The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-06
NEW HIGH SCHOOL
BUILDING PLANNED
BY CITY BOARD
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE
BEING PREPARED BY THE
ARCHITECTS.
STRUCTURE TO SEAT 800 PEOPLE
Every Modern Convenience viii Be
professionally Class Rooms,
Gymnasium, Lockers, Baths, Audi.
torium and Other Equipment.

The city board Of education through
its building committee, is having
plans and specifications prepared for
the new high school which it is plan
ming to erect in the near future. The
committee will confer with the board
Of mayor and aldermen Thursday
might with reference to calling, an
election at an early date to vote the
necessary bonds for its construction.
Mr.. Gardner, Of the firm of Hart &
Gardner, of Nashville, was present at
the meeting of the educational board
Tuesday evening and laid before 1t
picture Of the proposed building and
the blue prints and specifications that
accompany It. The picture is now
and will be for some time on exhibit
ton at The Herald Office. 1t is a
beauty in every detail. There is
hardly modern convenience that is
omitted from 1t.
AS to the details, the proposed
building is to be two stories high with
a basement and subbasement be-
meath. 1t will be of brick with stone
front and facing. While there are
only about 400 students in the high
school at present, it Is contemplated
to have the new building seat at least
800 comfortably. This will provide
accommodations for about ten years
to come. Furthermore, the plans are
so drawn that an addition can be
made at the end Of that time by the
erection of a wing, which will not de-
stroy the architectural beauty of the
rest Of the structure.
In the building there will be ample
room for large chapel, for dressing
rooms, fire exits, a magnificent gym
nasium for exercise, lockers, swim
hing pool, and many other modern &C
cessories that 60 into modern
school. Nothing will be omitted that
will add to the comfort and conven-
fence of the pupils. In the second sto-
ry will be an auditorium that will
seat 800 people. A gallery above
this would add to the seating capacity
of the room. The floors will be grad
uated.
The class rooms will be twenty in
number. 1t is proposed to make them
% by "a feet and to seat at least IS
pupils. They can be filled with even
more If double desks were put in. In
addition to the class rooms, there
will be several music rooms for the
convenience of those who take music.
One of the greatest conveniences and
Injuries will be the library, which
will be elegant in its appointments.
It is to be "a by 80 feet. To appeal to
the general public and make the
school the civic center of the city,
there will be club rooms in the build
ing at which various meetings of an
educational character can be held.
The members of the board are en-
thusiastic in their plans to erect a
modern, thoroughly up-to-date build
ing that will be credit to the edu-
cational interests, not only of the
educational interests, not only Of the
city, but Of the whole state. Some
thing must be done and done at once,
| as the present buildings are filled to
overlooking with pupils. If the nor
NAL increase of 1919 takes place next
year, there will be no place to put
hem. The movement to provide suit
able quarters should meet the cordial
support and approval of all who have
children and are interested in educa-
tional matters. 1t is probable that an
appeal will be formulated and pre-
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