'Keu&ttee Swixn 'ZtiyA ScA&ot Out In Front DEDICATION PROGRAM The Star Spangled Banner _______ Audience, Kewanee High School Orchestra and Chorus L. J. Bert, Director Invocation _______ The Rev. Mr. Norman C. Ericson President, Kewanee Ministerial Association Welcome ________________________ Dinsmore Wood Principal, Kewanee High School Reflections __________________________ K. B. Beasley t Superintendent, Kewanee Community Schools Presentation of Building Raymond A. Orput, Architect •a Acceptance ____________ _______|_______ Forrest Henry President, Board of Education ____________ Dinsmore Wood Appreciation _______________ Terry Hamlin President, Student Council "America, Our Heritage" _____________________ Helen Steele-Hawley Ades Kewanee High School Chorus and Orchestra Fred O. Waterman, Director Dedicatory Address ___________________________________ J. Lester Buford Superintendent, Mt. Vernon Elementary Schools Immediate Past President, N. E. A. "America, the Beautiful" — 2 verses _________________ Audience, Kewanee High School Orchestra and Chorus Carolyn Bert, Director Benediction ________________________________ The Rev. Fr. J. V. Morrissey Visitation Church You are invited to make a tour of the building after the dedication program. f BOARD OF EDUCATION SUPERINTENDENT FORREST HENRY, PRESIDENT K. B. BEASLEY SIDNEY WHITEHOUSE, SECRETARY JOHN HARTMAN PRINCIPAL MERVIN WESTON ALVIN SCHULTZ DINSMORE WOOD ALBERT GUZZARDO ROBERT HATCHER BUSINESS MANAGER FRED BRIDGFORD FORMER BOARD MEMBERS WALTER RIPKA EMERIT LINDBECK ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY DR. G. I. CASE ADELA WESEBAUM ENTRANCE AREA The offices, beautiful with their large glass partitions and driftwood finish, are designed for efficiency and centrally located for communication with all areas of the building and for observation of all activities. Here the principal, the deans, the counselors, the nurse, and the secretaries have convenient quarters and easy access to records and other equipment. DEAN'S OFFICE In addition to a convenient reception room, the deans and the nurse also have private offices where conference with parents and students can be suitably held. AUDITORIUM FOYER The auditorium and gymnasium foyer allows ample con­ gregating area for those attending community programs and sports events. Large glass windows provide a view of the campus and stadium. CHEMISTRY LABORATORY The very latest functional type of laboratory tables pro­ vides ample working area for the students of chemistry and physics. Cabinets and drawers, as well as an adjacent storage room, hold a great deal of equipment and sup­ plies. The flooring is of durable terrazo. i, AUDITORIUM Planned for community use as well as school activities, this beautiful auditorium seats over 800 people. It has the most modern acous­ tical construction, lighting, and ventilation. The unusually large stage provides ample seating space for large instrumental music groups. The curtain installations are striking and effective in their variable arrangements. CAFETERIA LINE AND KITCHEN Here the lunch line moves steadily along through the cafeteria door and past the counters where the students pick up their hot lunch meal or items from the a la carte foods. They carry their trays to the cafe­ teria tables, which fold back into the walls after the lunch periods end, leaving the floor clear for social activities. This room is ideal for banquets with its stage and built-in public address facilities. r LIBRARY The bright and attractive hub of the school educational activities is the library with its shelving and furniture in beautiful driftwood finish. It has accommodations for large study groups. Excellent lighting, both natural and artificial, is provided here. The librarian's office is arranged to pro­ vide for easy supervision of the room. A large circulation desk and plenty of shelving permits efficient handling of book processing and book circulation. A conference room and a well-planned work and magazine storage area are added features. The area above is primarily the academic wing, with the inset showing the only second floor rooms. These include This area houses the offices, vocational courses, cafeteria, boiler room, gymnasium, and auditorium. It will be noted the band room and accompanying practice and storage rooms, the choral room, a class room, and the office of the director of athletics. that the office and library are at the very center of activities as they should be from, an educational and ad­ ministrative standpoint. The Music Department orients around the stage of the auditorium and gymnasium balcony as well as having ac­ cessibility to the athletic field. The cafeteria is located at the end of a long corridor which handles the service lines to the steam tables and In the classroom grouping the