The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-03
ROGER SHERMAN SCHOOL
NEV BUILDING OPENED FOR PUB-
 ZIG INSPECTION.


 Sherman, at the corner of Elm and Norton streets, was opened for public inspection yesterday, and many took the opportunity of visiting the commo- dious and finely appointed building. Situated as it is in one of the pleas antest portions of the city and through out arranged for the health, conVen- fence and comfort of those who are to occupy it, it is a great addition to the educational facilities of city whlch has much to be proud of in that dlrec- ton.
 Although no radical changes have been made in the arrangement ot the building from other school buildings or the city, still there are many minor changes and additions. Many of these changes represent the new ideas glean- ed by the building committee on trip taken by them through Massachusetts and later the school of New York city and Philadelphia.
 The building was designed by l.. w. Robinson, the well known architect, Of this city His estimates of the cost of construction called for S75,00O The ac- | tual cost of construction, however, will | be between $63,0O0 and $64,000, showing how economically the work has been carried on.
 | The building is but two stories high but it covers considerable ground space-an advantage which is too ex- pensive to secure for the schools locat- ed in the thicker built portions of the city. The materials used in the con- struction are red North Haven brick | cotta trimmings, copper cornices, heavy granite steps and slate roof. It is 13O feet long and SS feet wide. Within a 1! broad corridor runs through the build 1 ing on each floor.
 AS now arranged, the building con- l tains ten school rooms, each 32x26 feet l and accommodating forty pupils. Four 1 of the rooms are on the first and six on the second floor. The first floor also l has a room, the size of two school rooms, which will be used for kinder garten. If thought best at any time it can readily be made into two school rooms.
 The principals office is situated on the left of the entrance on the first floor, while the next room on the same side is the teachers room, with a lock- CT for each teacher. All the rooms are
 well lighted and ventilated, the scheme
 of ventilating and heating being per
 feet. The whole interior is finished in North Carolina hard pine and ash.
 while the floors are of South Carolina
 pine
 Each of the school rooms has two
 cabinets, one for books and a second | So,>
 sary for school work Each floor also
 has two rooms for school supplies. The
 corridors are made broad so that four
 additional rooms can be built if ever it
 is found necessary. The heating and
 ventiating apparatus has been also put
 in with a view to this possible increase
 in the school building.
 Each of the school rooms is fitted UT
 with blackboards of natural slate. The
 heating and ventilating is arranged ac.
 cording to the Plenum system. A sev-
 eral horse power engine in the base
 ment propells fan which forces the
 air into the rooms at the rate of thirty
 cubic feet per pupil per minute. The air before it is taken into the fan is
 heated to from 56 to 60 degrees by
 means of coils filled with steam, whence 1 it passes through brick flues to the
 rooms. The temperature of the rooms is regulated by means of thermostat:
 placed in each room By means O. , these the heat is kept at the proper temperature independent of the janito : or teachers. These thermostats can b, set at any temperature, but will usual
 ly be set about 70. Generally the en
 SriT foT1 ril ct In e.,
 tion, but the building will be ventilat
 ed by the gravity system. The amour of air admitted to the room is regulated
 by compressed air, as are also tn
 clocks in the building-an innovation
 here.
 The building is fitted throughout witt 2 revolving windows, by which the whol ? 1 aperture of the window can be use
 for ventilation, instead of one-half. a l in most windows.
 The toilet rooms are in a wing apar I from the main building, and are sep l arated from it by three sets of doors e The plumbing of the rooms Is the sam
 as that required in the New Tor ] schools, and is thoroughly up to date
 The floor Is of rock asphalt and so al :, ranged that it can be cleaned by flood = ing with water.
 Four drinking fountains are place :, in each of the corridors and two heat V ing mats where children can war;
 their feet or dry their wet clothes Tn I large rooms of the basement are so al ' ranged that they can be fitted up fo g mechanical purposes or with ranges fo e cooking if desired to have such classe n in the school.
 T The work throughout the buldn |. has been done in a thorough and work d imanlike manner. The mason work wa q done by D. G. Carmichael, the carper ter work by McWilliams & Arthur tn
 painting by T. w. Ennis, the plumbin l, by David T. Kelly and the heating an
 ventilating by Foskett & Bishop, tr 1 work being under the direction of M
 J. R. Bolton. The heating and venti } ating system is that designed by Wi # liam J. Baldwin of New York and g. thoroughly up to date. Work was con menced on the building the fipst wee 's in November, 1896.
 $ The seats and desks have yet to I IS placed, but this is provided for by u , l school board.
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