Sunday, November 8 will mark an educational milestone in the over half a century old history of Maine Township with the dedication of a new high school‑Maine West. The dedication ceremony is planned as a part of Maine West's observance of National Education week.

School facilities will be open for public inspection from 2:00 to 5:30 p.m. and monitors will be available to direct tours of the building. The dedication program will take place at 2:30 in the auditorium.

Under the chairmanship of Mr. Otto Koehler, the dedication committee distributed over 300 invitation to heads of service organizations in Des Plaines, Park Ridge, the Chicago area school superintendents and the press.

The program for dedication, which will be included in the dedication booklet, is as follows:

DEDICATION PROGRAM
November 8, 1959

PRESIDING
Mr. Phillip Paulson
President, Board of EducationTownship High School District No. 207

INVOCATION
Rev. R. K. Wobbe
Pastor Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church, Des Plaines

PRELIMINARY MUSIC
FANFARE, CHORALE and MARCH
Mr. Jared T. Spears, Composer and Director
(First performance, especially prepared for Dedication of Maine Township High School West)

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Douglas Wright
President, Student Council, Maine Township High School West

NATIONAL ANTHEM
Directed by Mr. Robert Kuite
Chairman, Music Department, Maine Township High School West

"GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR"­
Senior Choir, Mr. Wilbur Schafer, Director

A DREAM COME TRUE
Mr. Harry D. Anderson
Former Superintendent, Township High School District No. 207

INTRODUCTIONS OF PLATFORM GUESTS
Mr. Ralph Frost, Jr.
Principal, Maine Township High School West

PRESENTATION OF BUILDING
Mr. Joseph F. Ringhofer
Childs & Smith, Architects Engineers

ACCEPTANCE OF BUILDING
Mr. Phillip Paulson
President, Board of Education, Township High School, District No. 207

INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER
Dr. Earl Wiltse
Superintendent, Township High School District No. 207

DEDICATORY ADDRESS
Dr. Benjamin C. Willis
General Superintendent, Chicago Public Schools

"BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC"­
Senior Orchestra and Combined Chorus
Directed by Mr. Wilbur Schafer

BENEDICTION
Dr. C. Wesley Israel
Pastor, First Methodist Church, Des Plaines

A feature of the musical portion of the dedication ceremonies will be the concert band playing an original composition written especially for this occasion by Mr. Spears of the music department at West.

Under his direction the band will play the "Fanfare, Chorale, and March" for the first time before any audience.

The dedication of Maine West brings into light a new concept in school design. The functional, symetrical design of the school is crisp and feature of the exterior design is the central core, roofed with a dome framed of curved structural steel ribs.

The three academic wings radiate from the center core and are formed of reinforced concrete‑columns, beams, floors, and roofs.

Group facilities for these three schools within a school, under the central core concept, can be much bigger, much better. For example, Harry D. Anderson library, with a 15,000 open‑stock book capacity; the outstanding, flexible, multipurpose auditorium with ultramodern equipment; music and choral rooms; an extra‑efficient cafeteria; all become practical with full utilization by a student force as large as Maine West is. It also includes a generous student social area. Provision has been made for closed circuit television.

Construction of the entire 3,000 student capacity with provisions for the ultimate enrollment of 4,000 students was effected for a cubic foot cost of $1.11.