutions was at once the joy and despair of the limited high a quarter city hlocjc and were school faculty and their disregard without a playing field until 1934 for stricter discipline of public The new building was patterned schools was the wonder and ad- after a Madison Wis building miration of the entering freshmen Plans were drawn by Hodgeson and for some years” Allison also listed Smith J O Cross was principal as when the building was occupied in the first subjects taught civil physigovernment “physics 1909 ology algebra rhetoric and general Although the capacity of the new history Here we have the nucleus building was sufficient for years it of the future high school in a was inevitable that it should ambitious first year much re- eventually prove inadequate The sembling the ninth grade work now first strain was felt about 1916 done in more populous country dis- The building would have proved tricts ” impossible had it not been for Og3IAYOR SCHOOL HEAD den’s pioneering of the junior high Until 1896 the mayor was presi- school movement In 1916 the only dent ex officio of the board of existing Junior high schools in the education Fred J Kiesel and Wil- United States was functioning in liam H Turner held this position Ogden BEGAN JUNIOR HIGHS First members of the board of education were Raisford Smith W John M Mills who became superW Funge D B Adams Thomas intendent in 1908 first advocated D Dee and W E Cary In 1890 the new system in order to lay W N Shilling was superintendent greater emphasis upon high school R L Page supervising principal education and William H Smith clerk AlliAfter years of agitation his plan son became superintendent in 1892 was adopted in 1916 Combining the The high school continued in the eighth and ninth grades it took a number of students from the city hall for two years In one of his reports Allison referred to high school relieving congestion the building which is still in use Later in 1925 when the high school as “a historic old pile” again became crowded the tenth The first graduating class of the grade was added to the junior School was that of 1892 It consist- high school ed of the following seven girls: Figures show a rapid increase Minnie Pauline Schansenbach Rose in enrollment for 1921-2- 2 During Steler Wilhelmina Kiesel Eva L those two years the Weber academy Kuhn Nellie Funge Juliette A an LDS church school eliminated Marks and Ida Schansenbach The instruction in preparatory college first boy to graduate Glen Warren courses and became Weber colgraduated in 1893 when the school lege Most of its preparatory stuwas back in the Central building dents entered the high school inALUMNI ORGANIZED creasing enrollment from 787 in to 1325 in 1922 1920 The alumni association of the of the Weber High Construction School was formed June 12 1894 1926 school Jn again reduced enfrom members of the three graduat840 to in the city school rollment ing classes The first alumni group From this figure it has steadily an was very active presenting to climbed approximately 1300 in opera for three years and organ- 1936 and an expected 1400 this comteams which izing football year peted with the school team SCHOOL’S PRINCIPALS In 1896 the high school moved T B Lewis was the first prinfrom the old Central school buildto a new location in the build- cipal of the high school George A ing ing originally built by Mhe New Eaton took the post upon his West Educational society Adams death in 1899 Then followed A E now the Central Wilson 1900 George Thomas 1903 and Twenty-fift- h school The board 'of (now president of the University junior high 1905 education first leased then pur- of Utah) Louis B Austin chased the building and had it E£id David E Cloyd 1907 J O Cross for at the price of $15000 by 1908 Henry Peterson 1912 J E Beeson 1914 and A M Merrill 1902 In this building needs of the present head of the school took school soon outstripped the fac- the office in' 1920 W Karl Hopkins present superilities and it was not long before cries for a new building were intendent took his position in 1919 — heard There was no gymnasium iThere was not room for assemblies SCOTS RETURNING TQ And soon there was for SCOTLAND the students There were 550 stuGLTSGOW (UP) — Scots are re1908-09 dents in and 700 expected to Scotland All over the turning for the next year when 'a new world apparently they are countbuilding was erected bawbees their and booking ing KIESEL GAVE GROUNDS on the next ship So in passages Fred ‘Kiesel former mayor of effect it is stated in the pages of Ogden played an important part the “Eighty-secon- d Annual Report in pemoval of the Ogden