The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-03-05
HALL.LEWIS GETS
CONTRACT FOR PLANS

At the meeting of the school board
held Thursday evening last for the
purpose Of examining the plans sub
mitted by the seven firms OF oompet.
ing architects, the design submitted
by Mr.. Hall Lewis received the uuan-
imous approval OF the board and bis
plans we're accordingly adopted, sub
iect to the result of the election which
Is to take place on Saturday OF this
week to ratify the proposed bond is-
sue. The accepted design shows a
brick building with two stories and
basement, in the modified Italian Rem.
Nuisance style of architecture, which
is carried out with the view CT utiliz-
ing to every possible extent materials
of local production.
The plans show in the basement,
which has fourteen fact ceiling sep
arate, large exercise rooms and toilets
for boys and girls, located in opposite
wings of the building, space tor tie
heating and ventilating apparatus and
a gymnasium and ball ourt. On the
first floor above are six class rooms
and the Office of the principal. On
the second floor are six class rooms,
three of which can be thrown together
for assembly purposes, and the chemi-
cal laboratory.
The special features Of the general
plan are the fire proofed walls extend
ing from the floor OF the basement
clear up to the undeiside ct the roof,
dividing the building into three prac
tically isolated wings, each having its
own system OF stairs snd exit, aud
communicating with the other parts
of the building through hre proof
doors.
The arrangement OF the cloak rooms
is unique. These are wire netting
enclosures, with the doors thereto
opening directly into the class loom.
Hence the pupils are at all times un-
der the eye OF the teacher and the
danger from smoldering spontaneous
combustion, which is the cause Of q
great majority Of school iires, Is re-
duced to minimum.
The heating and ventilating appara-
tus Is of the very latest approved
type. Warm air at 80 degrees Ia forced
into each room by fan located In
the basement, 80 cubic feet per min.
ute to each pupil, and the vitiated
aud foul air Is exhausted through q
separate system OF vent stacks. Dur
Ing the period when the heating plant
Is In use, the windows of the class
rooms are used for light only, ss all
the fresh air required Is taken from
above the roof, sucked down, forced
through the heaters and up into the
rooms by the fan.
All the toilets are likewise provided
with vent stacks which are continu-
ally exhausting the air from these en-
closures.
Mr.. Hall. Lewis was assisted In the
preparation of his design by NJ. Ed.
ward Williams, an experienced design
or and constructionist, who halls
from Pittsburg, Pa, and later from
Pasadena, CAL, who has accepted the
position OF assistant with Mr.. Hall
Lewis for the ensuing season.
Mr.. Hall-Lewis, while feeling very
grateful tor the awsId from the board,
Is particularly elatsd by reason of the
fact that the board in arriving at q
decision frankly stated that they had
made the award purely on the merits
of the design and without giving him
any credit whatever for being resi-,
dent of Hood River.
The new high school building will
be a credit TO the community and wa
trust that there will not be a dissent.
ing vote at the election of Saturday.
We understand that II is the inten.
tion of the board to submit the ques-
tion OF location of the new building
to popular vote, project that ID
meeting with universal approval.