Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-31
At COST OF $257,000
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New Normal School Building
to Be Constructed.
PL AIMED ON MODERN LINES
Cost of the Building and Grounds
Totals $317,0O0-site
Already Selected.
AIMED ON MODERN LINES

Plans for the new Normal School No. 1
for white pupils, which is to be built at
fifth and Harvard streets northwest, at
a cost of s257,0OO. were received by the
school officials today from the Office
of the municipal architect, The land on
which the school is to be located is val
ued at $4,000, making the total cost Of
the building and grounds $4,000. It will
be one of the most modern buildings in
the entire public school system. 1t is
expected that it will be ready for occu-
pancy at the beginning Of the 1912 school
year.
Capacity Of the Building.
The building will contain fifteen reci-
tation rooms. two large study halls.
capable Of holding 12o pupils each; Ii
brary, ample toilet rooms on each floor.
a model school, of eight rooms for pu-
pills of the first four grades and kim
dergarten room, laboratories for botany,
chemistry and physics classes a manual
training room, where wood work and clay
modelling may be done: a large lunch
room, with kitahen attached; an assembly
hall, several group" rooms, where chill
dren in the model school may be taken
for recitation; principals Office, and nu-
merous rest rooms for both teachers and
pupils. Also near at hand in the school
garden a greenhouse. sixty feet long by
twenty-five feet wide, will be erected,
where the students may study practical
work In school and home gardening.
The corridors are to be wide and well
lighted. Indeed, ample provision for light
has been made, as every room in the en-
tire building will have windows on, at
least two sides, and will also be equipped
system of ventilation will be another
large feature of the building. Both the
building proper and the greenhouse will
be heated by a central steam heating
plant
Material Selected.
The exterior Of the school will be dark
brown brick. with stone trimmings. Two
stories will be the height of the building
at each end, but this will be increased to
three stories in the center. The third
story will be divided into recitation rooms
and laboratories.
The exact size Of the assembly hall has
not yet been decided upon, but it is de-
sired that 1t be capacious, SO that it may
be used not only for the graduating ex
ercises Of the pupils, but for meetings for
educational. purposes, such as home and
school associations. In the vicinity Of
the site of the new normal schools are
the Ross, Hubbard, Johnson and Monroe
SCAOotS' uOIc vi Which, AdS AL assembly
hall SO it is hoped that the hall Of the
normal building will be made available
for the exercises Of these schools and
their associations.
The present Normal School, which is
In the Franklin building, 18th and X
streets northwest, is crowded and poorly
equipped. having no real Laboratories.
The present assembly hall is unpro-
vided with stage where the graduat ton
exercises may be held or where a play
may be given. When the girls of the
school wish to give a play; now or hold
any Kind OF formal exercises it is neces-
sary to borrow the assembly hall of an
other school. The hall Of the new build
ing will have a suitable stage for all
purposes.