The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-11-07

! On eacn side of the bay the attic is
lighted with circular topped windows
and ornamented with ptdiments and
minarets. The windows in both sto les
! above the basement are finished will
stone caps, siIls and stoue arches. Al
the cut stone trimmings are of Mai. u
Rock Buff Sand stone. The cor,,ive :
are Of Galvanized Iron. The roof is
covered with Metal Shingles.
But let US enter and see what the III,
erior is like. We pass through the
stone vestibule, which we find is. one
step above grade, and passing through
brexd and ample doors, we pause at
the foot of broad flight Of steps thai
lead up to the first floor, which is sevel'
feet above the grade. At our left is :.
pair Of doors that open to the base
ment. STEPPING down half dozen
steps we find ourselves in Il room tel
feet high, designed for the use Of the
boys for closets and retiring roouIs.
The stairs 1T the west entrance lead t.
the ladies toilet and dinner rooms
One large room in the northwest co,
npr is devoted to the heating furnaces
and the storage Of fuel.
The basement is \ model for conven.
ience. and serves we'll all the rest OF
the Building. Here is arranged the
machinery Of the celebrated Ruttal,
Warming and Vent ilating system, and
also the Smead Dry Closet system.
The ventilating system is so perfect
that the air is changed in ever room
in the building every fifteen minutes.
The closets are SO arranged that there
is entire separation in the two depart
ments aud the privacy Of each is Sc
cured.
We pass up to the first floor. Here
we 6nd six school rooms Of ample size
each provided with u convenient, well
lighted cloak room. Each room has u
direct entrance from the hall, as vel
as through the cloak rooms.
lively uoI4 C1tIO AOOu 20 "0luSCOtCUs
finished and polished in oak anc nstu-
raj woods. The doors are grained in
antique oak. The rooms on this floor
have fine blackboards on the walls.
Broad and easy flights of stairs lead
to the second story. Here We find the
rooms for the Grammar and High
Schools, with claes rooms contiguous
for each, the SupeIintendent's office
and reception room, and the Labcra-
tory. All of this story is finely finished
in oak and polished. The High School
Room is 31-6 ii, and has seating ca
pacity for 104 pupils. It is finished with
soap stone plaster, in differing tints.
The rostrum, set III an arched niche,
adds an air of dignity. On the right
and left are large class rooms, each 13
x32. From one of these is a door into
the Superintendent 8 Office, thus afford
ing that officer easy transit to- bis
private room. The reception room
opens off the hall, and is divided from
the Office by an elegant glass partition
The reception room and Office form an
elegant suite, and will contain the IL
brary and specimen cases. Alongside
of these rooms, and opening from the
Office is the laboratory, room 1875 y
3l.6.
Three other large rooms on this
floor will be devoted to the Grammar
and higher grades. Each is provid-
ed with ample cloak rooms. All the
halls and rooms on this floor are finish
ed in oak, wainscoted and vanished
in natural woods.
An easy flight of stairs leads to the
attic which is roomy and well lighted
and is arranged so that it can be fin'
ished in the future for use as work
shops, gymnasium or other purposes.
The seating capacity of the ten school
rooms furnished with single desks IL
$50.
The people of Worthington may well
be proud of this beautiful and perman'
ent acquisition. The Board of Educa-
ton have omitted for themselves no bur
den Of care, deliberation and thought to
see that the peoples money was well
expended, and 4 building provided OF
ample Accommodations, and in every
way up to the educational requirements
of the age It is virtually an Acad-
envy for the education of the youth OF
wide extent of country, rs well as
for the inhabitants Of the town in
which It stands.