Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-20
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
DISCUSSION OF PLANS FOR BUSI-
NESS BRANCH.
The Construction Authorized by APP
preparation Bill Before Congress
Statistics Furnished.

The board Of education has forwarded to
the District Commissioners report from
the committee on high and normal schools,
Of which Mr.. J. Holdsworth Gordon Is
chairman, with reference to the prepara-
ton Of plans for the proposed new building
for the Business High School. The report
Of the committee has been approved by the
board and will be used by the Commission
ers in framing the requirements for the new
structure. The committee says its members
have conferred with Superintendent Stuart
and Director Hughes In regard to the plans,
and continues;
1.-THE whole enrolment Of pupils In the
Business High School for October, 1902
was 672, Of whom 259 are boys and Alb girls.
The new building, If authorized by the ap-
preparation bill now under consideration,
would probably not be ready for occupancy
for two years, by which time 1t is expected
that the school will contain between 500
and 800 pupils In erecting a permanent
home for this rapidly growing school, IL
would therefore be short-sighted policy
to design building to accommodate less
than 1000 pupils.
Capacity of the Building.
"A building of this size would contain the
following rooms: Forty class rooms. % by
80 feet each; office, % by %; teachers
rooms men, 25 by 3d. and women, % by 80;
store room. 10 by 10; library, 30 by 45; ply
steal laboratory, 25 by 40; chemical labo-
ratory, 25 by 40: biological laboratory, rs
by 40: three store rooms, each 10 by 10;
museum room, 40 by 80: map room, 80 by 40
penmanship and bookkeeping room. 80 by
90; banking room, 30 by 35; assembly hall
(two stories), 75 by SO feet; two type
writing rooms. each 80 by 80: gymnasium
and accessory rooms, 30 by 80 feet
'"The basement plan should give the fol-
lowing rooms: Drill hall, 5Ox15 (beneath
gymnasi showers, baths. dressing
rooms, lockers, etc; bicycle rooms, cloak
rooms, engine rooms, dynamo room power
and light, store rooms. janitor's room,
lunch room and kitchen and fuel room.
THE building which the Commissioners
state can be erected for $4,000. to cover
10000 feet Of ground, with two stories and
basement, will afford accommodations but
slightly in excess of those of the Eastern
High School, which has class room facili-
ties for only 400 pupils. 1t is evident that
such a structure would be barely adequate
to provide for the school as Ii is today, and
fall far short of meeting Its needs two
years hence, to say nothing Of its future
growth after occupancy.
Advance in Cost of Material.
THE inspector Of buildings states that the
reason $4,000 will not construct a larger
building is because of the advance In the
price of building material and labor during
the past two years. We respectfully recon-
mend in view of these facts, that the Com
missioners urge upon the appropriations
committee the increase of the appropria-
ton from s175,O00 to such sum as will, in
the opinion Of the Commissioners, be sufh-
cient to erect a three-story building on
portion of the site large enough to provide
the main features of a structure such as
has been described with classroom facil-
tiles for at least 800 pupils, on plans con-
templating a future extension by the con-
struction of wings which shall provide adj
ditional class rooms when needed"