Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-13

Superintendent Wright, in his forth
coming annual report of the public
schools of ST. Paul, gives an interesting
resume Of the progress made upon the
High school, coupled with illustrations of
what the building Is to be. We quote
his statement and reproduce his lllustra-
tions as follows:
For years the school system has suffered
the reproach of being without a high
school building. Although having a
well organized school, with record that
is credit to the city, the board has been
unable to provide for it suitable accom-
modations The project Of the erection
of high school building, involving an
expenditure, which the ordinary revenues
of the board would not warrant, has con-
tinually pressed itself upon the attention
of the board for the last ten years. Final
| ly, at the last regular session of the legis-
lature, an act was passed, authorizing the
board of education to issue bonds
to the amount of $4,000, for the
erection of a High school, if ap-
proved by vote of the people
| After a full discussion of the measure,
involving the question of the support of
such schools at public cost, the vote was
| taken at the next municipal election and
resulted in large majority for the issue
of the bonds. Some delay was caused by
| lack of unanimity IN regard to the proper
! site, but at last the proposed building was
! located on the corner of Tenth and Min
nesota streets, the Adams school which
formerly occupied portion of the
grounds having been demolished for the
purpose.
The accompanying cuts show the per-
spective, the ground plan, and those of
the two floors. A description of the
| building and some details of its internal
| arrangement are also given.
The basement is ten feet in height, the
| first story fifteen feet, the second story
| thi rteen feet and the third story thirteen
| feet.
The main entrance is on Minnesota
street, the building being 156 feet on
| Minnesota. and 12S feet on Tenth street.
| 1t is two stories high above the basement
| with an attic story above these.
The style of architecture is what is
| generally known as the square gothic, or
! eastlake gothic, but the style is not very
| strongly marked in this example. The
! foundation is built of Kasota stone, and
| the stone trimmings of the superstruc-
ture are to be of the same variety The
walls above the foundation are to be
| built of red brick, with cut stone sill
courses, caps and other work. The
building will be surmounted by high
| Mansard roofs, dormers, lofty chlmneys,
ventilators, gables and tower and spire
with fms 40 feet from street grade.
| In the basement will be rooms for the
superintendent and the secretary Of the
| board of education, with vault and store
room, also room for the meeting of the
| board; these will be on the two fronts,
with outside entrances. The basement
will also contain chemical laboratory in
Immediate connection with the lecture
room above by stairways. At the extreme
left are rooms for the janitor and his
family. In the back part of the base
ment is located the room that will
contain the heating apparatus,
which will consist of two tubular boilers,
fourteen feet long and four feet in diam
eter. These will be worked on the pres
sure and gravity system. Near this room
are placed the water closets. The build
ing has been planned with the most care
full attention to the laws of hygiene,
| especially in matters of sewerage and
ventilation.
The principal story, or first floor is en-
tered from three spacious doorways
which open into wide halls, making
ample provision for egress in case of
panic from any cause. The main stair
| ha 81,
building, being 24x61 feet, and IS
there will be skylight 1Sx29 feet. The
29x38 feet, and an Office for the princi-
pal; the second floor contains several
school and lecture rooms, and an assem-
/, bly, hall 60x92 feet, and % feet high,
with inclined floor and an ample stage
! On this floor, too, will be a room specially
prepared for philosophical lecture room,
| with room for apparatus connected with
| it. The third, or attic story, contains q
room for library, one for museum, and
| several unassigned rooms thatcan be used
when needed, and over the assembly hall
| is large room to be used as gym
nasium
The building is to be heated by steam
/ both direct and indirect radiation, cold
air being introduced and passed over
heated coils in the basement, and carried
| by flues to the several rooms. Alongside
of each warm air flue there will be ven
| tilating fiue of sufficient capacity to take
foul air out of each room, as fast as its
place is supplied with fresh air. The
method of displacing the foul air is that
known as the Ruttan system, that is to
say the foul air is taken out of the room,
through perforated base, close to the
floor, to the ventilating shaft, to which it
is drawn by the lighter column of air in
the heated shaft. This shaft will
be ~ feet square, and will contain the
boiler stack which will permit the nee
essary exhaustive power. 1t is conf
IDENTIFY claimed by the architect, Mr. G.
P. Randall, of Chicago, that the circula-
ton of air through the building will be
perfect, and that it will throw off the
carbonic oxide. and take in supplies of
pure air as perfectly and surely as in the
case of respiration of animals. The
architect has given special attention to
seating all school rooms So they will ha