The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-04-25
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An lllsEGliSl Of The Princess
Kaillali Building.
II Is PRAISED BY ALL
ssaot fully Designed and We |
Buiit-Lishtlns ana ventna-
tlon-The GROUNDS.
II Is PRAISED BY ALL

The Princess Kaiulani school In Pa
anna was thrown open to the public
aturJay afternoon. There were hun
'dreds of visitors. The grounds and
uilding were crowded with people
Who came to inspct what is undoubt-
dly the finest pnbic school building
n the Islands. The band WINS in at
enhance and rendered appropriate
music.
The grounds are ample for all pres
mt needs, and when the Reform School
$ moved six acres more will be avail
bic Tor the public school. II Is in
ended TO make IN. grounds as beau
| iful as possible. They afford a fine
arge playground for the children.
Stepping through the front entrance
ne finds a large hallway. The venti-
ators Of this hall are so arranged that
a large volume Of air continually
weeps Through 10 the rooms ON the
sides.
The Office is Immediately to the right
Of the entrance. 1t is fitted up with
desks. chairs, and a fine reference H.
brary with a complete card index sys-
TEN. One of the features of the office
will be a registering apparatus whose
wires are connected with bellss in all
the rooms and with a large gong in
hallway. By means OF this a bell
can be rung in any of the rooms or
| n all at once. An alarm in case Of
fire may be given Immediately.
The library and reading room is to
the left Of the entrance. 1t is well
| lighted and AIRY. The tables are al
ready covered with papers and mag
lazines and there ave number of
books in the cases. A large picture
OF Princess Kaiullni rests on an easel
prominently placed.
There are twelve class rooms, six on
ach floor. The dimensions of each
one are exactly the same. Especial at
tention has been paid to the lighting
and ventilating facilities. The shut
ters are SO arranged tina with the sun
lat any point the glare and reflection
may be excluded but still allow suf-
fcient light. A chalk mark on the
black boards is visible from any point
in the room. This is too often not the
case in schools. The windows are
large and together with the transoms
allow free circulation of the air. In
spectOr Townsend has calculated that
with an average breeze there will be
vice as much air in circulation in the
ifferent rooms as there Is in those
of the average school. A cloak and hat
rack, is placed near the entrance of
each room.
On the second floor there is an as
emily room calculated to seat over
90 people. The seats will be placed
DON. In this assembly hall there Is "A
arge giass case which will be used as
museum. The desks are roomy and
good material in all the rooms.
The whole building is a model for a
OPTICAL cline. There Is no crampng
( space. Everything Is spacious and
iry with ample chance TO see and
hear. The Board of Education deserves
credit for promoting such an institu-
ion and Ripley & Dickey should be
omplimented for their architectural
skill. The building has not yet been
ormally accepted from Contractor
Patzig, but 1t will be in few days.
The band was present Saturday after
Don. Minister Mott-Smith and Attor-
ey-General Cooper received visitors,