core curricular activity of the school publications center around the English, pho­ concession areas. The corridor student display area of the Homemaking Department achieved by store window front tography and art departments, and ties in nicely with the distributive arts and commercial departments. The so­ design on the corridor side looking into the Living Area, dramatizes the functional nature of this branch of high cial science, mathematics, and science class rooms are all complimentary educational activities and are all to be school education effectively found in this section. CLASSROOM SCENE The English classroom with the publications rooms at either end provides for convenient supervision of these activities. The book shelves and the enclosed storage space are typical of the equipment in all class rooms. NIGHT CLASSES This building is used at night for many adult educational activities. These facilities provide for men and women of both the urban and rural areas study under the most pleasant and modern conditions. One of Mr. Landis' office assistants checks on night school registration. ART CLASS Storage shelves under the windows along the outside walls, cabinets built into the inside walls, and display rails and bulletin boards at the ends of the room are valuable as­ sets in the art and crafts room. The double sink in the room is a great time saver. More storage space is found in the supply room which has a counter and sliding doors to facilitate delivery of art materials to students. ♦ GYMNASIUM AND BAND ROOM With its seating capacity for large crowds and with its numerous, convenient entrances and exits, the new gym is well planned for community use. The roll-away bleachers permit the use of the entire gym floor as well as the balcony space when seats qre not required. The band room, with its folding doors, is/located across the south end of the gym and is ideal for band festivals and sports events. This area also has permanent risers for the band and or­ chestra and provides ample storage space for music and instruments and private practice rooms. DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION WINDOW AND HALLWAY Set facing the south academic wing, directly at the end of the corridor, this display window offers interesting and helpful arrangements. The classes here are representative of the cooperation of schools with local retailing and in­ dustry. Students are trained, in state-approved courses, for later participation in community business organizations. HISTORY CLASS The history classroom is typical of the academic area. The right wall shows the ventilator and the speaker of the in­ tercommunication system. All the classrooms have an abun­ dance of both natural and artificial light. Each has the latest type of green chalkboard above which is a cork strip to be used for visual materials. ITEMS OF INTEREST SCHOOL PERSONNEL Out in front of the new Kewanee Senior High High School School one is immediately impressed with its archi­ Dinsmore Wood, Principal tectural simplicity and yet beauty of design. There Harry Babbitt, Spanish and English is no "gingerbread" or fancy facades, but the re­ Peter Babris, Latin verse curves of the gymnasium and auditorium walls lead, in a pleasing way, to the wide-canopied front Eva Berg, Commercial entrance which is accentuated by red and white L. J. Bert, Band bricks pointing to the Stars and Stripes, flying over Mrs. Carolyn Bert, Orchestra it. H. F. Brockman, Athletic Director Upon entering, one finds these curved walls are Mrs. Lucille Brockman, Social Studies not just for architectural beauty, but they provide Vernon Corbin, Science and Coach ample space in a large foyer for handling the John Denning, Science crowds, attending athletic and theater-type functions Verle Fairfield, Social Studies in this area. This is most important for safety rea­ sons as well as for comfort during the inclement Earl Faris, Industrial Arts weather so often encountered during the school Beatrice Flori, Biology winter season. Another reason for these curved walls Aline Frank, Homemaking in the gymnasium and auditorium is sound control. James Golby, Agriculture These contours add materially to better acoustical Vernon Hainline, Industrial Arts conditions and the cost, because of the long sweep­ Mrs. Reedene Hamm, English and French ing curves, was no more than a straight wall. Eleanor Johnson, English and Publications Looking down the hallways from the main Elsie Kimmell, Mathematics entrance another outstanding feature is quite ap­ Galen Landis, Diversified Occupations parent. The corridors are flooded with natural day­ light, and upon entering a classroom, one finds Adam Lazar, Social Studies daylight streaming in from both sides. This is known Mrs. Amelia Leitze, Art as multi-ray lighting and is a saving