The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20
NEW BUILDING
At UNIVERSITY
viii Be Erected at Once Near the
g, Other. Two.
GYMNASIUM AND CONSERVATORY
Will be Two Stories Above High Base
ment, SO by 80 Feet, and will
be Constructed of
Pressed Brick.

The board of directors of the Cen
trail Holiness University meet to-day
to 90 over the bids for the contract
for the erection of the new Musical
Conservatory building at University
Park. The contract may be let at
| once, or further time may be taken
to consider the matter in case the
prices are not satisfactory. The build
ing will, however, be erected this sea-
son.
The plans and specifications upon
which the estimates are being based
call for first-class building made Of
pressed brick, 80 feet long, by SO feet
wide and about 40 feet high. The To-
cation will not be in conformity to the
original semi-circular plan, but will be
in the rear of the two present build
| ings facing south, ABOUT between the
| main college building and the girls
dormitory, or in the neighborhood of
| the location of the little tower. fam
iliarly known as Victory Castle. 1t
win comprise two full stories and a
high basement, the latter accomodat.
ing a first-class gymnasium with lock-
ers, shower baths, etc, and the other
| two floors the conservatory of music.
1 For the present the upper floor will
| be divided into two large rectal rooms
for the Theological school to temper
arily relieve the strain due to lack
of room in that department. 1t will
eventually be subdivided into smaller
| rooms for studios and practice rooms
for the musical department of the uni
versity. The building will be con
| structed sound-proof throughout with
the object of making it most efficient
for musical conservatory.
| At the front middle entrance the
| steps will lead up to a large portico
| with tall pillars on either side. Two
front doors, one on either side, will
| lead directly into the gymnasium in
the basement so as to give access to
that department without going thro
the main part of the building. The
| basement will be high and complete
ly equipped with physical apparatus
L
the south side and on each end of the
Il room, which will extend the full dis
/ lance OF the building, will be arrang
ed for lockers and bath roOms-one
end being reserved for ladies' and tho
| other for men. The gymnasium will
be used by both sexes at different
hours. The first floor will be used
| exclusively by the musical department
II being divided into about twenty
rooms including the four studios or
| instruction rooms, an Office and four
teen or fifteen practice rooms. These
will all be well lighted and equipped
with pianos and, being constructed SO
| as to deaden the sound will provide
| abundant facilities for the school oil
music.
The building will be constructed
more with view towards efficiency
| than beauty. but will be attractive in
| appearance and durable in quality. Its
erection has been nccessitated by the
remarkable growth of the musical de-
partment and the consequent crowd
ing of other work in the college. The
new equipment will allow all branches
of the college work to spread out and
another building will undoubtedly soon
be required to take care of other de
partments which are now using about
all the room hat can be allotted to
them 1t is probable that work on
the new building will be IN progress
| by the time the National Holiness
camp meeting opens next month.