The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-19
Architects Held Meeting Yes.
terday With School
Board.
PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE
1T is EXPECTED THAT THE NEW
STRUCTURE, COMBINED WITH
GARFIELD SCHOOL, WILL MEET
ALL NEEDS.

Further progress on the plans and
specifications of the new high school
building were reported at the meeting
of the. school board and architects w.
S. Kaufman Il Son, associates with
special architect. Mr.. ittner of St. Lou
is, yesterday afternoon at the office of
Mr.. Kaufman. 1t will be a month.
however, before complete plans have
been drawn up and approved by the
board. Among the features Of the
building will be the auditorium suffi-
GENTLY large to accommodate 700 per-
sons. 1t will be on the ground floor
and will be for the use of the public at
large and for school purposes.
The new Y. NJ. c. AS one deficiency
is the lack of an auditorium. but as
the new high school auditorium will
be but a square and half from that
Of the Y. NJ. c. A, it will not be so
keenly felt as otherwise, and the
school authorities hope that it will
prove very popular as a place for the
holding of lecture courses and like en-
tertainments to be given by the Y. NJ.
c. A..
The breaking ground at Ninth and
North b streets, where the new build
ing is to be located, will be begun
within short time. Not very extern
sive excavating will be necessary. 1t
is planned to have the basement above
the ground in order that some of the
rooms may be used for the purpose of
holding Rotations. At the old high
school building, where similar condi-
lions are in evidence, the basement is
damp and detriment to the health OF
the pupils as we'll as to tho teachers.
The building will be constructed out
of shale brick and hard brick. but not
the color of that of the Garfield build.
| ing, which will be a part of the high
/ school building. nor pressed as those
are. The brick will be quite light
and the effect at the joining of the
two buildings will be contrast.
The auditorium, which will be or
the ground floor, will be. located in the
front part Of the building. Back OF
it will be the large gymnasium which
| will be similar in many of its features
of size and equipment. to that of the
Y. Nj. c.. A. 1t is the intention To
make the gymnasium as complete AZ
that Of the Y. M. C. A.
There will be six manual trainins
rooms to be equipped for work fol-
boys and girls. The equipment viii
be entirely new and quite elaborate
in both departments. Another i'm
provement over the old building will
be the art department. There will b.
three large rooms devoted solely Il
this branch of the work. The art gal
lery will, as already stated, be on tn,
second floor and near the art stud.
rooms so that the gallery may be uset
for reference purposes.
The school will contain a large ref
erence library, which will be simila
to that in Bundy hall at Earlham col
lege and will be used for study room
purposes also. The need of stud,
rooms of large dimensions has beel
utilized by Mr.. Ittner. and he has EN-
bodied three such rooms in his plan
and specifications. In addition Their,
cipaIs office and numerous others 70
like purposes.
The commercial and science depart
ment will be enlarged as there vii
be three rooms and seven rooms dc
voted to these subjects respectively
They will be located on the top floor
Much of the equipment will be ne,
and of the very best.
The steam heating plant will
similar to that in the high school bu
will have much stronger blast syi
tenn. 1t will be located in a buildin
adjacent to the old structures.
There will be, altogether, more tina
40 rooms in the new building and tn
school, it is believed will be sufficien
~ large to meet the needs of the cit
for all time to come. At least thi
is the purpose of the board.
The school board will have a NEE
ing soon to decide on the plan 70
raising the money to erect the builc
ing. 1t will be either by bonds or
raising the tax few mills on the do
lar.