and 10,000 windowpanes. The auditorium could seat over 2,000 people. The ground floor, or basement, contained two gymnasiums. The boys' gym, largest in the state at the time, held 2,100 spectators. Some of the school athletes referred to the basketball court as the "north 40." The second floor boasted a library with facilities for 342 students. The band room, at the opposite end of the hall, was placed 148 feet from the nearest classroom to avoid noise interference. The top or third floor remained unfinished for the first year and was so seldom used that students were sure it was haunted. When Lewis Junior High burned in 1956, students from that school attended classes on the third floor for almost two years. Marble for the halls was shipped from the hills of Tennessee. The ornate plaster work throughout the building was purposely designed to absorb sound and avoid echoes. Heavy black walnut for the woodwork was brought from the hardwood forests of the Middle West. On May 29,1938, the first commencement was held in the new Ogden High School. Over the past fifty years, Ogden High School has adapted to the changing needs of its student body. While alterations have been made in the interior and grounds of the school, great care has been taken to maintain the integrity of the exterior, so that today, fifty years after its dedication, the building presents a unified appearance. The first major change occurred in 1968 when a third gym was added to those already on the ground floor. The small theater across from the auditorium was replaced with a smaller drama room with a stage as well as several class rooms. The choral and band rooms were redesigned on the third and second floors and the cafeteria was renovated. The office area was also redesigned, adding additional counselling offices and the reception area, now called the Freedom Room. The entire building was rewired during that renovation. In 1973, the second floor east of the library was redesigned, replacing the physiology lecture hall with conference and storage areas and the creative writing room. A fire escape was also added to the north wing off the library, bringing the building up to city fire code. Other changes to the interior of the building include a darkroom added on the third floor, replacement of the porcelain, free-standing drinking fountains with refrigerated fountains, and replacement of part of the stage floor and curtains following a fire in 1970. One of the most striking additions to the building is the fierce life-size tiger that prowls the main floor rotunda, a gift of the classes of 1938 and 1939. East of the main structure, the buildings which house the ROTC Department and vocational classes have also seen changes, with the addition of a ceramics room and electronics laboratory in 1967 when the band room was relocated in the main building. A swimming pool, built in cooperation with Ogden City, was built south of the vocational area in 1970.