Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1914-09-25

1t is with a good deal of pleasure
that we print in this issue a cut of
he new high and grade school building
soon to be erected on the hill east of
town. The people of Morris are to be
congratulated or their progressive
spirit in coming forward as they have
done, by voting for increased effici-
ency in the Morris schools.
We wish especially to call attention
to the untiring effort put forth by
the school board in their endeavor to
give Morris the best that can be Sc
cured in school construction, equip.
menet and design.
Very few people realize the amount
of time these gentlemen have devoted,
away from their. own businesses, in
their unselfish endeavor to secure
everything needful to the economical.
and efficient operation of the Morris
school machinery. as it will be oper-
ated when the new building is ready
for occupancy.
This new building when completed
will surpass anything in this part of
Minnesota. giving to Morris, the
leading place in school efficiency.
Much has been said about the teach
ing of "readin', writin', and rithme-
tic' taught to the tune of hickory
stick, and much Of this is the senti-
ment that goes with the memory of
ones own forgotten childhood, covered
over with the glamor of the past.
Most of those who were educated in
this way, have grown with the adj
vance of civilization and have been
educated in the broad school of life
and experience, gradually. with the
evolution of things, but they cannot
start their children today in the midst
of the Goth century end give them the
same kind of start they had. The
children of today must be educated up
to the progress of the age in which
we live, hence the need of the efficient
machinery contemplated in the new
school building.
The basement is arranged with II
foot ceiling for light and ventilation
and contains large manual training
department with forges, wood work
ing machinery, benches and hand tools
for the manufacture Of all kinds OF
articles. In this department the Older
pupils are skilled in the useful arts,
a drill that fits them for any occupa-
ton.
A complete agricultural department
is installed in the opposite end of the
building with room specially pre-
pared for the propagation of all kinds
of plant life. In the center of the
basement with light from the rear /;
40x65 foot gymnasium is placed will
a 16 foot ceiling. At either end O.
this large room are placed locke
rooms, showers and toilets boys OF
one end. the girls department in tht
other. Above these at each end il
a gallery where games may be OBJ
served by visitors to the school. o.
the front side of the gymnasium |
large apparatus room is placed t,
receive apparatus that otherwis,
would be in the way while games ar
in progress. At the south end of th'
basement large photography room
is placed with sand tables, maps ant
other equipment for close study o
physical geography. The extrem
north end of the basement contain
the heating plant, pumps, vacuum
pumps, vacuum cleaning plant AM
machinery for running the building
Under the main entrance is place
a large forced fan for supplying
circulation of air to the entire build
ing. The average person consume
1900 cubic feet of air every hour s
this fan is designed to supply thi
! amount of fresh air every hour durin
the day.
The building has three large en-
trance dcorways, facing north. sout
} and west, which are equipped wit
automatic locking devises that make
} it impossible to lock the doors fror
} the inside. Any person runnin
t against the doors from the inside wi
Immediately unlock and open th
doors. In addition to this FIRE pre-
caution the entire floor system an