bergie
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Some info I found. I'm not suggesting digging up the cornerstone, this is more about the dirt that was moved around and the old swim hole area...
Founder's hall was an inadequate high school building so Herrick's priority was to build a new high school. On March 19, 1914, the cornerstone for the High School was laid at the northeast corner of the building. Beneath the cornerstone was a ?hermetically sealed copper box containing a report of the Board of Directors for 1912, a copy of the ?Steel and Garnet? for March 1914, daily papers of March 1914, copies of the authorization to construct the building, and a record of the builder, J.S. Cornell & Sons.? Using the earth from the High School excavation, he added playground space by filling in the pond and old swimming hole near the west end and in place of the outside swimming hole, he included a pool and gymnasium in the new High School. Although there was still some work to be done on the High School, much of the facility was placed in operation on September 1, 1916. All school facilities were transferred from the Main Building and the Administrative Offices were transferred from Building 5.
Founder's hall was an inadequate high school building so Herrick's priority was to build a new high school. On March 19, 1914, the cornerstone for the High School was laid at the northeast corner of the building. Beneath the cornerstone was a ?hermetically sealed copper box containing a report of the Board of Directors for 1912, a copy of the ?Steel and Garnet? for March 1914, daily papers of March 1914, copies of the authorization to construct the building, and a record of the builder, J.S. Cornell & Sons.? Using the earth from the High School excavation, he added playground space by filling in the pond and old swimming hole near the west end and in place of the outside swimming hole, he included a pool and gymnasium in the new High School. Although there was still some work to be done on the High School, much of the facility was placed in operation on September 1, 1916. All school facilities were transferred from the Main Building and the Administrative Offices were transferred from Building 5.
