Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-04-03

By ALVA HAS0CN.
Ihe old school house wAs built In 1877 with
four fooms. But the school kept getting larger
until . small building = little east Of the main
buIlding WAS built sud soon that room was over
aowlng with sclioiarstco. Some thought that the
best thing 70 do would be TO build 4 large one.
30 In the spring Of 1870 the voters Of this district
met IN the school house TO vote on bonding this
district for ~ 800. for the purpose OF building
the needed school hOuse. The Affirmative car
ried. and In = few weeks Tire basement had been
dug and the foundation Of the new school house
laid on sand stone. It h situated ) little east Of
the ground the old school house covered and Is
much larger than the old one. Chas. Murtha
and John Hanson received the contract for the
masonry and Mr.. Quick for the carpenter work
Of the two story building. The front and aides
are Ill. brick while the back In Elk Point brick
made BY Chas. Nurtha. making the building 60
feet long and 30 feet wide, with > cnpola % feet
high. Besides the halls and cloak rooms there
az eight 0Orns two Of which are not used for
scho0l purposes vt present. which are cptered
W three doom. To the right ~ you 70 In the
front door Il the belfry which 10 used as q cloak
rom for the First and Second intermediate
scholars whose rooms ARE entered from the hail.
To the left h = stairway that leads to tho hall
directly over the one Just mentioned. There Is
. cloak room In the belfry for the Grammar and
High Rooms which are entered from the hall.
Going IN the East entrance you enter another
hall. re the left II q door opening into the
First Primary Room, and to the right Is the
second door to to the Second intermediate room.
To the riyhtA Is youfenter the west door IL the Sec
ond Primary Room. while to theleft lisa second
door to the First intermediate Room. Neither
this door nor the door that enters the Second
Intermediate Room Is used by the scholars.
Starting from either the East or West entrance,
and ascending . pair Of Stair. you can enter
the High. Grammar, from different doors than
spoken OF before. or the two vacant rooms.
On entering the High Room from this hall any
school day you would see Prof. Fink sitting ut
his desk which Is Ut your right. To his right ID
the register through which the hot air passes to
heat the room. TO his left In the chimney Il the
ventflatOr tls ough which the cold air passes ont
Of the room. In front Of him ere six rows oi
single seAts, ave In . row. made in Grand Rap
ids. Mich, In which arc seated thirteen schol.
ars. The desks arc hard. wood nicely painted
and Vanished. The wainscoting Is hard pine
with hard oil finish. The floor also Il hard pine
oiled. Now II you 20 into any Of the other rooms
| (except the two vacant rooms) you viii nnd
| them about the same ~ the High Room except
! the number Of scholars aud number and size Of
the seats.
Now 20 the front hall again. To the left Is
stairway leading down to the basement. which
Is divided into two large rooms. The first con
taIns the seats Of the old schoolshouse and
few other things. The partition between the twt
rooms II brick about . foot In thickness; mad,
| ronsflv IA s,u..crt ff.o h,,t,aIpU A. each cnI n