Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-04-02
THEY WANT BIG AUDITORIUM.
Citizens Of Walhalla School District
Call for Larger Building.

Notwithstanding the fact that last
Thursday night was a raw, cold one,
there were about thirty-five interest
ed citizens at the meeting called for
that time. The architect employed
by the trustees Of the district to make
plans and submit estimates on cost of
building was present. The plans as
designed and submitted call for the
completion Of the school building
proper and the addition OF an assem-
bly, room with seating capacity of ap-
p~roXimately 400. This, however, as
was evidenced by the tenor of the
proceedings of the meeting, was by
no means satisfactory to the citizens
Of the district.
After considerable discussion of
the various phases of the questions
arising a motion was made by Mayor
w. NJ. Brown that a committee from
the meeting be appointed to co-ope-
rate with the members of the board
Of trustees in the interest Of securing
an auditorium of adequate dimen-
sions and seating capacity. This mo-
ton was carried, as amended by r.
T. Javnes, Esq, to the effect that. the
committee consist Of six members
three members to be Chosen from5the
Town Council. and three from the
body of citizens present at the meet
ing. The mayor was made eX-officio
a member Of the delegation from
council, and he appointed the other
two members from that body, DR.. j.
w. Bell and w. l.. Werner. The thrhe
members from the citizens OF the DIS
trict were chosen as follows: r. r.
Jaynes, Geo. NJ. Ansel and James NJ.
Moss.
The duty imposed upon these gen
tlemen is that of cooperating with
the trustees in the matter Of securing
school and auditorium facilities die-
quate to NEE the needs of the dis
trict. Their only function Is to con-
fer with and assist the trustees in
their work of building and equip
ping the enlarged school. The trus-
tees are: e. l.. Herndon, chairman;
G.. w. Pitchford and ]. B. S. Dendy.
1T was the unanimous opinion Of
the meeting that the proposed audi
torium should be built and equipped
at the earliest possible moment, and
it also seemed to be the general be-
lief that the addition to the school
building with an auditorium of 1000
seating capacity should be secured
within the means now at the COM
mand Of the trustees. That, how
ever, IellldliS 10 DG LnTSSnSQ out, and
If additional money is needed, the
advisory committee Of six is to CO.
operate with the trustees in a move
ment to secure the additional funds.
In the event Of failure to secure
an auditorium Of 1000 seating ca
pacity or more with the means now
at command. or failure to raise the
necessary funds, it was unanimously
voted as the sense OF the meeting
that the trustees should secure the
addition to the school building pro-
per at once, leaving the auditorium
question open for solution later. In
other words, it seemed to be the
general opinion that 1t would be a
grave mistake to consider anything
in regard to an auditorium unless
provision was made for seating ca
pacity for at least 1000 people.
New plans win be submitted by
the architect within the next ten days
or two weeks, made in conformity
with the ideas Of the mass meeting
of last Thursday.