Arizona republican., 1908-07-26
Tempe Department
F. w. GRIFFIN Manager y

new election. Notices of said election
have already been posted and the cleo
ton will be held'on the 18th of August.
Within a week from that date the
bonds may be advertised for sale and
the indications are that the mishap
will merely cause a delay of month
i'll obtaining the funds proceeding from
the sale of the bonds. As il since
turns out. this will in reality cause no
delay in the work on the new building
or the Institution of the school this
fall.
The beard yesterday received from
Architect Norman f. Marsh of Los
Angeles, the sketch plans of the build
ing together with water color draw
ing of the school as it is designed to
appear when completed. If it appears
anything like the drawing, it VIII GER
tainly be distinct addition to the at
Effectiveness of the town. In Mr..
Marsh's letter TO the board, which Is
given in full in this article, he states
that it viii be at least month be-
fore he win be able to submit the
working plans of the building. 1t is
evident, therefore, that the failure of
the bonds at this time, if they are sold
again within the next month, will in
no way alter the plans of the board
or deter the work that is contem-
plated
Following is the architects letter to
the board which gives a good idea of
what the building is to be when COM
pleted, providing of course that the
plans ne has submitted are adopted.
Mr.. Marsh says:
81 am sending with this, the sketches
for your new High school. l have
worked these up with your supeIin-
tendent, Prof. Scudder. l have adopt
ed the Elizabethan style of architec
ture, as this will harmonic with sur
roundings-yet will make a building
of good taste and dignified. The floor
arrangement is worked up to meet
your superintendent ideas of your
needs. We visited the best schools in
this section relative to manual train
ing and domestic science, so that we
might get the latest ideas in this work.
THE basement floor is to be feet
under grade, to contain the manual
training, or Sloyd, domestic science,
toilets, gymnasium, lunch room and
class room. The main floor to have
the rooms for teachers, principal,
three recitation rooms, library and the
auditorium, the library arranged to
be thrown into the auditorium should
occasion demand it. The upper con-
tains chemical, physics and biology
laboratories, science, lecture room.
Commercial and drawing departments.
THE exterior Of the building is fin
nished with red brick. trimmed with
cement brick and artificial stone
courses. Exterior steps to be cement.
The basement floors to be cement. The
floors of the balance to be Oregon pine
of best grade except the chemical
laboratory which will be wood stone,
plaster to be Arizona lime. finish
Oregon pine. The heating will be left
to your discretion, whether it is to be
steam or hot air. Roof to be asbestos
composition.
Plumbing to be the best sanitary
toilets, slate urinals. enamel basis.
Hygia drinking fountains, etc
The gymnasium arrangements of
showers and dressing rooms is very
compact and practical. The individual
locker system shown along halls. All
the table tops in physics, chemical
and biological laboratories to be COW
cred with Woodstone All stairs to be
easy rise, not to exceed 6Iz per cent.
These are the main points The
study Of the sketch plans will reveal
the details of arrangement. | do not
hesitate to say that these plans will
make a good workable up-to-date
high school, such as will facilitate
your work and be credit to the COM
munity whose public spirit makes il
possible. l would be pleased to have
the board make any suggestions and
changes that your judgment might die
tate. l will be prepared to prosecute
the working drawings promptly and
can have them ready for contractors
in about four weeks.
Trusting thees sketches may meet
with your approval, l am,
Cordially yours,
NORMAN +. MARSH,
Architect"
Another meeting of the board was
held yesterday afternoon at which
time the plans were considered togeth-
er with Mr.. Marshs estimate of the
cost. At the time of writing no def
mite action had been taken but the
indications were that the plans would
be accepted with few alterations.