, 1891-08-30
THE new HIGH SCHOOL
Cheyenne,s Latest Public eo'n''
Ready for Occupancy.
a Handsome Structure From Gel
lar to Carrot.
Size and Description of the Rooms
It Confirms.

The new high school building is about
completed. 1t is a very fine building
though it does not look to be
s0xs0 feet and from a distance
looks more like an immense ele-
giant residence. j. s. Matthews, the ar
chitect, made the plans and superintended
the erection of the building. The con-
tractor was NJ. p. keefe. Yesterday Mr..
Mathews showed THE LEADER man
through the building.
The structure is of brick and finished
in red sandstone. The foundation is of
the same material. The main entrance,
which is the girls entrance, from the east
or central avenue side, is through an ele-
gantly finished open vestibule. From the
entrance a tall seventeen feet wide runs
the length of the building to the west, or
boys. entrance. From this hall one eleven
feet wide leads to the north rooms. The
eighth grade room. 29x2S feet, Is in the
Southeast corner and the ninth grade.
23x29 feet, in the southwest corner.
Between these two rooms is the girls
cloak room and entrance leading from the
main hall. The hat rooms for the boys
Of the eighth and ninth grades are be-.
tween the main hall and rooms. So
nicely are these things arranged that a
teacher standing at the door of the room
can see all over the room and also into the
hat and cloak rooms of both the boys and
girls and command a view of the hall.
The first door to the right after passing
through the main entrance is that of the
teachers room. 1t is a private room for
teachers, where they can leave their
wraps. Next to it is the superintendent's
Office and private room. This room is in
the northeast corner and from the circu-
lar bay window commands a fine view of
Central avenue Twenty-second street
and the city park. There is a fireplace
in the room and 1t is otherwise conven-
iently arranged. Just across the eleven
foot hall from tie superintendent room
is the library, 24x29 feet. The library
is a pleasant room. Its windows face
the park and give plenty of light. In
the northwest corner is the chemical leo
ture room, 22x26 feet. The entrance is
from the main hall. near the west end.
Passing up the broad maple stairway
with its hand rails OF black walnut, Mr..
Mathews showed the reporter into the
recitation room at the head of the stairs,
which is 23x26 feet, and her into the
high school room, which Is 47x53 feet.
This room seats l60 pupils. In the CEN
ter of the floor are two large registers,
through which the hot air is admitted
from below. The air escapes through
small registers placed a few feet apart all
around the room. Through the whole
building there will be a complete change
OF air every twenty-five minutes.
The girls entrance and cloak room is
from the northeast and the boys from the
west. On the east and near the girls
cloak room is a lovely arch opening into a
loggia, from the openings Of which is a
fine view to the north. south and east.
The door and window of the arch is of
clear and colored glass.
North of the high school room is the
d%rauehting room 23x26 feet. 1t has an
entrance from the northeast and between
it and the big school room are large fold
ing doors which can be thrown open max
ing one room eff the two. On this floor in
the northwest corner is another recitation
room 23x26 feet. From the second floor
we passed up a very narrow winding stair
way to the third floor or garrett. and then
through a small opening into the tower.
Through the openings of the tower a
beautiful view Of the city to the east.
south and north is afforded, and from the
west window of the garrett a fine view to
the west. A very nice place Is the base
boys aud girls play rooms, and closets are
located. The floor Of these rooms are being
cemented. The girls play room In the
southeast corner Is 27x29 feet. The boys
play o in the southwest corner is
23x27 feet. In the northwest and north.
east corners are other boys and girls
rooms 22x26 feet. Betweeh the rooms
are the furnaces. four in number and FIVE
feet wide by fourteen long. The boys
rooms arc shut off from those ofthe girls.
All of the school rooms are splendidly
lighted and the light is so arranged that
it comes from the e a and left side of the
pupils. All of the windows have tran
SONS for direct ventilation in summer
The trsnsoms are so arranged as to de-
fleet the currents Of air 80 hat it strikes
the ceiling first. The b~lackboards are of
real slate and are four and a half feet
high. In designing the building Mr..
Matthews was mindful OF the health and
comfort ofthe pupils and all the school
rooms are on the south and east sides.
None are exposed to the north and only
one to the west, those portions of the
building being occupied by recitation,
offices and cloak rooms.
The ceiling of the rooms are high. that
! of the basement being eight feet six