The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-09-15
fine NEW HIGH
SCHOOL TAKEN
OVER YESTERDAY

ding with other American children, viii
be nothing but true Americans--loyal
to the nag and to the principles Of their
country"
This sentiment expressed by DR.. Kat
suki, one of the speakers at the dedi-
cation of the Mckinley Memorial High
School building yesterday, was cheered
enthusiastically by the three hundred
people present who heard it. 49,
1t was a great day for Principal Nj.
M. Scott, for SO many years at the
head of the Honolulu High School. 1t
was great day for the High School
Alumni Association, under whose aus.
pices the exercises were held. The new
High School building which, though
not SO large as Principal Scott hoped
1T would have been built, is commo.
dious, well designed, and well arranged,
and when its furnishing is complete,
will provide High School aecommoda.
tions with much that is best in ar.
rangement and appliances for such
work, and offer to instructors and
pupils alike facilities and resources
which were entirely lacking in the old
building.
Fully five hundred people accepted
the invitation to be present at the
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building. Principal Scott and his as.
sistants on the instructing force were
there and so were very many members
of the alumni to show visitors about
and explain the arrangements. The
building faces westerly on Thomas
Square. The entrance is by a semi.
circular, broad and easy fight of steps
/ to semi-circular portico supported by
plain columns and protected by bal.
ustrade. The opening is on to hall
directly across which is the assembly
room extending back of the general line
of the building. This assembly room
is capable of seating at least two hun.
dred. The platform can be used for
stage and there are the simple acces.
sories of rooms off each side of the
stage.
To the right, as one enters the build.
ing is the principals office, the most
striking piece of furniture. in which is
a massive fiat-topped koa desk, the gift
of the alumni and pupils of the High
School to Prof. Scott. The principal IS
office opens into the library room which
is commodious and fitted up on three
sides with open bookcases of koa, the
gift of G. NJ. Cooke. On the fourth
side the bookcases are closed with glass
for the more valuable books. AS yet
no part of the library has been put in
place. This library opens also on to a
the building parallel with Victoria
street. In the south wing on this floor,
in addition to the library, are recita.
tion rooms and cloak room for the
girls, while in the basement below it
is the lavatory for girls.
In the north wing on this floor are
other recitation rooms, particularly
those for mathematics. These are pro-
vided with a new kind of blackboard,
which isn't black at all but green.
There is on this floor also an office
room for the women teachers of the
school.
The second story does not cover as
much space as the first floor. There is
nothing corresponding to the assembly
rooms and the second story does not
extend as far mauka or makai as the
first. The second story is devoted to
the commercial and scientific depart.
ments of the school. Near the head of
the main staircase there is space par
titioned off by bank counter and grill
work which will be the office of the
school savings bank which Superintend.
ent Babbitt has decided to establish
III connectlOn WITH tne ScnoOl W0rk. al
Joining this is the office of the principal
of the commercial department. All the
partitions here are of glass so that the
principal from his office can see into
all the departments. In this depart
ment there is one room devoted Il
stenography and another to typewrit
ing. On the other side of the longi
tudinal hall are the rooms for the book
keeping and the other parts of the com
mereial department. There are conve
r nient store rooms and other conve
e niences.
q The makai end of the second stor,
d is devoted to the scientific department
There is one general lecture or recita
: tion room with demonstrating tabl
G with the necessary physical laborator
l. appliances. Beyond this there is
physical laboratory with convenience
!, for sixtean stndents