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Show HISTORY and TRADITIONS il) THE Ben Lomond H,gh area of 125,000 the front. School square Except BEGINNING: was built at a cost of $1,775,000. feet and measured 743 feet, nearly for the gymnasium and auditorium, It covered an a block across the building single story. A complete heating and ventilation system throughout the fireproof building. In the construction, were used, The school had 38 classrooms plus the gym. All rooms had been acoustically The gymnasium floor The auditorium seats 1,000. measures features one 106' of by the shops, rifle engineered. 45', most range, Seating madern auditorium, capacity stages was a was installed 450,000 bricks in is the and 3,000. west and During the first part of 1960, three new sections were added; an northeast section where parking lot was, a south section which connects to the science wing, and an electronics building. In the northeast section there 19 new classrooms, a journalism room, a yearbook room, and a language The cost of the new building was approximately $500,000 with about $73,900 for remodeling the old building. It has a floor space of 38,600 feet, In all, 23 new classrooms have been added. The new addition changed the capacity of the school from 1200 to 1800. a a i Nn are division, The language division has three rooms, a Latin and German room and a Spansih and French room and a language labratory. In the south Section there are three general science rooms, a chemistry room and a food room and an art room. —~NAMES-COLORS-EMBLEMS OF BEN LOMOND HIGH SCHOOL From the rich cache of Scottish legend and pagentry afforded by Ogden's Ben lomond, our high school drews its symbolism, name, colors, and emblems. THE PLAID ROYAL STUART For our plaid we take the house wate; cottish THE King, F Siindce ed and diligent James L, of the Royal Stuarts, upon a fightling increase the throne BLUE, WHITE, a re woven in a dazzaling Royal the The RED, colors nate. the emblem Stuart, A Steady COLORS- these Fis of Plaid fierce we clan AND derive pride clan, in prestige of England and England are Synonymous finally placed during the with their 17th Century. GREEN our of parit of the "coop OLE U.S.A.". house of Scotland pattern school scotlands with colors. Highlands red In as‘the our and predominating school the colors daring are national |