Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-05

around the elliptical quarter-mile
track which will encompass the field.
regulation foot ball field tennis and
basket ball courts Tennis courts will
be laid out on the terrace between the
building and 18th street also. Under
the stadium. connecting with both the
/ field and the building. provision is
made for the later installation Of lock-
er and toilet accommodations for the
| general public as well as for those
taking part in the athletic contests,
school festivals and similar events
| which will be held on the field.
| Novel Cinder Track.
Between the upper level of the sta
| dunn and the building will be broad
| promenade. Under this promenade.
| lighted by sidewalk skylights will be
| found one of the most unusual athletic
features of the school. Extending, as it
WILL the full length of the building. it
will furnish underneath, between the
back of the stadium and the building;
an indoor cinder track % feet wide and
1913 yards Straight-away. 1t is believed
to be the only track of its kind in
America.
The building. faced throughout with
dark mat-faced tapestry brick with
| ries in height above the ground floor
The three stories of the main building
will comprise the auditorium. class
rooms. laboratories, music and draw
grade and amply lighted. will accom-
| modate the lunchroom. the domestic
science rooms, mechanical drawing and
the manual training shops. The latter
Will be In what virtually is a wing on
the south side of the building. Nothing
is to be above them, so that all of the
noise and vibration attending this kind
of work will be eliminated from the
floor on the south side of the building
still above grade because of the slope
of the hill, is to be a basement, in
which will be located the armory, 1902
military instructors Office rifle range
| l02 feet by % feet; the swimming pool
! and the heating and power plants. The
swimming pool. so feet by "a feet, will
| be arranged with shower room and
| with separate dressing rooms for girls
and boys.
Ten Entrances All Told.
| There are to be three entrances to
| the first floor from Clifton street. Seven
| entrances from all sides of the build
| ing will lead into the ground floor. The
! main building will have two light
| courts SO feet by 80 feet, between
which will be the lunchroom and above
thu inc s.a auditorium I'm, extending through
! The classrooms and laboratories. eA.
| tending around the perimeter of the
building. are all to be outside rooms
| and all unilaterally lighted.
| Four main stairways will be placed
at the intersections of the corridors at
the four corners of the building. They
| VIII be lighted from the courts and are
| to be arranged in double flights. That
| is. pupils passing up will be independ-
ent Of the pupils passing down, thus
doubling the effective use of the stair
ways for rapid circulation between
noors Two additional stairways will
| be arranged to serve the gymnasiums
and shops and also will be brought into
service as exits from the auditorium
| Forty-seven classrooms are to be
| provided in the building, twenty-four
of which will be twentyfour feet by
forty-eisht pupils each, and twenty
three will be twenty-four feet by
| twenty-five feet, accommodating thirty
six pupils each. or total of 1880 pu-
pills in classrooms. The laboratories
will seat about 500 additional, bringing
the total pupils capacity of the building
slightly above $500. The classrooms
| are to be provided with two bookcases
| and natural slate blackboards
| The science laboratories will be ar
I ranged in groups on the first and sec
| ond floors with lecture or demonstra-
| tion rooms between them. Two are tc
be for photography, three for chem
istry. three for physics and three for
biology. The latter group on the south
side of the building will open into a
conservatory 10S feet in length Each
laboratory group will be provided with
an instructors room and a dark room
for photography.
Five Rooms for Art Work.
! Five art rooms are to be provided or
| the third floor, three for freehand
| drawing and two for art craft work