Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1895-02-02
NTH HOMES PRIDE.
Our $2O,OOO.O0 School
Building Nearly
Completed.
a Brief Description OF the New and
Commodious Temple for Inn
parting knowledge.

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$4,000 brick school building il
nearing completion, though it will
be weeks yet before more than two
rooms will be ready for occupancy,
a brief description of the same il
now in order. The long delay in
completion has been attributed 10
the difficulty in procuring materials
at this season Of the year.
To begin with, the structure is
not fashioned after any particular
style of architecture, but is happy
combination from the Gothic, Colo
nial and Elizabethan styles, and
may be characterized as the "mod-
ern school" after design by archi-
tect Martin S. Kern of Salt Lake
City, and not unlike the school
buildings of that city. The imoos-
ing structure faces the railroad
track, is situated on the school
block a short distance back of the
center of the same and is three
blocks from the depot.
The different divisions of the
building are the basement, first
floor, second floor, and the assembly
hall.
The basement consists of four
rooms, inside measure, 81 feet
square. These will not be COM
pleted at present, but will be util-
lied as play-rooms and may, when
occasion demands, be converted into
school rooms.
On the first floor we find four
school rooms 27x27 feet and two
cloak rooms 11x24 feet. These are
the rooms which will be occupied by
the four departments as now graded.
On the second floor we find du-
plicate of the rooms ON the first
floor, with the addition Of a class
room 14x17 feet, which will be used
when the principal shall be classed
as superintendent and have but a
few classes to hear each day.
On the next floor is the assembly
hall, originally designed to be of an
oblong oval, but modified as to
plans and now irregular in shape
and equal to rectangle Axis feet.
We find also cloak rooms, dressing
rooms, stage, ETC., on this floor.
This is the largest hall in town and
will be used at all times when il is
desirable to have the entire school
together, or whenever an entertain
ment is given for the purpose Of
procuring funds for the public school
library.
The building has two entrances,
at the east and the west; vestibules
IA feet wide connecting with a cor
ridor in the center between the
rooms (same on each floor 24x24
feet.
Flues and all appliances and ar
engagements have been completed SO
that the best improved furnaces
when SO desired may be put in, but
for the present stoves will be en-
ployed.
The furniture for the new school
building arrived here last Sunday
and James Loveland is looking after
the placing of the seats, as he has
the contract for doing SO.
The new 1200-pound school bell,
which was placed in position a short
time ago, is one of the largest, if not
absolutely the largest, school bell in
the State.
The good people Of Mountain
Home are to be congratulated on
having such a splendid edifice and
monument to education in their
midst--and right here we want to
say that for this great achievement
they are much indebted to that "old
moss back" Gas the Johnny-come-
lately Of the Republican is pleased
to designate all old-time citizens
Mr.. w. c. Reynolds. He advocated
bond issue for this noble purpose
long before its contamination, and
retired from the board of trustees
greatly against the wishes of our
people.
Under the principalship Of Prof
w. A. Mullins our public school il
being very carefully and ably
graded, and the instruction i'm
parted and the course of study
adopted are second to none in tn,
/ State of Idaho. Prof. Mullins il
ahlv assisted nv Mrs Kittie Comm