Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-27
WORK ON high SCHOOL
PROGRESSES RAPIDLY
BUILDING WILL BE ONE OF THE
BEST IN THE NORTHWEST
WHEN FINISHED.
Large Assembly Room, Physical and
Chemical Laboratories. and Other
improvements Over Old Building
Are Made.

The work on the new school house
is progressing rapidly. The. brick
work is up over the windows of the
first story and the floor timbers are
! being placed in position. This build
ing is to be the best structure of its
kind in the northwest, having the most
modern system of heating and ventila
ton and being built on the plan Of
l. tho latest eastern schools.
The build.n" "oing constructed
in the shape of a "T' and in such 8
manner as to add to it at any time
the demands of the population of the
city dictate.
The basement extends under the en-.
tire building and more, the boiler room
being in a portion that is not under
any part of the school. In the front
of the basement or the cross bar OF
the "T" are the domestic science and
manual training rooms, the locker
rooms for both the boys and girls, a
vault and stock room. In the after
part are the boiler and fuel rooms and
the gymnasium. The gymnasium is
something that the Bismarck high
school has lacked in the years past,
but the one in the new building will
make up for this 1t will be 36x86 feet
in floor space with a large balcony
and seating room on one end and one
side. The balcony may be used as a
running track, rs laps to the mile.
There is an 18-foot ceiling in the gym
nasium, thus giving room for basket
ball or any other sport that may call
for a high ceiling. It is also the hope
and expectation of the school board
to have this fully equipped. There
will be shower baths for both boys
and girls.
On the first floor in front will be
the superintendent Office, the office
of the principal. and the room In
which the school board will meet, also
two recitation rooms and two recep-
ton rooms, and a boys and girls
cloak room. On this floor also will
be the assembly room. The assembly
room is to be 40 feet 2 inches by IS
feet 3 inches, and will be capable OF
holding 300 single desks, or, in case
of an entertainment, 900 chairs.
At the rear end of this room there
will be q complete stage with dress
ing rooms, footlights and all the para
phernalia for a small. theater. The
stage itself will be 16x28 feet. exclu-
sive Of the dressing rooms and much
larger than that of either vaudeville
house in the city. The assembly room
will be lighted with two large saw
tooth skylights and there will be two
48-inch and two 40inch ventilators In
the roof.
The rear part Of the building will
be only one story, but the front will
be raised to two. In the second story
will be five recitation rooms. The
teachers will have a room on this floor
to themselves. There will be COM
plete chemical and physical labora-
tories and an apparatus room. These
are also features that were lacking In
the old building. A lec( ure room
large enough to accommodate IS pu-
pills has been provided for in which
such studies as botany. chemistry and
will be studied.
When the high school building Is
finished Bismarck will have the most
modern school in the northwest.