The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-19

board of education, superintendent.
clerk, and principal of the high school.
and three other rooms are provided
with direct radiation from radiators
rooms may be warmed for use when
it is not necessary to operate the fans
to heat the rest of the building.
The automatic regulation of the tenn
perature is secured by the control of
the hampers mentioned above, which
are opened and closed by compressed
air. The compressed air is supplied by
thermostat pumps.
Second-The toilet rooms for boys
and girls have had a thorough over
hauling. The closets, which were Of an
old pattern no longer considered suita-
BILE from a sanitary point of view, have
been replaced by new and approved
fixtures similar to those which are in
use in the school buildings recently
erected in many of the larger cities. In
addition to the usual traps and vents
closets and toilet rooms are ventilated
by exhaust fans turned by electric mo-
tors. This ventilation is entirely sep
arate from the ventilation of the rest
lutely impossible for foul air from the
closets to enter any other part of the
building or even the toilet rooms them
selves.
Third-The walls of the assembly
rooms and of some of the class rooms,
and the halls and corridors have been
refinished- The walls of the assembly
room are painted a light tan with
cream tint. The Railways are gray
The assembly room was last painted
six years ago and the recitation rooms
five years ago. The halls had not been
refinished since the building was erect
ed.
Fourth-For giving the signals in
the recitation rooms for the beginning
and closing of recitations an automatic
signal system has been put in This
icfe Of clock a
gramme cock, and bells in the class
rooms and halls. The programme
clock and the bells are operated by
air which is furnished by
the same pumps which regulate the
Fifth-The removal of the furnaces
and the vacating of space which was
formerly used to store fuel made 1t
possible to remodel and enlarge the
offices of the board, clerk and super
For long time the office
rooms had been entirely inadequate
both in space and convenience for the
administrative work of the schools
Taking advantage of the general over
hauling of the building, the board. has
rearranged the entire east front of the
building on the basement floor In Such
a manner as to provide suitable office
room for many years to come. Every
particle of space has been used and
an arrangement has been made which
provides convenient access for the
public and facilities for the enectVe
performance of the Office work.
Entering the building from the
south or Eighth street entrance, one
comes into a Vesibule. which opens
on the right into a waiting room con-
Meeting with the private Office of the
clerk of the board. Here all business
which the board tranSacts through the
clerk will be attended to. Opening
from the vestibule towards the north is
a corridor which leads to the office of
the superintendent and the board
room. The superintendent's apart
ments consist of a reception room,
private consulting Office, and a stenog-
rapher's room. Between the reception
room and the stenographer's room is
door and a wicket In the stenog-
rapher's room is the telephone switch
board, which provides communication
between the different part of the build |
ing and with the central station. Con- !
nection will be made with the manual
training building when it is completed. |
Between the offices of the clerk and
is a good sized store |
room convenient of access to both. |
This contains solving for supplies and
opens into a vault where records and
papers are kept.
The board room is in the north east |
corner of the building and is entered |