Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-09-06
NEW nlGHscnooL BUILDING
The Elegant New High School Building
Ready for School Purposes.
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The contractors have finished the
new high school building whichwill be
ready for school work, Monday next,
at which date the city schools will
open for the fall term. +,
The new building is a great credit
to the city, and one in which every
citizen can take a. pardonable pride.
1t is first class in every respect and is
probably the most modern, we'll de-
signed and equipped high school build
ing in the state. All citizens should
take time to inspect the new building
and see for themselves the fine quar-
tiers that have been provided flor the
students.
The building is completed for school
work, the interior being ready for the
opening, although few finishing
touches yet remain to be done, the
grounds graded, and the cement walks
completed.
The building has three full stories,
the basement walls being constructed
of native boulders elegantly faced and
finished. The main walls are built of
cream colored pressed brick from
Dickinson, with cut stone trimmings.
A broad fight of stone steps lead to
the main floor, on which are the as
sembly room or high school room, reci-
tation rooms. library, cloak rooms and
rostrum, with a dressing room and
teachers room on either side Of the
stage.
The front hall is wide and pleasant
as an entrance to the building. All
floors are maple, and stairways oak.
The decorations of the hall walls and
ceiling are in drab with ornamental
border, the wood work in cream. The
walls of the high school rooms are
decorated in light green with old gold
dado instead of wainscotting, and the
ceiling light cream color, with steel
ceiling plates of handsome design.
The desks of the high school room
are of cherry each with stationary
ink stand. There are 14O new desks,
a piano. pictures, several statues and
relief pieces, the gift of former classes,
adorn the walls and rOstrum.
The recitation room in the rear of
the assembly room is large with black
board, and new tablet arm chairs. The
library room is also large and can be
used as an extra recitation room.
Both rooms are separated from the
main room by rolling partitions.
When all rooms are thrown open a
seating capacity Of $50 for the assem-
bly, room is had. Cloak rooms for both
boys and girls are in the rear of the
recitation rooms. The cloak room for
the girls has private stairway lead
ing to the basement toilet rooms.
The second floor is used for recita.
tion rooms for the building, there be-
ing four rooms finished for this pur-
pose, one, large sunny room in the
southeast corner, is for the eighth
grade pupils, and contains about 40
desks. Cloak rooms and a lavatory
are also on this floor. In addition are
two large rooms, one for the labara-
tory and museum for specimens of
scientific interest, and the superin-
tendants office. The laboratory will
be equipped with apparatus, tables
and cases, suitable for the work OF
teaching chemistry, physics, and bi.
ology.
The basement is fine feature of
the building and now that it has been
provided, no one can but appreciate
it's usefulness. The room is 7Sx33 clear
space, for physical exercises and gym
nastics. A piano for accompaniment
is provided and gymnastic exercises
will be encouraged by some OF the
common apparatus like dumb bells,
Indian clubs and wands. 1t is large
enough for a basket ball game. The
toilet rooms for the building are In
the rear of the gymnasium and each
is provided with cloak rooms and In
dividual lockers for students property,
and shower bath for use after exer-
cising. The floors are. of tile. The
boiler room in the rear Of the gym"
is separated from the main building
by stone wall and double doors.
The plumbing and heating apparatus
OF the building is completed. The
new building promises to become the
K center Of school life and youthful en-
1 deayor for Jamestown pupils, and the
4 liberality Of the citizens in providing
such q building is most commendable.'
The assembly room In the old south
4 side building has been divided into
# two rooms, and improvements on the
h north side school house are under
& way. Closets will be placed IN the ne
4 basement and the outside Of the
u building painted The desks and ana