Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-30
DAWSON HAS
new SCHOOL
Building Cost $4,000 and !!
Has Best Sanitary Equip.
= ment Possible

DAWSON, Sept. 3O.-DaWsOn ma!
well be proud of its new school build
ing which by the time it is finished
and furnished will cost approximately
$4,000 First, because it viii be one
of the most modern and up to date
schools OF its size in the northwest
and second because it will be one OF
the finest buildings ever erected 10
a town of this size in the state and
will be the means of bringing many
people here to see it.
A picture in this issue gives a good
idea of the building as it will look
wheen completed. The general arch.
itecture is the American style of a
modern school house. The building
Is 65x36 feet in size, two stories, at
tice and basement and contains four
recitation rooms besides cloak rooms,
play rooms, etc., all of which have
been created with q view to the com.
frt and health Of the pupil in every
detail. .s..a,-.,. a.g
The material used in the construc.
ton Of the building is the finest to
be had. The walls are faced with
Hebron brick and backed up with
hollow tile, which gives the best
kind Of construction as the double
air space in walls assure a dry build.
ing. 49,. ~. 90
There are two entrances 10 the
building, the main one being on
Thomson street. 1t is broad and Or
namental and Is placed at the lawn
grade from which a stairway goes
up to the first floor. A hall Is feet
wide runs through the building and
has an outside entrance at the back.
The class rooms are reached from
the hall and are 23X2S1k In the clear,
being of sufficient size to accommo.
date 40 pupils. The cloak rooms are
located in the front and are Of ample
size to accommodate the number OF
pupils in the room, and a teachers
closet located on the cloak room IS
large enough to keep the teachers be.
longings land any books and papers
she may wish to put away. The whole
arrangement Is CONVENIENT. ~'}
In the basement are two rooms to
be used as Hay rooms, one for the
boys and one for the girls. They
are reached by "a stairway from the
front entrance. The boys and girls
being entirely separated. The boiler
room and coal bin are also located in
the basement, the boiler room has an
outside entrance at the back and the
coal bin is large enough to hold a full
car load OF coal If required. The
basement is We'll lighted and con-
crete floors are laid through the
whole Of the basement.
The second floor is reached from
the first by a double stairway four
feet wide going up to a landing half
way and from there to the second
floor by a stairway six feet wide. On
this floor is located two classrOOms
of the same size and arrangement as
on the first floor and also has a lib.
rary and superintendants office lax
10. These rooms are also provided
with ample cloak rooms and teachers
closets as on the first floor.
The attic is reached from this floor
by a 31a foot stairway and is SO con.
structed that two rooms can be TT.
ted UP at later date when the de-
mands of the town require them.
They will make an excellent location
fro the chemistry and physiology de-
partment when the high school needs
additional space for classes in these
subjects. !.
I, Tho planning Of the heating and
yentilating system was done with q
view to making everything handy for
the operator, the different appliances
being as near together as possible so
as to save the janitor or operator
many steps, for everything is within
asy reach.
The fresh air is taken in from the
outside through two large galvanized
iron ducts run from the outside win.
dows to a large box located on the
brick walls and directly under the
ventilatiag ducts which run through
the school rooms above. In these
galyanised boxes is located 1856 feet
Of indirect radiation, this will heat
the air to temperature Of 70 de-
grees beforD being distributed into
the school roms. In the school rooms
the fresh air Is delivered 8 tt. from
the floor and in such manner that IT
makes q complete circuit Of the