High of the Registrar-GenerScotfor school to the new location in 1909 land” for 1936 Kiesel who had extensive real 44 estate holdings donated the site The Seafarers’ library supplied for the third home of the school reading matter to sailors at sea at Twenty-fift- h and Monroe The all over the ' world The library an had area of less than contains 80000 volumes grounds S : A '' s P'f i t i I (Continued from Preceding Page) laboratories are located north and west with classrooms locker rooms and a practice dining room filling out the remaining sections of the " ! -- floor At the extreme south are corrective "training departments for boys and girls The third floor has 14 classrooms a library and costume storage department and a band practice section The library at the north end of the hallway is 62 by 80 feet with a seating capacity of 342 Standard size tables and chairs are provided Books line the walls At the south are stock and magazine rooms The band room will seat on a tiers 178 stuseries of dents with provisions for 230 The from section is completely-isolate- d the acdemic section being 148 feet from the nearest classroom Besides this the room is behind double walls and two sets of doorways FITTED FOR BEAUTY On the fourth floor is a spacious art department mechanical drawing rooms student body offices and 13 classrooms Spaces above the auditorium gymnasiums and library have not been utilized but were dropped by the architects in conforming to the beauty of the school Of all its extraordinary features none is more marvelous than the heating system a convertible coal and gas arrangement This feature affords economy of maintenance with the fluctuation in the prices of the classes of fuel The network is so arranged that all or several rooms and departments of the building can be heated at one time It is not necessary to heat the entire building just to accommodate a night class KEEPS EVEN TEMPERATURE The system is automatically controlled to maintain an even temperature Sensitive instruments reduce the inflow of warmth when body heat has caused a room or larger compartment to become stuffy When the room has thus become uncomfortable (but through the arrangement it really never will reach this stage) the control system admits fresh air in quantities that keep the temperature constant This system will particularly be appreciatted in the auditorium Tests have shown that the heat given off from 2000 persons is sufficient to heat five ordinary homes The air in the auditorium will be constantly agitated will remain fresh and pure But little artificial heat will be necessary to maintain a comfortable temperature when the section is filled to capacity even in the wintertime An air tower on the south of the building will be hidden by trees which will assist in keeping the in- ‘ ' ' - -- Wv - I semi-circ- le j f J i- s - v- 4 S A s ? s ' A x v 1 ' - With classroom doors ajar the hallways of the new high school beckon stuDOORS OF LEARNING dents to begin their studies in a new atmosphere This view was taken looking toward the north main entrance on the school’s ground floor (Staff photo) ARCHITECTURE material pended with more money exA desire for on labor 55 ON STAFF beauty community pride interest in wholesome activity inspiration for creative effort are expected to H BEAUTY be derivatives of the building DRAB SCHOOL PAST Slipping into the past is the (Continued from Preceding Page) school of bleak halls and dull '(Continued from Preceding Page) rooms cross teachers and restless Adelbert Farnsworth commercial The auditorium plaster is to be pupils In the future schools will with an endeavor to bring out the innate typing Varian E Hale auto mepainted in modest Victor C chanics Hancock accentuated background for depth qualities of boys and girls Hanson' Glenn L music decorator Spanish by H H Clawson Utah H Paul Huish methematics Dixon The plaster work is first modeled in clay from which casts are made OF Kapple mathematics and athletics These are then filled with plaster Gilbert Moesinger mathematics the casts removed and the pieces and athletics David O Peterson fitted together upon the walls and ecoustic history Virgil t Peterson matheplaster ceilings Special is used on all interior walls It matics G Raymond Poulter is heavy and porous for absorbing Leonard O Robins sound waves to avoid echo (Continued from Preceding Page) English SOLID WOODWORK E S Smith Willis The woodwork throughout is sol- students may change from their Smith zoology-botan- y chemistry O T Smith The heavy school clothing into overalls The history LeConte Stewart art Walid and substantial