Show South ph City stands as S 'S oldest campus i rr iii J V. V J l 4 H I uI u- u ff t r rv rr v r ll r 1 fy II m CD J JC Q C Ct X CX t t CD South High School was transformed into Salt Lake Community Colleges College's second largest campus the Jeren Wr W. Canning Globe Weekly News Nearly 75 years ago the downtown Salt Lake area was in need of a new high school The plan for building the new high school began to materialize materialize materialize materi materi- alize in 1928 but due to lack of funding funding funding fund fund- ing from the Great Depression the p plans an were c placed plc side M Wh the e. e church announced announced that in the Spring of 1931 they would be closing High School the Salt Lake City School District was forced to begin building South High School The building of South High took only 14 months a record at the time for a building of that size and carried a price tag of 15 million On September p 30 3 1931 the ter school I ope opened ed its doors to approximately 1000 southern Salt Lake City high school students At the time it was a state of the art high school said Claire Barlow South High Alum It was the best school in Salt Lake After 57 years and over students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents graduating from South High school cho J closed cl sed on June 8 1988 After r. r renovating the school it it reopened under the title of South South City Campus Campusand and added to the family under the direction of former school President Frank W. W Budd South City Continued on Page 12 South City Continued from front The South City Campus now hosts thousands of students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents in a wide variety of majors Most courses at South City focus on general education and also include more basic classes for most majors Ive taken classes at the theother theother theother other campuses but South seemed to be the best fit forme forme for forme me said Tyler Birtcher student South seems to have a more studious feel to it the building itself makes you want to learn The Grand Theatre performing arts theater theater theater the the- ater is also housed at South City Recently the Grand Theatre completed their most successful season ever with performances of Always Patsy Cline and Man of La Mancha The upcoming 2006 2005 season also is expected to be great with an encore showing of Always Patsy Cline All My Sons and the much anticipated debut of an original play Shear Luck The Grand Theatre also hosts many speeches and special events the for the throughout year community and for the school The campus also houses only swimming pool The full size pool is open to use by all students faculty e also and staff The campus also contains an art gallery and soon it will also host a living museum museum Recently the South Campus hosted the reunions for all of South High Schools classes as well as held a big celebration in honor of the high school Today the South City Campus is second largest campus behind only Redwood Campus The campus campus campus cam cam- pus now services all Community College students in the southern Salt Lake City area The South City Campus encapsulates everything that thatis is important about a community community community college Taking an old abandoned and admired building in the community and give it a new life as an educational facility with the ability to give everyone an opportunity at a college edu edu- cation |