History and Traditions: . os | of $1,775,000, at a cost built was High School Ben Lomond beginning, In the It covered an area of 125,000 square feet and measured 743 feet, nearly a block, across the front, Except for the gymnasium and auditorium, the building was ‘a single story, A complete heating and ventilation system was installed throughout the fireproof building, In the construction, 450,000 bricks were uscd, The school had 38 classrooms gymnasium, All rooms had been plus the shops, acoustically rifle range, auditorium and engineered, The gymnasium floor measures 106 by 90 feet and can be divided with sliding into parts measuring 106 by 45 feet, Seating capacity is 3,000, doors, The auditorium features one of the most modern stages in the west and seats 1,000 persons, During the first part of 1960, three new sections were added; a northeast section where the parking lot used to bey a south section which connects to the Science wing, and an electronics building, In the northeast section there are 19 new classrooms = a journalism room, a yearbook room and a language division, The language division has three rooms = a Latin and German Room, and a Spanish and French Room and a Language Laboratory, In the south section there are three general science rooms, a chemistry room, a foods room and a clothing room, In the main building the size of the Library was doubled, There will also be a new Library classroom, The cost of the new building was approximately $500,000,00 with about $73,900,000 for remodeling the old building, It has a floor space of 38,600 feet, In all, 23 new classrooms have to be approximately 1200, The the school from 1200 to 1800, ames, Colors From the Ben Lomond, e and Emblems rich cache been added, new addition of Ben Lomond: of Scottish legend our new high school draws Plaid — Royal The enrollment this year is expected will change the seating capacity of , and pageantry afforded its symbolism~ names, by Ogden's colors, and emblems, Stuart: For our plaid we take the emblem of the Royal House of Scotland and England - the House of Stuart, The Stuarts, a fighting clan, are synonymous with power, A steady and diligent increase in prestige finally placed their Scottish King, James I, upon the throne of England during the Seventeenth Century. The Colors =— Red, Blue, White with red as a predominating and Green = are e Yearbook ~— e Newspaper The Magazine flower of The Clansman signifies = =— the The The Scotland, close = This feeling - a dazzling name, pattern colors, In our school colors Highlands and the daring national chosen at popular of comradeship among election by the the Scottish Clans, Highlande Thistle This weed -— Our magazine became invading army had one clumsy barefoot acry, This warned the Scots who put The Direntory in | From the Royal Plaid we derive our school are blended the fierce clan pride of Scotland's spirit of the "Good Old U.S.A,", students, woven | color, The Plaid Parade the takes national its name flower boy who stepped the Danish army from because on a thistle to flight, the national a Danish and let out