Evening journal., 1900-11-03
MAY BIZ OCCUPIED
BY NEW YEAR
New High School Soon Will
be Completed
IS A MAGNIFICENT STRUCTURE
A Model in Every Respect and Adapted
to Comfort and Convenience
Of The Pupils
IS A MAGNIFICENT STRUCTURE

from lut ulduucI III WHICH lnt
work is progressing" said Dr. Evan G.
Shortlidge. president Of the Board Of
Education, yesterday, there can be
no doubt that the new High School
viii be ready for use by the 1st of
January next, and it is quite probable
that during the Christmas holidays
everything will be arranged so that
the Winter term can be held in the
new building"
There probably are few of the many
thousand citizens of Wilmington who
have any conception of the magnitude
and magnificence Of the building now
under course of erection at Delaware
avenue and Adams streets, and which
will be completed in a few months.
When the project Of a new school
was first discussed some years ago.
even the promoters did not dream of
constructing such a building, and to
suggest such a thing one would have
been the subject of ridicule, and yet it
has come to pass, and in a few months
the school will be ready for the occu-
pancy by scholars So much has been
said and written about the High
School, that but little more can be
added. The contract for erecting the
building was awarded to A. S. Reed
and Brother Company on February q,
1893, and in a short time after ground
was broken and the laying of the
foundation began. The work pro-
gressed rapidly and on June 3 OF the
same year the cornerstone was laid
with appropriate ceremonies.
During the present year, when
the outside work was completed
the Board of Education found it neces-
sary to suspend operations on account
of lack Of funds, but public-spirited
citizens came to the rescue and after a
few weeks of idleness. work was again
taken up with renewed vigor, and the
interior construction rapidly pushed.
MODEL IN EVERY RESPECT.
In design the new schoolhouse is
model in every respect, and thorough
ly adapted to the comfort and con-
venience of pupils. SO rapidly has the
work progressed that all the rooms on
the third floor Of the building, which
include class rooms and the chemical
laboratories. have been completed and
now are ready to receive the necessary
furniture. The plan of the second floor
is similar to that of the third, with
the exception of the large room 'front.'
ing on Delaware avenue, which will
be used as a library. Many rooms on
this floor have been completed also,
and workmen are engaged in remOv-
ing rubbish which has collected from
the work of plasterers and carpenters.
On the first floor are the offices of
the superintendent assistant superin-
tendent and secretary. All these are
about completed, and are finished in
hard wood and handsomely plastered.
Directly in front of the main entrance
off Delaware avenue is the assembly
ROOM which will have a seating ca
pacity of 1900. The ceiling and sides
OF the hall are composed entirely OF
staff, and present a handsome appear
ance. In the ceiling are numerous
apertures for electric lights. The work
of coating the dome and walls of the
assembly room was completed yester-
day afternoon, and the scaifolding re-
moved.
In the basement are located the
heating and ventilating apparatus, the
lunch room and various toilet rooms
for the pupils. The fors of this apart
ment are laid with cement, and the
rooms finished in hard wood.
Arising from the western section o
the building is a tower 120 feet il
height. from which a cnmmandin,
view Of the city and surrounding
country can be had. In the building
are twenty-seyen class rooms and it il
expected that when the school is open
ed that at least twenty-One of. then
will be occupied.
MANUAL TRAINING DEPART
MBNT
In the rear Of the main building ar
the manual training departments
which now are undergoing construC
tion. The machine and carpenter sho
stands to the west of tho schoC
proper, and is of brick, two stories
height. The second story as far as tn
top Of the windows has now been con
pleted. The blacksmith shop adjoiu
the machine shop, and is almost con
pleted wOrkmen now being engage
in putting on the roof.
All day yesterday laborers We're eI
gagged in uprOoting tree stumps an
plOwing up the sidewalk in froRt
the school preparatory to laying a C
mens pavements, the work OF whil
will commence in a few days. AloI
the main sidewalk GENE
footway about four feet
breadth will be laid. Between II
and the curb grass seed will be sowe
Extending from the main steps to {
sidewalk scmi-circular pathways W
be constructed and in the space I
tween them flowers will be plant.
When completed the total cost OF {
structure will be about S265,000.
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