Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-23
Forty Thousand Dollar Building
in Use This Week.
Description Of Up-tO-Date EdiRce and
History Of District from New
Hampshire Grants-Principals
md Superintendent.

with doors opened to students for the
first time this morning.
1t is n brick structure s0xlOO feet. three
stories high and basement and cost COM
plete forty thousand dollars. The archi-
tect was Frank L. Austin OF Burlington.
and is IL one of the best examples of
modern school architecture Of which Mr..
Austin makes q specially. The style IL
simple and imposing and striking for its
generous lighting. the windows being a
feature by the liberal use of glass The
window stills are Vermont marble and
the hip roof in n uniform colored slate.
ON the west side. facing Church street.
a marble panel is Inscribed, 'lS8-Public
School-19l2."
The entrances are on the ends Of the
building. on the north for the boys and
on the south for the girls and the vesti-
bulos are reached by cement walks. From
the foyer broad steps on tho left lead
to tho basement and on the right an easy
ris, takes one to the main corridor in
the center Of the building. There are
separate play rooms for the boys ana
girls In tho basement The heating plant
occupies the center thanked by big cold air
shafts There is a large general store
room ana coal section sufficient TO hold
a Years supply of fuel. All floors are
cement rho toilet rooms are spacious
well lighted and ventilated.
On the first floor are the first, second,
third. fourth. fifth and sixth grades
each room seated for forty pupils. Every
grade has ample coat rooms with coat
lie nd rtt ar
School rooms and coat rooms are reach
ed rs desired direct from the main corr
rider Easy landings lead to the second
floor corridor identical with that on the
first floor, on this floor the second and
eight grades occupy one room seating
81 pupils The commercial room is adj
joining seated for 80 pupils and the ninth
grade next seating A. pupils. on the
other side of the corridor is a fine high
school room seating So students. There
are two recitation rooms off the high
school room. "A private room for teach
crS at one ,nd of the corridor and an
office for the superihto at the otncr.
AS below nmpl. coat room are provided
end all reached direct from the corridor.
When needle. tho third floor can be
utilized
III rooms are provided with modern
dcs;s suited to the various grades and
There is liberal equipment Of tuilt-in
slate black3oards. on the teaching floors
arr toilets for the Instructors and sani-
tary bubhnS drinking fountains are
found throughout the building The floors
are HARD WOOD and the ceilings steel, of
simnle design. All wood work Is North
Carolina pine devoid OF beading or orna e
mclltation and finished natural. The effect
is pleasing, the delicate corn color scheme
adopted for tn" ceilings harmonizng
splcndidly. Tie whole place is inviting,
wholesome and inspiring.
Thomas Dunn Of Saratoga Springs had
the contract against eight bidders and
tn, committee having affair in charge
spoak IN praise Of the satisfactory way in
which tn" work has been pushed and
carried out. NJ. Dunn began work in
June and finished in January, Il few days
ahead of time.
Tho principal is 9. y. Cambridge, a
i;&uuatt Of TUFTS college aud the teach.
ms staff consists of Miss Marguerite
Iafwood, Middlebury College, Miss Ethel
ChAinbcrlin. MIS-. Emma Tobin, Miss
Ieima Goodall. Miss W Villa Page Miss
Elizabeth Mullisan Miss Elshcth Ncible
Miss Pearl Buttcriold, Miss Blanch Flake
ana Miss Estolla lngcrsoIl. William H.
Glossy, "A graduate Of the johnson nor
nal school. is superintendent of schools.
William Anderson Is janitor.
Tn, school board consists of J. II.
kidd.r, mill superintendent FOR the Bar
nry Marble company. Washington Keenan,
r"presentinG the west part Of the town
and G. n. IEerrick the east. George Lpi-
s,llc is clerk. The special building com.
mittee to act with the school board COM
sisted OF John +. Rich and +. H. Beehe
On account Of familiarity with Construc-
tion work Mr.. Kidder had general charge
OF details and was assisted 10y tire mem
hers of the board and the special COM
mittoe, MI Rich and Mr. BeeDe, who
devoted considerable time in watching
the progress Of the work. the latter Wis.
itinS the scene every day
Tho plot in which the new school build
ins stands consists or two parcels of
land ON Church street south of the old
Academy building. which was purchased
IN, 1893 of the heirs of the Farrar and
Thayer estates
In juno. 1911, Il special committee was
appointed consisting Of T. H. Beebe, A
q. " ebster, NJ. W. Barney, George Ioi-
selle and Fred Webster to see ABOUT the
advisablity of surrerdcrng the union
school charter and adopting IA town cen
trai school as provided for under the
Vermont statutes. They reported a month
later and IL voted n Slrrnn1hr ha
charter, to take effect Immediately ana
steps We're taken by investigation towards
building a schoolhouse At the last Marcn
meeting estimates having been received
and Mr. Austin's plans favored thirty
uvc thousand dollars was voted for a
new school building. Finding this sum
was not sufficient for a thoroughly up.
to-date building, five Thousand dollars
more was voted at special meeting held
in June.
Just here a little school history may ba
timely Under the so-callcd New Hump-
SURE Grants Governor Bennine Went.
WORTH In 1903, in grant to Isaiah Good.
rich and G5 other grantees of Swanton,
made provision for education, certain
lands being set apart the proceeds OF
which was to BE applied to furthering
education. In 1877. at March meeting,
IA committee was appointed to divide the
town into districts. with Il trustee for each
district and a month later Isaac Aseltne,
Johh Pratt, Amasa Howe, DR.. Ella Smith,
Joshua 'aikins isreal Robinson and Asa
Lewis were elected trustees. These men
heio office year after year, new ones being
elected only in case of resignation or re-
moVal' In 1872 there were II districts
1881 Il; and In lsis, II districts. Miss