The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
THREE ARCHITECTS SAY
 PLANS ARE PRACTICABLE
Society Resolves Itself Into Building Committee of City Council and
 Board of Education and Made Reports.

Birmingham in the near future, for the reason that all of these details have been attended to by the members of the Yancey society, an organization among the male students at the high school.
 These boys have carefully prepared plans and specifications for the new high school voluntarily, and three architects of the city have said the plans were practical too. There has probably never been similar undertaking by the stud- ents of an institution, certainly not in Birmingham nor in the state of Alabama The plans and specifications prepared re- fleet a great deal of credit upon the young men and the school authorities should feel proud to know that such material as thls compose the student body of the Birmingham high school. And the boys who prepared the plans and specifications are not students in drafting house. building either for there Is no technical course taught in the high school. But the boys are looking after the interests of their younger brothers. and others who will in later years enter the high school, by providing for technical course when the new building Is erected.
 Plans Adopted Friday.
  day afternoon in one of the class rooms .' at the high school building, after the ,s school duties for the day have ended. Several weeks ago the society resolved itself into the building committee from the city council and the board of educa- ton for the purpose of building the high school immediately on paper, with the hope their suggestions might aid the au- thorities in finally determining upon the plans for the building. Committees were appointed with instructions to report at the regular weekly meeting on Friday afternoon, and the boys went to work im- medately.
 called to order by President Alan Daly, every committee was ready and eager to make a report.
 First came the report of the committee on plans. This committee was composed of E. F. McCrossn '05 and E. B. Van Keuren '04. Every detail for the construction of the building Is given in the plans. The drawings were laid upon the presidents desk, and each member of the club and Prof J. R. Cunningham, Miss Bertha Gelders and other members of the faculty who accepted an invita- ton to attend the meeting closely in- spected As a result the plans as sub- mitted were accepted without change.
 Mir. Mccrossln Explains.
 
 tions briefly, saying:
 We propose that the new building shall be three stories in heghth with a basement. It is to be constructed of red pressed brick with white limestone trim mings and slate roof. We estimate the building will not cost over $140000 As to the inside finish, we propose that the side walls are 10 be wainscoted five feet high. capped and supported by crown moulding. secretly nailed and edge bev- eled. all being made of hard pine The walls above the walnscotng are to be two coat work, scratched and we'll trow- eed and finished in white plaster. There is to be no wall paper. in the entire build ing.
 ''All of the painting Is to be three coats of hard oil finish.
 "Blackboards are to be placed where { ever necessary in the class rooms, these of course to be of slate.
 '"The auditorium Is to be 74x134 feet, the walls to be built with steel columns '"rhe floors with the exception of the gymnasium in the basement will be of cement. The gymnasium floor as we'll as the flooring in the halls and class rooms will be of tongued and grooved hard pine
 All windows are to have eight inch casing trimmed with hard moulding or rosette and free from all hammer dents
 
 "a of pressed steel. We propose that the seating capacity of the auditorium shall be 1900. There will be stage or rostrum 6 and the room will have easy exits. Opera chairs are to be used.
 "As noted in the plans a provision Is made for the Birmingham public library in the high school building This will be a large room well lighted and ventilat- ed
 Sanitary Cononnittee Reports
 Harvey F. Clover. William Garrett and Thomas Henley composed the sanitary committed MT Clover reported for the committee as follows:
 From almost any standpoint and not only the sanitary standpoint. it would be great mistake to place such build ing as you have just had described to you on anything but a large. high piece of ground. The lot should be at least one block In area. This would give pupils a good size play ground.
 "The new school is to be heated by steam. In the basement there will be boiler of sufficient capacity to generate steam to run a small engine-Ideal Self Contained-of about eight horse power for dynamo with capacity of no volts, making 400 revolutions per minute and a fan to force the draft through the build ing. A smaller boiler will also be install- ed to be used in case of accident to the larger one. TWO are tO pS in each room, situated in opposite cor ners as near as possible. All pipes used in carrying the steam ~c- heating pur- pose are to be two inch black wrought iron pipe, and wherever exposed as In the class rooms, 1t will be covered with two coats of aluminium varnish.
 ''The windows are to be large, 4ix50. With the sash to be adopted the windows can be easily lowered from the top or raised from the bottom. These will not only supply the rooms with a good light, but through them one may receive an abundant supply of fresh air. The win dows wherever possible, should be locat- ed at the rear and to the left of the pupils.
 '.The artificial lights are to be of elec- tricity In each room there is to be three lamp chandelier. Tn the assembly hall or auditorium there will be four large electric chandeliers, being fitted with twenty ttirty-two candle power in- cadescent lights. each and at each end of the rostrum or stage there is to be two shaded. lights. sAe.
 ''In the cloak room of each tl9ss room