HISTORY and ~~» TRADITIONS IN THE BEGINNING: Ben Lomond High was built at a cost of $1,775,000. It covered an area square feet and measured 743 feet, nearly a block across the front. the gymnasium and auditorium, the building was a single story. A heating of 125,000 Except for complete building. School In and ventilation System construction, 450,000 the was installed threughout bricks were used. The scheol had 38 classrooms plus the shops, All rooms had been acoustically engineered. The gymnasium The auditorium floor measures features 106' one of by the 45'. most rifle range, Seating modern auditerium capacity stages in the is fireproof and syn. 3,000. the west and seats 1,000 During the first part of 1960, three new sections were added; a northeast section where the parking lot used to be, a south section which connects to the science wing, and an electronics building. In the northeast section there are 19 new classrooms, a journalism reom, a yearbook room and a language division. The language division has three rooms, a Latin and German reom, and a Spanish and French reom and general science The for 23 cost ef the new building was remodeling the old building. new the a language laboratory. rooms, a chemistry roem classrooms school from have 1200 been to added. In the south section and a foods room and there are three an art room. approximately $500,000 with about $73,900 It has a floor space of 38,600 feet. In all, The new addition 1800. NAMES - COLORS - EMBLEMS OF BEN LOMOND changed the HIGH SCHOOL capacity , From the rich cache of Scottish legend and pageantry afforded by Ogden's Lomond, our high school draws its symbol ism, names, celers, and emblems. THE PLAID - ROYAL STUART For eur plaid the House A Steady James I, ef and upon we take the Stuart. emblem The Stuarts, diligent increase the throne of of in England the Royal a fighting prestige House of clan, are Synonymous placed their finally during the of Scotland Seventeenth and Ben England - with power. Scottish King, Century. THE COLORS - RED, BLUE, WHITE AND GREEN These Frem colers the lended are Royal the woven Plaid fierce we clan in a dagzling derive pride our of Spitit of the "Good Old U.S.A.". pattern school Scotland's -~5- with red colers. In our Highlands school and the as the predominating colors daring color. are national