The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-02-01
INSPECTED
NEW SCHOOL
Public Admitted Within the En-
closure Yesterday.
DEDICATION EXERCISES
More Than a Thousand Persons, the
Majority Women, Passed in
and Out Of the New
Institution

The handsome new High School build
| ing on Delaware avenue between Monroe
and Adams streets was thrown open to
| the public yesterday for inspection. The
doors We're opened at o'clock in the
morning and closed at o'clock i'll the
afternoon. Between these hours about
1000 persons visited the building and
We're loud III their praises OF it's beauty
and completeness.
Chief of rolice Massey assigned OH
GERS Bowman, Massey, Arniel and Paul
man to do duty at the building. They
saw that only adults We're admitted to
the building.
| A majority of the persons who visited
the building We're women. The building
| will be open again today from IA. III.
to y. III. The dedication exercises will
take place tonight at O'Clock, The
general public will be admitted without
| tickets.
| The building has frontage Of 154
feet on Delaware avenue, and depth
of 1SS feet. 1t is four stories high, is
built of brick and stone and makes Il
very handsome and imposing appear
nnce. 1t was designed by George H.
| Pierce Of New Yorh, the contract was
awarded to the A. S. Reed and Brother
Co, i'll February, 1899, and the corner
stone was laid on June 4ta Of that year.
The Reed and Borthers Co.'S portion Of
the contract aggregates about $l7500O.
Plumbing and steam heating and other
equipment, apart from that of the
manual training department raises the
cost to about S225,0O0. With the manual
training and everything included the new
school represents cost in round num-
hers of $250,000.
AT each side Of the stone steps leading
Ito the Delaware avenue entrance are
handsome iron lamps. Brick and white
marble form the arched entrance which
has Il keystone of white marble and
above is the pediment supported on
brackets containing designs in fruit.
The tiled floor contains the initials
"W. H. s., and the walls of the entrance
are of red marble. The white roof is
arched. Passing through the interior
doors of this vestibule, tile visitor is il
-ar,ler-,et -1l1y1s 1nce he may &c
the principal of the High School and the
reception room on the left, to the class
room ut each side, into the handsome
auditorium straight before him, or by
wide open stair cases with slate treadS
to the second floor of the building. First
as to the auditorium. A rise OF a few
steps from the main hall brings one into
this the largest apartment in the build
: ling. It's stage is at the southern enc
| of the structure and has entrances a
: right and left. =,
In the main floor and gallery of thu
: auditorium are opera chairs sufficient T.
: seat between 1,10O and 1900 people
. The woodwork is Of oaK. and the wall
: are in white with handsome column
q effects. >,
: There are three entrances both to IN
4 main floor and gallery A large skyligh
q admits light from above to the room
V Wide Railways on three sides OF tn
/ auditorium lead to the SO recitatlo
/ rooms in the building
n The interior woodwork IS generally, 9
$ Georgia pine. Each recitation room ma
II n cloak room and those which are TO D
# nut TO use next week, when the scho'
d Is opencd for recitations, are furnish !
If with adjustable desks for the pupils n, an
J. Hnt TOP desks for the teachers. In
d lscholars will occupy the class rooms
d tho first and second floors, and VIII go
4 those Of the third floor only at eertai
k recitation periods. -
A. A large room in the front OF the Sc