American black walnut panelling shop division will accommodate den W Taggart French W R in the auditorium is largely hand 300 English Ample light has been provided Thornley work It is brought from hardErnest Wangsgard physics R 2400 window with space totaling wood forests 4 in the middle west Widdison elec- E feet A It adds greatly to the richness of square law Zelta Ballinger dean of girls the whole effect There is some tric lighting system has been in- Helena B Case physical education instruction Alma B Chaffin history Lucile R very unusual panelling in the recep- stalled for night 44tion room The walls are completely Chambers English Emma Chesney covered by beautifully grained wal- NO DANCING TO ARMY TUNES nut shaved paper thin and ceVIENNA (UP)— Dancing to the Margaret Corless domestic art The wood tune of the Austrian mented into place Hortense Evans office machines regimented grain is thus repeated around the march will henceforth be an of- Helen Ford commercial Ethel W room with an effect of heavy fense punishable with a maximum Franke typewriting flow of air sweet ' Dora Handy assistant sewing Auof six weeks imprisonment drapery 44 The glass and marble the decor- thorities in passing the new la Winifred Houser domestic science Canadian production of maple sugar during 1936 totaled 9231803 ative plaster the mellow woodwork explained that dancing to the tune Fern I Marquart English Blanche gallons: Maple syrup made from the intricate brickwork — all these of historic marches means “pro- Kendall McKey English Alberta Shelden typewriting Mary Wool- this amounted to 2022719 gallons things are of moderate cost for faning the army” S AT NEW HOLDS £ tri-ton- es to the south gs as grand REFLECTS NEW TREND Not many years back a school was a school and they all looked alikev They were all painted alike and someone put the custom to music and called it "The Little Red School House” Broadening its subjects from the three R’s the curriculum rounded off the school’s corners added physical domestic mechanical and other special compartments Everything that is the outgrowth of curriculum development is reflected in the new Ogden High school and its architects Hodgson & McClenahan have caught the trend to perfection with a building that for grandeur and makes the onlooker gasp for superlatives 4 Six students of Ogden' High school in 1935 compiled a comprehensive history of the institution which reflects such an amount of painstaking research’ that it itself will eventually become a valuable part of the history of the institu- tion Ninety pages in length their history includes records of everything since the Ogden city schools were founded in the 1850’s Students responsible for the work all members of the Amor Scribendi club are Dick Bailey Rose Yoshioka Jack Richards Iona Langford Iola Langford and Barbara Blackman Florence H Newcomb English Zina Davis librarian (part time) Led a Wadsworth assistant librarian Major W H Hammond ROTC Sergeant John Mayer ROTC Sergeant Edward Holloway R O 44 T C Retail sale of toys in the United Grace Atkinson clerk Lulu States reach an annual value of $91900000 Hodgson assistant clerk ley speech ENLARGEMENT I All Plain 'ana Ornamental SHOPS PLANNED IPLASTHRil NIG English-- German I Latin-Germ- MU l ATI lil Furnished And Done By history-commerci- al well-arrang- ed i-- Shupe Co H an Contractors A R Shupe Mgr Phone 322 W 1 -- lll not-roo- m To The al j Congratulations to Ogden Board of Education and Superintendent Karl Hopkins on the New Ogden High School upon its beautiful ChUt GRAND PIANO NEW'HIGH SCHOOL ©u On The Completion of The CMckerra DmesU-- Natural ©A Uftalh No piano like it noble tone te body Kliglh §eGn®II ''Dmi One of the finest high school buildings In the entire country Ogden's new high school Is in educational keeping with the most standards Its design and construction embody the newest developments for the comfort and convenience of the faculty and the student up-to-da- x v for Automatic Heat and lasting beauty The decision of the Board of Education to use Natural Gas for heating this splendid new structure means that this beautiful section of Installed in the New Ogden High School All Masonry v Glen Bros Music Co : Students’ Book Traces History i t Its eastern or rear side is a modification of the front but in every detail the city Work For the Largest Brick Building In the State Furnished By s IB will escape the nuisance of smoke— and the students will always have warm comfortable classrooms regardless of the weather CMd MDUtlTAIIl FUEL( SUPPLY COMPAIIY SALT LAKE CITY 2336 Washington Avenue 2546 Wash Ave I Phone 174 |
