The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-11-13
OUR SCHOOL
A Brief Description With Cut OF
The Ely School Building.
CREDIT TO THE CITY.
just as Good as Any SchOOlhOust
Outside the Larger Cities.


Accompanying this article will be
found pen drawing of Ely's hand
some new school building. The draw
ing was made from a photograph by
the well known firm of Opie Bros, of
this city 1t was our intention at
first to secure half-tone illustration.
but when we learned the cost, we al
most tainted. The picture shows the
building in plain outline without en-
bellishments and was made by the
Duluth News-Tribune illustrator
The building is one of which the
citizens of Ely can well feel proud.
To the school board. composed Of
Messrs. Shipman, Van Blarcom,
Thomas and Miller. is the credit due
for having given US one of the best
school buildings in the state, barring
the st. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth
buildings. Messrs. Shipman, Van
Blarcom and Thomas were the orig
inal promoters. Before the building
was begun Mr.. Thomas term expired
and R. S. Miller was elected for the
position. The gentleman have per-
S0nally watched the construction of
the school house, have worked faith
fully and hard and the handsome
building at the corner of Second
avenue and Harvey street is the
result.
The structure faces the west with
a frontage of 80 feet and 60x60 in size,
two stories, the whole setting on
stone foundation two feet in thick
ness. The entrance is on the front
through a neat porch. The doors
open into vestibule from whence one
door leads to the hall and another to
the basement. The outside doors are
of heavy natural wood, oiled, and
swing easily outward. From the hall
hardwood finished stairway leads TO
the upper rooms and doors to the class
and recitation rooms. To the back is
a 10x24 wardrobe. The recitation
rooms are 2Gx24 and the class rooms
24x54. Four rooms and the wardrobe
are located on the first floor and the
same arrangement characteriZes the
upper floor. Slate blackboards sur
round the entire class and recitation
rooms. The states have not as yet all
been placed but are expected in few
days when they will be put in place,
remedying the inconvenience occas-
Toned by their not being there. The
doors, wainscoting and castings are
of handsome grooyed white pine,
heavily oiled and vanished. The
walls are coated with adamant, max
ing a neat and durable hard finish.
The desks in the several rooms are
not in keeping with their surround
ings, being old desks. These will be
replaced with new ones as soon as the
district is able to stand the additional
expense. In the right hand room. as
you enter, Miss Eva Stewart is sta
toned with the first primary grade.
In the left room. Miss Gertrude Nor
rison presides over the second prim-
airy department while in the extreme
left room. Miss Leonora Zahm holds
forth with the smaller generation, or
more properly speaking, the Kinder
ten grade.
The right room on the upper floor
is presided over by Principal Freezing
Fox and his assistant, Miss Vida
Souier. To the left is the room of
Miss Florence Prindle. The upper
rooms are finished to cor respond with
those on the lower floor.
In the commodious basement the
heating system, closets, and coal bins
are located. The heating appliances
are the Smead dry system of heating
and yentilating, manufactured by
the Iowa Heating and Ventiiating
Co.. of Des Moines, Iowa. By the use
of this system the building is kept
abundantly well heated and ventil-
ated. The plan of having the out
ward current circulate under the
floors is a feature that cannot be
much improved. The teachers from
their various positions, can regulate
the heat in their respective rooms
without inconvenience. The closets
are also connected with the system
and are kept perfectly clean and dry
by the circulating hot air which burns