Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-12-28

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window opening from the teacher's
platform 0verlocks the room. The
teachers' platforms are waxed, doing
away with the expense Of carpettinR.
The floors are all double, the first being
rough hemlock the second Of Georgia
pine boards only two inches wide. The
wainscotting is also Of Georgia pine,
and when vanished In the raw wood
makes q most beautiful finish.
There are six school rooms on the
first hoor, three for boys and three for
girls. They are all furnished alike, all
the same size, oil with cloak rooms, and
the description given Of one will suf5ice
ior all.
The boys entrance is from Eighth
street, but the vestibule and Railways
are not 40 wide, but the same complete
ness Of finish IL everywhere noticed.
The boys and girls rooms, though on
the same fioor,i are as mpletely sepA-
rated as II each had distinct building.
In addition to the school rooms mon.
toned there is q teachers room 10x25,
where the teachers can meet for con
sultatiou.
The stairway leading from the first
to the second floor is worthy of special
| notice. 1t is built Of solid ash, with
massive newell posts, railing and balus-
ters. From the single entrance at the
bottom, IL branches of from Q mid way
platform to Q double landing on the
second floor. 1t is most elegantly
finished and mechanically hung over
the entrance to the basement. The
same may be Baid of the stairways
leading from the second to the third
stories.
The second story also contains six
main school rooms the same sizes as on
the first floor, with cloak rooms and
finished In the same m amer, but on
this floor Is o special room for the
prinoi pal of the girls department, 20
feet square, and one for the principal oi
the boys department IA feet square.
lon both the first and second Fl )ors are
toilet rooms, with hydrants and mar
BILE basins. These rooms have been sr.
ranged and supplied with every mod
Ieru invent that will conducs to the
Ioleanliness and health Of pupils. Auto
matte self-fushers are supplied and thu
ventilation Is Is nearly perfect as 1t
can be made.
The third story IL reached by tn
Communication OF thefligh Of beautifu
ash stAirs from both entrances to th'
building. Having went mp the Eighth
lstreet flight We are ushered into I'm
assembly room, the equal for comfort
able seating capacity, beauty and.plain
ness OF finish, acoustic qualities, can
not be found In this city, and we doub'
very much II 1t can be found In an.
lofty. 1t will seat comfortably 800 pei
sons, and by few extra seats on tn
lplstform will seat 600. The chsirs ar
OF the opera pattern, with five-plyEper
forated seats and backs. Underneath
} each seat Is o hat rack where q hat
cloak or gum shoos can be placed, dur
log lecture and be found when wante
at the close. This hall Is lighted wit
drop chandeliers of beautiful finish
with "a gas Jets and several projecting
ljets. This hall Is to be used for lecture
supplied with q plano and possibly q
+ an organ also. Next Monday nigh
} will In all probability witness the dedi
cation of this hall. After testing tn
acoustics of this room and admiring tn
beautiful wainscottinR and furnitur,
, we are ushered to the left into chem
cal laboratory room, 1890, with all th
modern conventences and necessitie
! From this we proceed to another room I
the same size t1esfgn6d fof . physics
9 apparatus room where probably skel'
/ ton and other scientific wants will
t kept.
Il In front of these scientific storae
| rooms Is scientifclecture room with Ii
clined steps and seats, which will ho
200 persons. The lecturer, while here, Ca
:, have his audience directly in front an
' above, while right at hand benin
him Is the laboratory and physics
science room, from which and by whic
Il he can draw any needed illustration
l. Passing on we enter recitation roo
l. for elocutionary purposes, which ca
k be used alternately by boys and girl
e Ali these rooms, including the larg'
). lecture hall, are provided with q lars
= area OF black board surface, but unlih
y the surface In the two lower stories
II il made OF blackboard composition
/ The next room into which we al
le ushered Is o mechanical or artist
h drawing room appliance and furnitur
IL The last room into which we are esh0v
,e is under the tower aud 10 intended fol-
N library room, and will be ready
"a use 90 soon as there is o high scho
n library to put into 1t.
Like all the other rooms 1t is beaut
fully finished, and from les large Wi
re dows there is q very fine view of lari
I'd portion of Wilmington, several mill
II of the Delaware river, the new aim
ul house buildings, the steeple spires
W New Castle, and long stretch Of cou
ia try away off to Iron Hill. In generi
~ too much praise cannot be bestow
% upon the superior character Of t
'e work. Everything Is Of the be
y nothing Is slighted, though some alta
IS ations had to be made at the instance
10 the city building inspector, support
ne by the building commission of the OF
I'd Council. Had the tower as first pr
e. jected been erected, 1t would have add
ar m uch TO the symmetry and beauty
al an exterior view.
+ Much more might be said of this splt
ia ibid building, but time and space admt
~ ishes abbrev iations. We viii, howev
~ Just mention that the glass used In q
q, building was manufactured in w
y. mington and castings for the. seats. ".
a. cast In Wilmington foundry. 7
or mill work, which includes ell the doc
Il and sashes, reflects the highest cre'
se upon the jackson & Sharp CompaI
he land Henry Evans can be readily I
10 Icused for feeling proud Of the ash sta
- ways he erected. In fact, 1t will
uu noticed that nearly all concerned In
80 erection of this building are Wtlmil
on toniAns. Here 10 the list
Architect,E L. Rico Jr general co
nt, tractor, j. r. d. Seeds b Son; bri(
nd furnished, Forest B Pierce; brick mi
nd onary, James Merkins; cut stone m