The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-06

fire of that year.
When the kindergarten society
started work in Fargo they asked if
they might use this building. The
school board donated the use and it
was removed to it's present site on the
Northern Pacific railroad right ofway.
The Roosevelt Building.
Compared with any of the modern
buildings now in use, this little struc
ture is indeed a pigmy. Four of the
eight buildings in the city at the pres
ent time will be considered They are
the Roosevelt, the Longfellow, the Nc
Kinley and the Hawthorne.
The Roosevelt building was original
| ly four room structure but this was
increased to eight rooms in 1906 20
meet the demands Of the residents of
the Seventh ward in which 1t is To-
Gated. This school is located at the
| corner of Tenth street and Eleventh
avenue north. The grounds compose a
quarter of block which. are beauti-
| fed by blue grass lawns and numer-
Gus trees.
There are eight teachers doing the
work of instruction in this building,
| the grades including all from the pri-
mary to the Eighth grade inclusive.
The building itself is fine two story
/ brick structure, well equipped with
heating and ventilating systems of the
latest model and giving the best of
| sanitary surroundings to the pupils.
The LongfelIow School.
| The Longfellow building used to be
known as the Douglas Terrace school.
At one time two of the original build
ings which used to be located on the
| Unitarian church site were moved to
the site of this building and compris-
| ed the first school building in what Is
now the Fifth ward. These buildings
served for school purposes until 1891
when a four room brick structure was
erected. In 1898 these four rooms We're
added to by the building of four new
rooms, the building being increased to
an eight room structure. In this con-
dition it remains to the present day.
1t is in all respects a modern build
ing. 1t is well. equipped for the large
number OF pupils which attend it and
will probably serve for number OF
years unless there should be phe-
nomenaI increase in the population OF
| the ward.
:, There are also eight teachers doing
the instruction work in the Longfellow
| school, and like all the other eight
room buildings, all grades are taught
4 from the primary to the eighth in
| elusive.
i This building was first established on
a petition from the residents of the
ward asking the board of education to
| put a building in their district for the
benefit Of their children.
The Mckinley Building.
The Mckinley school building is one
i of the two, four-room school buildings
in the city 1t is located in the First
ward, being situated on Third avenue
/! north between Fourth and Fifth
4 streets. 1t is two stories in height
| built entirely of brick. 1t is equipped
with good heating plant and while a
( little small, meets the requirements
1t Is likely that it fill be enlarged tc
eight rooms in the future.
There are four teachers in this
building, the grades being from the
primary to the sixth inclusive.
The Hawthorne School.
All the above buildings are situat
ed on the north side so it will be fit.
ting to take into consideration one O
the four south side schools-the Haw.
thorne. This building Is situated th'
furthest south of any building in tn
city, being at the corner of Fiftl
street and Ninth avenue
This school draws children from al
of the Third ward and has a large en-
rollment IT is placed in a locatio
that makes 1t handy for the pupil
OF this ward and Is easy OF acces;
being like all the other school build
ings in the city near the car line.
The Hawthorne building contain
eight rooms and has corps OF eigf
l Eteachers who instruct pupils from th
primary to and Including the Eight
grades While the grounds on whic
this building is located IL the smallei
in the city there is large vacant L
just across the street west Of 1t.
this rot the children of the buildin
plant their school gardens, which a.
tracted so much attention last year.