The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-11-12
new HIGH SCHOOL
ABOUTCOMPLETED
PUTTING ON FINISHING TOUCHES
Gives Hood River a Model Educational
Institution That Combines the
Beautiful and Utilitarian.

Hood Rivers fine new high school
building is fast nearing completion.
This week will see the finishing
touches to the new temple of educa-
tion both inside and out as far as it
will be done for the present and rs
soon as the desks, furniture and other
fittings that are necessary, can be in
stalled the building will be ready for
use. The grounds around it are be-
ing cleaned no and the structure pre-
sents a handsome and substantial ap-
pearance.
Broad steps lead to the main en-
trance on the north side OF the build
ing and also to the east and west en-
frances. The basement, which is a
feature of the new school is well
lighted and roomy and Can be entered
by doors which open under the east
and west stairways and it can be en-
tered also by a door which leads iBto
the furnace room. There are several
rooms In the basement which AS yet
have not been finished off and which
will later be used tor purposes which
the school faculty may designate.
In the west end of the basement is
the boys lavatory with modern and
sanitary fittings and similar apart
ment in the east end for the girls.
In the middle on the south side is the
furnace room containing the triple
furnace heating plant and also the
ventilating apparatus which is so ar
ranged as to furnish pure air all over
the building. Ihil is done by big
rotary fan encased in an alright case
which draws the cold air from large
duct on the roof of the building and
forces it over the heating plates of
the furnace and on up to the halls
and various rooms. Ventilatols plao-
ed in the walls of the rooms regulate
the temperature and insure proper
ventilations.
Broad stairways, we'll lighted, lead
from the basement to the main floor.
The interior is finished in Oregon fir
and there is not IA sharp corner in
the building. Directly opposite the
main entrance is the superintendent 3
office. On this floor there are seven
class rooms three of which are finish
ed. lhe doors are what are known as
the double A, swinging both in and
out noiselessly and there is not lock
on any of them except that to the su.
perintendent's office and the doors
that open out of the building. Sep
arate coat stalls for boys and girls
are furnished for all rooms and are
situated in the hall, entrance into
them being by doors leading from the
class rooms.
On the upper floor there are tour
class rooms and the large assembly
room and auditorium which occupies
the entire north front OF the build
ing. From this magnificent view
of The Columbia and Mount Adams is
obtainable. A room on this floor has
also been set apart for the labratory.
A two inch pipe for fire protection
runs throughout the building and 100
feet of hose will be supplied for this
purpose on each floor. A fire escape
of the latest approved type extends
from the top floor in the rear to the
ground.
One of the rooms which are untin-
ished will be selected as library
and when the fittings are properly
installed the new high school will
furnish Hood River with an educa-
tional institution that will rank with
the best in the state.
The exterior of the building is fin
ished Oft in red Eriok with gray trim
mings. The steps are painted in this
color and frieze which egxtends round
the top of the structure has on it the
names of classical characters. On the
east wing are those of Aristotle and
Virgil, on the front Ursinus, Grac-
chus, and Homer, and OIL the west
wing, Agrippa and Napier. The arch.
itecture OF the structure which was
planned by p. NJ Hall Lewis is plain
and impressive, the front view partic-
ularly giving the impr ession of sub
stantial unitarian structure adapted
to the uses for which it was erected
any gingerbread or spectacu-
lar ornamentation.
The building was built by Strana-
han Il Slavin, we'll known contractors,
and as tar as possible the work wHp
done by Ilond River labor and indus
tries