Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-29

the main entrance. This will consist of a
porch extending out from the building, raised
by q few steps from the ground level and
supported by pillars that will reach to the
top of the first story. The entrance proper
will be twenty feet in width and will con-
sist of three doors. A flight of stairs will
lead to the first story; other stairs will de-
scend to the basement.
All the recitation, study and lecture rooms
will be outside rooms, a space in the center
t0x130 feet being practically a court.
This space in the basement will be used as
a drill and locker room for the boys. On the
first floor the main staircase will extend to
the second floor in this central space, and the
remainder of the court will be used as corri-
doris, with the exception Of a light well into
the drill room. This central court on the top
story will also be used as a corridor. with
light wells into the lower stories. The roof
Of this court will consist OF skylights. All
the rooms on all floors of the building will
open directly into the central court, there
being no narrow Railways anywhere In the
building.
The entire west end of the structure,
through its entire depth of 10 feet and
thirty-six feet of the length and all three
stories, are designed for the manual train
Ing department. In the basement may be
located the forge room. the foundry and the
clay moulding room. Other departments will
be placed on the other two stories. Besides
the manual training quarters and the drill
room, there Is room in the basement for a
luncheon and recreation room 36x76 feet,
boys toilet rooms, locker rooms for boys
and others for girls, a study room 30x4S feet
and five recitation rooms.
Regarding the Rooms.
IN thp frat noor bnCF1aC tho manual
training department, there are to be located
three rooms and closets for a physical
laboratory and a similar space for a bio.ogi-
cal laboratory. The rooms for each of these
departments will be of the following size:
26X37, 30X4S, 27x3l. There will also be four
class and recitation rooms, about 2SX30 feet
in size. Toilet rooms for teachers and girls
will also be located in this story.
In addition to the space for the manual
training department the following rooms
will be located on the third floor: Three for
a chemical laboratory similar in size TO
those in the laboratories of the other floor,
a study room 7Ox3S feet, five class and reci-
tation rooms and toilet rooms for girls.
In the whole building there are in all
thirty-four rooms as planned by Architect
Mcdonald. In this aggregate, however, the
manual training department is assigned but
six rooms. II its space were cut up into
rooms of the same size as the others in the
building the building would contain forty
or more rooms.
When this building is completed 1t will,
not be sufficient to care for the entire at
tendance of the High school and conse-
quently 1t is the purpose of the Board OF
Education to use the two lower floors OF
the present school, the upper floors being
boarded up. 1t is considered eXpedient
therefore, that the two buildings should be
connected and consequently Architect Nc.
Donald has provided a passageway TO ex,
tend between the two structures. This will
leave the new building on the top floor anC
will connect with the first floor of the OLD
school. Such a psssageway is possible be-
cause OF the difference in the grades of tn,
two buildings, as the new school will stant
ten or a dozen feet lower than the old.