The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-20
A FINE EDIFICE,
The New High School for
Oakland
TO BE DEDICATED TODAY.
Colonel John P. Irish as Orator
of the Day.
HOW THE KEYS WILL BE PASSED
A Full Description of the New
and Massive Educational
Monument.
HOW THE KEYS WILL BE PASSED

The dedication exercises of the new
High School building in Oakland will be
held this morning at 10 o. clock in the build
ing. No tickets have been issued, as the
Board of Education has invited all citi-
zens TO be present.
The formal programme of the morning
will be opened with au overture by the
Artillery band, followed by the invocation.
Then rather unique ceremony will be
carried out by the delivery of the keys OF
the building from the Board of works
through the various departments of the
city government until they finally reach
Principal McChesney of the High School.
President Car0thers of the Board of Works
will deliver the keys to Mayor Pardee.
who in turn will hand them TO President
RediDgton of the Board of Education. He
will transfer them to Principal McChes-
new. Each one of the gentlemen on re-
ceiViog the keys will make few appro-
PIRATE remarks.
Speeches will then be made by Presi-
dent Flint of the library trustees, Charles
Il. Fryer. editor High School Agis the
past term aud graduate this term, who
will be followed by John Z. Irish, who is
the orator of the day.
President Kellogg of the University OF
California and President Jord on of Lee
q
q few words.
The building will be open all day for
inspection and the Artillery band will
give concert from to 8 P. NJ.
So far back as 1889 the Board of Educa-
ton began to consider the need of erecting
new High School building. Two and a
half years ago proposition to bond the
city for $500, 900 for school purposes was
submitted to the electors and passed upon
fayorably by them. The bonds were is-
sued and sold at ID premium. OF the total
amount raised SI65, 600 was for the erection
of the new High School.
The building is now com leted and ready
for occupancy.
1t is situated on the square bounded by
Grove, Eleventh. Jefferson and Twelfth
streets. 1t is built of brick aud stone,
with a frontage of go feet on Twelfth
street, 13S on Grove and Jefferson, with an
open court on Eleventh street.
Including the basement there are four
floors, all we'll adapted 10 their intended
purposes. Under the entire structure
runs a sub basement, where the heating
apparatus coal bins, main plumbing sys-
TEN, etc. are placed. A specially good
system has been adopted for heating. The
total cost of this was 49, 57.
On the basement floor are the ianitor' 8
apartments, consisting of four Well-lighted
rooms, and lunch room. % by 40 feet. in
which 1t Is intended to serve lunches To
the pupils at reasonable prices. Annexed
to this is kitchen and pantry. A room
% by 80 has been set aside as library for
the teachers Of the public school depart
ment. Provisions have been made for the
night school. which will occupy eight large
class rooms The laboratories, two large
storage rooms and two CLOAK rooms COM
plete this story. The main corridors are
sixteen feet wide. Four stairways lead
from the basement to the attic, the two
main ones being 20 feet wide. those liz the
rear u feet.
The first floor, besides the principals
office and the reception rooms, has twelve
classrooms of uniform size, 2Sx36.
There are ten classr0oms on the second
flor similar in all respects TO those just
mentioned. tD addition to these is small
bly, hall. 36xSO. two smaller recita-
tion-rooms and the library, 20x60
The third or attic floor contains the
physical and chemical laboratories, the
draw ing-rOOms and a gymnasium or as
sembly hall 74xS4. The physical and
chemical Laboratories are specially well
fitted and provided with all the necessary
tables. desks ana apparatus. No expense
has been spared to have them.
and, 10 fact. all the furnishings,
the very best that could be obtained. Four
large apartments are devoted to the de-
partment of drawing. The sum of S2500
has been expended upon the apparatus for
the gymnasium, everything needfu being
provided, and thar of the modern and
most approved kind. The rooms are we'll
lighted and in every way adapted 10 the
purpose for which they were intended.
In the planning and construction OF the
building every care has been exercised TO
have the best sanitary effects. To this end
the classro0ms are ali lighted from one
SIDE, the left, and in every case the glass
surface for each room is equivalent to one
fifth of the floor surface. The spacious
corridors. the excellence of the heater sys-
tenn and the many wide Staircases render
the building one of the very safest in all
poesihle reSnepts