Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-12
LArAYErTE OPENING.
Nearly Six Hundred Children
March Into New school

Nearly Goa children ariaycd In their
new school suits and dresses, and more
or less controlled by rs teachers,
marched into the new Lafayette school
this morning approved the new adjust
able desks that win NJ any size Of stu.
dent, Joined IN a confusion Of songs
that filed the Railways from each OF
the % rooms. and az 1880 answered the
new gong's call to play ia the dirt out
side When they went home at noon
the spick ana spanness was gone from
their clothes, for the yard Is not yet
grayeled, and the steep, dirt hillsides
were pleasant to roll on However,
their animated discussion Of an that
was new and strange and especially
OF the sanitary I drinking fountains,
where they drink without cups by sim.
ply bending over the stream of water
bespoke their acceptance Of the new
school, and their approval Of all that 1t
contained
This afternoon at 2 o'clock the build
ing was thrown open to the patrons Of
the school and their friends President
Oscar H. Moyle OF the school board
PLAYED tho roll Of host, assisted by
Principal John H. Coombs of the new
school. ana other members OF the teach
ing force. The large number Of par
ents who called were shown over the
building, and listened 10 a. fun descrlp-
ton of the features that were new,
The greatest interest seemed TO center
in the heating plant, which Is elab-
orately built. and planned to give per-
feet ventilation and even temperature.
In the large assembly room on the
fourth floor formal opening program
was held at 2,30 o'clock. President
Moyle presided over the function, and
spoke az some length to the crowd that
had assembled. A number Of other
members Of the school board followed
Mr. Moyle. The program was enliven-
ed with singing and a plano selection
by Miss Alice Seckles,
The new building which today Is
added to the list Of public schools, is the
largest and best equipped yet cons
tructed by the school board. 1t is sit
uated at the corner OF North Temple
and State streets, and accommodates
the students In that district who for
merly went to the Lowell and
the Washington schools, There are
four floors. on which recitation
rooms are established, In addition 10
which there Is a sub basement, whore
the return pipes from the ventllating
system are collected, a library room
where the schools collection OF books
win be gathered, an attic that may
be turned into a gymnasium, aud a
TN room where showers and possibly
plunge viii be established, for the
benefit of athletic enthusiasts. ON
each floor are located fire extingulshers
so arranged that on opening the case
the water Is automatically turned on
and the hose unooied by the force OF
the water The exits provide means
for rapidly emptying the school In case
of FIRE. The rooms ON the ground floor
each have special exits to the street.
aud the other rooms are so grouped in
relation to exits that a congestion of
students In the balls or on the stair
ways is impossible
The heating system OF the building Is
its most satisfactory feature. Fresh
air, warmed to exactly the desired tenn
perature, is supplied TO each room by
means Of five shafts each four by
fourteen feet at the opening. Foul
ait II ItlllONtu ny uuuNItl nlnAtih VI
pipes and carried to the roof by means
of two shafts, heated to facilitate the
upward rush Of air A direct system
of steam heat radiation is installed, in
addition to the warW air plant, for
use In cold weather. when the warm
air system is liable TO be insufficient to
warm the rooms propely The power
for the heating plant Is supplied by two
81 horse power engines in the base
mcnt, and q supplementary engine for
use on warm days when the big engines
are unnecessary An metal fixtures
and pipes are covered with aluminium
to prevent rust, and preserve v bright
appearance.
The teaching force Of the new school
is as follows:
John II Coombs, principal.
Lillian Balm, s h; Mark Brown, Z A.
b; Sarah l.. Martin. 6 A. Fanny Cal
braith, h; Emma Gallagher, A;
McVichie. Il, Harriet Cohn, I
a. Frances Russell b; Mabel Daley
3 A Emma Hamlin. b. Phoebe
Scholes, ? A; Nellie Mcclure, . 3, Ade-
line Thackeray, ! A. Anna Adams, /
q; Alice stlmmel y, and lrma Walk
en- assistant