Imperial Valley press., 1920-02-26
PROF RANDALL.
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ltOd So }@r III,
FORNEW SCHOOLS

Notwithstanding III Ccntro already
has with it's limited facilities, accom-
plished herculeah strides in the work
done at the Control Union high school,
under the able direction Of Professor
William T. Randall and the faculty
of that Institution, the need for many
and diverse improvements in the
housing and other facilities is now
being very keenly felt.
Under the provisions Of the $4,000
bond appropriation recently carried
through, the school will be enabled to
make many needed additions to the
present scheme OF things, which will
permit of WIDER and more thorough
course of education.
tentative plans are already drawn
for the erection of Q fire, snacious.
airy, manual arts building, which will
be more tnan 13O feet squ2rc, to be
located just south Of the main high
school, where a complete array of me-
chanical devices will be installed from
the machine shop now in use on the
ground floor CT the school.
Two Buildings
Another building in which will be
housed the boys and girls Cy!nnas-
ium, separate rooms for each, and a
mammoth plunge bath. Professor
Randall has fcnd hopes Of arranging
a Plan whereby the students as well
as the young men and women CT n
Centro may be afforded the privilege
Of using the gymnasium and plunge
during the evenings and Week-ends,
under proper direction of q matron.
and by this means afford all well
come and much needed relief from the
oppressive heat when most needed.
This will no doubt be hailed with
great enthusiasm by the young folks
Of Fl Centre, and viii In an entirely
new departure ii The Valley.
On the ground floor OF the north
west corner Of tie main Luiiiidi.lg i. is
pronceed, when the room if r.aS -, ed
and the concrete floor laid, to install
The students co-onerative store: the
/ student body offices and the editorial
departments.
Remodel Library
The county library section of the
school, IN charge of Mrs. Thomas B.
Beenan,' will be entirely remodellad.
fhe floor levelled so that bv an easy
ascent, students ma" reach the main
library room through a main arched
deer III the middle of the north wall.
When the manual arts building is
completed the temporary cafatcria
which was Originally built to be used
but few weeks in frame structure.
will be brought into It's rightful place
where the manual arts training shop
now is, thereby eliminating all dis
turblng noises from the main build
ing.
Already the lawns surrounding the
school building have been seeded and
are expected to add their mede of
beauty to the general ensemble.
Save N;oncy
! One OF the most important propos-
ed new departures in connection with
the high school is the Junior College
department, wherein students will re-
celve the first two years of their col
!ege courses thereby saving approx
mately $1,000 each year during
those preparatory years.
1T is estimated that there ara at
present between Is and 20 Fl Centre
students attending colleges from El
Centro, at an average cost to each of
$1,000. This added department will
fill one of the longest felt wants that
parents have had to meet. in that
neither Berkeley nor the Leland Stan
FORD are IN any way equipped to care
tor freshmen nor sophomore students
IN the matter of parental care that
should be given them.
This plan on Professor Randall's
part Is considered the best departure
Of all OF the many, the school has un-
der contemplation, and it is earnestly
hoped the bonds will soon be market
ed in order that the many needed inn
provements may be made.