Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Cactus, 1922, Vol. 4 The Senior High School of Marion, Indiana, located at the corner of Nelson and A streets, was built in 1917, by Barley Bowman, contractors, and Hiram Elder, architect, at an initial cost of It faces Nelson street, is two stories in height and of fire-proof construction. As an additional protection against fire there are five exits which will allow the building to be emptied of students in three minutes, and hose connections at the four corners on each floor. The formal opening was held November 16, 1917 although it was open for school September 3. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.