The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-11-26
Is Her Magnificent SIS, 900
New School Build
ing.
One of the Finest and Best Ar
ranged School Houses in
the State.
Solid, Substantial, CommOdiOus,
Well Heated and Well
Ventilated.
1T Can Accommodate Four Hun.
dred Pupils Without the
Il. Least CrOWding. al

dred Pupils Without the
Least CroWding.
If there is one thing more than an
other that town or community should
take pride in it is it's public schools.
A town destitute of good school facili-
ties is a place to be stunned. Good
public schools denote thrift, energy and
enterprise, poor schools the reverse.
Princeton has now school building to
which her citizens can ''point with
pride" When the subject of erecting
a new school building in Princeton was
first mooted considerable opposition
was manifested on account Of the in
crease in taxation that it would entail.
The writer Of this article had grave
doubts of the advisability of adding to
the burden of the taxpayers. But
now we are convinced that the new
school building was a splendid invest
ment, and the money was we'll and hon
estly expended. -.,
The building is located right in the
center of the village and fronts on Oak
street and Washington avenue. The
foundation is of blush limestone and
the walls are of cream colored brick,
manufactured in Campbell g. Wood
cocks brickyard right here in Prince
ton. The masonry is solid and substan-
tial and should last for ages. In the
basement are located the heating ap-
paratus, water-closets, fuel rooms, air
chambers and play rooms for the chill
dren. The floors are neatly cemented.
The furnaces were manufactured by
the Smead Warming & Ventilating
Company, of Chicago. There, are four
furnaces, two on each side of the CORR
dor. They are all fired UP in the morn
ing, and then one furnace on each side
with small fires are sufficient to warm
any room in the building to a temporal
ture of 100 degrees at any hour of the
day. The temperature can be regu-
lated to nicely in any of the rooms.
The ventilation is simply perfect.
There is no necessity for opening doors
or windows: The dry water-closets are
very convenient and we'll arranged.
The secretions can be burned at any
time, all foul air passes through the
ventilating shaft, and he must be
blessed with an acute nose who can de-
tect the faintest bad smell. The play
rooms are roomy, warm and we'll ven
tilated. ~ -. .% @}TE
The first primary, second primary
and intermediate department. are locar
ted on the first floor, the high school
and grammar school are located on the
second floor. The room in the south.
east corner of the second floor is at
present unoccupied Connected with
the high school is class room and a
library. Each of the school rooms has
ample halls and cloak rooms. Every
room is we'll furnished with patent
seats and desks and solid slate black
boards imbedded in the wall. AS be-
fore remarked the heating and venti
lation are simply perfect The six mair
rooms are each of a size, 24x32 and Il
feet high and lighted by nine large
windows. The floors and stairways are
of maple highly finished. The CORR
doris are eight feet wide and their wall!
are neatly wainscoted with matched
stuff to height of sixfee The building
throughout, from basement to belfry, il
) completely finished, and there is not ;
) square inch of shoddy work in tn
} structure. Extra precautions wer'
7 taken to make the building fire proof
and no danger need ever be appre
| hended from the heating apparatus.
The building was designed by Arch
: tect Ed. S. Stebbins, of Minneapolis
, The contractor was J. H. McClay, o
: Minneapolis. Both architect and con
r tractor have reason to feel proud O
their work. School clerk VIM. Cordi
ner exercised a vigilant supervisor
> over the entire work, from the da
s the foundation stone was laid unit
. the last finishing touch was admins
t tered, and he is entitled to much credit
Q Had Mr.. Cordiner been employed t
y supervise the building Of the cour
8 house the county would have had a bel
Q ter building.) The school building a
n it stands, including heating apparatus
! dry closets and storm windows, wi
! cost the district S14, 935--the site whic
! comprises half a block cost $1,000. ]
r better structure for the money wa
: never erected in Minnesota.
a At present about 200 pupils are 81
d rolled. There is ample room for 8
+ many more. The instructors are Pro
s Raftery, principal; Prof. Ewing, gran
l. mar; Miss McDiarmed, intermediat,
h Miss Wyman, second primary; an
i Miss Mary Huse (Princeton's favorit
). vet -, !, ~, i