Iowa City Press-Citizen from Iowa City, Iowa • Page 25

Thursday, August 22, MJ-lowa City Press-Citizen 7g wmm till iii! tlr. iii s' vrvx I 1 iili dLb0v Wf3, II Tl; SH3 JO i ilfet1 High School For Iowa Cfy A two-story library with an audio-visual renter is considered to be a major attraction of the new West High School, according to Principal Edwin Barker. It will have about 3,000 volumes initially and eventually over several years will be built up to 12,000. i 1 Alii jH' PA Illl (lllillllk 1 V'F'- Principal Edwin Barker describes the science department as one of (he most outstanding features of new West High. The rooms provide the latest equipment for storage and experimental purposes.

This chemistry room even has showers installed as emergency safety devices. The gymnasium at West High will have a seating capacity of 2,000. It also will have six teaching areas for physical education classes. (Press-Citizen Thotos) Go West Said Horace Greeley, And 1040 Local Students Will College Crowd or Grade School Beginners locker rooms for physical edu 1 cation classes will be ready 'will feature wall-to-wall food preparation facilities. Work fell behind schedule in this area be cause of floor tiling difficulties.

The music section of West will be one of the last to be completed, according to Barker, and probably won't be ready when classes start. It will have when classes start, but the varsity lockers for football will net. Students will find food service a little different at West, officials indicate. The 'scramble system' will be used in serving, which will eliminate lines. About 265 students can be seated and eating within nine minutes with the new system.

Most all of the regular classrooms at West will have tele library will contain such equipment as tape recorders, developmental reading machines and pacers. There will be an audiovisual instructor. Barker calls the science rooms and equipment "top-notch." They were designed by City High teachers and are geared toward the discovery approach in science, he indicated. Some of the larger- science rooms, which are located on the ground floor, can be partitioned off for smaller meetings. The industrial arts section of West is cne of the smallest areas, Barker said, and could eventually provide officials with a shortage in classroom space.

There is one art room. The home economics room individual practice rooms and 0 large group rehearsal rooms. For physical education, West "Go West young man" is a familiar adage that will take on new meaning for Iowa City public school students when classes begin Sept. 3. This fall, the new West High School will open.

Approximately 480 junior high and 560 senior high students are expected there for classes. The $3 million building is located on an 80-acre tract south of Melrose Avenue at the west edge of Iowa City. Students and teachers there will have at their disposal some of the latest and best classroom facilities, accord ing to Edwin Barker, principal. The two-story building is divided into seven different areas. They are academic, art, industrial arts, home economics, physical education, music and administration.

There will be 70 faculty members. In the academic area, which vision outlets, lney also will CLEwERS will have a gymnasium with six possible teaching areas. For basketball games, it will have tt capacity of 2,000. The seats are portable and can be folded back for classes during the day. be equipped with acoustical ceil ings.

West was built for a capacity of 2,000. This year there will be about 1,300 junior and senior West will have four physical education teachers. high students scrambling from Barker indicated the regular class-to-class together. Go Back-To-School with Musical Instruments includes the general classrooms, are some well-equipped science rooms and a modern library! complete with an audio-visual Your a Neat Weil-Groomed Look! Complete line of Band Instruments: i center. Barker points out the library as one of the more outstanding features of the new school.

Currently it has about 3,000 vol umes, but plans call for 12,000 volumes in several years. It will have two full-time librarians Rentals and Service and takes up two stories of the; Students from the college crowd to grade school beginners will be entering classrooms soon. Help them to do their best and look their best for that all-important first impression. Gather up the school clothes in your house and send them to Paris Cleaners for fresh, professional dry cleaning and expert finishing. Call Call today and have your Paris routeman pickup and deliver your Back-To-School clothes free on orders of $1 or more.

You can depend on Paris for expert care and handling so necessary in maintaining the neat, well-groomed look you want for every member of your west wing of the building. The audio-visual center of the Hotline in Service, Strike or No Strike CHICAGO (AP)-Should President Johnson visit the Democratic convention, he'll have a hotline to Moscow with him telephone strike or not. Robert Dahlke, strike director for the International Brother O'BRIEN I-) iJil iino 1 11 121 Iowa Iowa City 11 hood of Electrical Workers said 109 E. College, Iowa City Phone 351-5151 ENTER 11 it Member: National Institute of Dry Cleaning, American Institute of Laundering his men would install the equipment despite their strike against the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. 1 vi.