Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-31
FINE MODERN SCHOOL BUILDING
READY FOR OCCUPANCY WITH
NEW YEAR.
PUBLIC INSPECTION OF
BUILDING NEW YEARS
From {, Until S Thursday Afternoon
Afternoon Patrons and Friends Will
Have Opportunity to Visit Building
Miss Marie Bohen to Be Principal
Description of Building.

Beginning with the new year, and
the opening of the schools following
the holiday vacation, Marshalitown
viii number her graded school build
ings eight instead OF seven. The new
Franklin school, Fifteenth and Main,
built during the past summer, viii be
opened On Monday. Jan. 3, with Miss
Marie Boaen as principal.
The new building will fill q pressing
need. in that it will care for tie
younger children in the extreme west
part 2r the city, where TIE school pop
uj&tion has increased rapidly within
the past few years. These children,
Who have been taken to othe. build
inss in the city by street car transport
,ation furnished by the district. viii
now have q fine new school home Of
their own-tha most modern in fast, il
the city.
District West OF Eleventh.
The district that will be acconmo
dated in the new build:ng. al least tor
ne present, lies ives: of Eleventh
straat. All grades with the excep-
tica o. the seventh, viii De furnished.
including Kindergarten. Miss Boren,
the principal, comes from the seventh
Grade in the Woodbury. school. She
has been employed in the schools Eve
wears ard IS considered very COM
petert teache- ana one of good ex-
ecutive ability. Miss Bohen is a
daughter CT Mr.. and Mrs. E. 3. Bohen.
Of Tim Der Greek township. For three
months. during the absence Of Miss
Hail. owing to Illness. Miss Bohen acted
as principal of the Woodbury. ouiidIas
1, will not he known until late THIS
week Just who will make up the COM
plete personnel OF the teaching force
IN the new building. Miss gohen "iii
have sixth grade work. Miss Edith
.Avres, VINO has been assisting Mss
Adams in the first grade at :he Giles
viii! have the first grade. Miss Mare
Shove. who has been assisting MISS
Schaefer in the Arson first grade, WIZ
have the kindergarten. The otaer
grades have not been Definitely SUP
plied as yet but 1t is likely tHat the
sacond and third will DC combined as
win also the fourth and fifth. TINS
.,-iIi Give the building FIVE teachers. IS
-be school population increases. t4ie
teaching sorce viii he resrransed.
Frss!, Air Heating.
The nav Fsark,fn SCI? Of in IL
s.r;ct1v modem construction IS tn c1a
,.ars hu:16ir. n NJ. shallow IN
s-hicn IN children ass n,bled vii! be
fad a constant Supply Of pu~e. II -
nil. from outside. warm : and h!a"A
thru pipes into tie rooms. Hh7re TIE
pressure from tha fan driven .1cc rnt7S
air forces Tho four sir III; thru vents
and OF, cf the building.
In This way thsre er1 no radiators
around the room to overheat children
g.ho must st nearest them. lae:e Ill
he no ned for ro5uss. active am
rcal.l,r children 70 b. aoisd window
ventilation. because GEM young w2rs7-
an teacher or soma one cai!d is DEB. j
lated. for the windows will not need 70
be oyeaes: in cold weather. There will
he no crafts Of cold air from win
dows ri wig n upon children. who's
systems are exposed by overhea led
radiators. The school room will be
constantly supplied By 2 fan. driven
bv q motor, with the thirty cubic feet
Of fres:. air per minute per person
which the human system demands.
The Spreading of contagious dis
easas win be minimize d, because
healthy children will not be forced 10
breathe in the school room air polluted
bv a s;ck!y child. All Will have the
q 5yanteee of a flowing stream Of pure
flesh air. the same as wa-e- obtained
when drinking from a mountain brock,
instead of a stagaant pond green with
The sem, OF disease. The air passes
over large furnaces before il enters
the school room, thus warming the
room with the ventilatiDg system. The
effect Will be that OF an outdoor scnooi
room in balny day in May. Head
aches and drowiLess need not be con-
tracsed in the school room.
The warming and ventiiating plant
was Installed by the local furnace com
,anv. and is the same as is used in the
Me.hodist Ran.is.. Presbyterian and
neH Congrega .ional churches of this
city. 4 similar fresh air system, with
stear, calls IL the basement air cham
bers :ngtead of furnaces, IS what was
i,st;.!o-ed Tor IN tne fsuE5Ts school By
the Second ward mothers club.
Has Eight Rooms.
Unlike all other schools in the city,
and while planned on common sense
IDEAS, with the comfort and safety OF
the children always the all-important
idea in it's construction, it is also g
building to be admired from an archi-
tectural viewpoint.
The building has fiat roof, with
parapet walls. 1t has eight large school
rooms, library and teachers room, the
latter two situated on the second floor.
! A large roomy hallway bisects the low
er floor, and two fights Of easy stairs
| lead 10 the second floor from either end
of the hail.
Each room is provided with large.
roomy supply cupboard, and large, well
ventilated wardrobes leading into the
! Railways The class ROOMS are 2SxS2
| feet.
The woodwork is Of plain oak finish.
| the floors Of hard maple, and the CELL
| ings Of steel. The building Is lighted
| by electricity.
| Manual Training in Basement.
There are two large finished rooms
in the basement, one to be used Tor
manual training work and the other
- NIA.