Donald M. Cleland A History of the Santa Monica Schools 1876-1951, Santa Monica Unified School District, February 1952 (Copied for the Santa Monica Library, July 22, 1963), 140 pp., 1939, 1938
Two years later, 1938-1939, [at the Sixteenth and Pearl John Adams Junior High campus] it became necessary to add a unit of eight classrooms and three larger rooms, one for mechanical drawing, one for domestic science, and one for janitorial use and building supplies. Another provided locker and shower facilities for the boys' physical education classes, a corrective room, offices, and toilets. [25. Pearl, op. cit., p. 75.]
" . . .
The entire group of buildings, including the newly added auditorium, gymnasium, and art wing, brought about the real completion of the high school campus. The dream of years had been realized in the new auditorium that was opened in September, 1938. Since that time, it has served as a most adequate facility for all of the high school functions and has been the only auditorium of its size and appointment for all large civic affairs.
The foyer of Barnum Hall displays a handsome tile mosaic, fifteen by seventeen feet in size, called The Vikings. The mosaic, together with a mural on asbestos stage curtain, were the work of a Federal Art Project during the W.P.A. days. The work was directed by an eminent Santa Monica artist, S. Macdonald Wright, who used the Viking theme to emulate the name chosen many years before by the student body as the name of its athletic teams.
" . . .
In 1938, the Evening Technical High School was opened and operates today as a part of the Technical School rather than as a unit of the adult education program. Since 1939, there has been a growing trend toward closer cooperation between the Evening High School, City College, and the Technical School. [61. Personal interview with Elmer M. Krehbiel, May 28, 1951; Santa Monica, California.]