Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-19

stairs going up and down, both for
boys and men.
Fire places of brown brick, beside
which are built in book cases, make
cozy hooks in the south end of each
of the social rooms. These rooms are
23x39 feet and will easily accommodate
fifty to seventy-flve men and boys in
each side at time.
Gymnasium Big Play Ground.
The gymnasium occupies the west
three fourths of the south half of the
first floor. 1t has a full equipment of
many kinds of apparatus and it's CELL
ing runs up the heighth of two stories.
Its stage is sunk In the center of
the east wall. On each side OF 1t are
offices and rooms for storing gymnas-
ium apparatus that can be used for
dressing rooms. Doors open from the
stage into them. The gym" floor will
accommodate classes Of fifty or sixty at
a time doing class worle
The running track above is very
steeply banked at the turns, SO that
speed can be maintained and is padded
with cork carpet. The railing around
it is of heavy iron pipe. The interior
walls OF the gymnasium are Of light
tan smooth faced brick. which help to
Tighten the room.
(. Second Floor For Women.
The adaptation OF the second floor
to large gatherings-that win be fed
and the providing of apartments In
which to prepare the food, together
with special room for the women was
well accomplished. Two flights of
stairs go up to it alongside the light
well, that Is in the center Of the four
story section Of the building and down
which light comes into the secretaries
OFFICES.
From the stair landing two corri-
doris lead to the banquet room that oc-
cupies the north front of the building,
and has dimensions Of 35x57 feet. It
will seat $50.
This large room has a dual purpose.
It's most important use,will be, as q
meeting place for the Searchlight Club
and other association and nom associ-
alton gatherings. Its secondary use
is to be sitting room for young man
who will room in the building. For this
latter purpose the home-life rattan
furniture was bought. Folding metal
tables and chairs will furnish 1t when
large gatherings occupy the room.
uNr00 Ho0m0 = or women.
Back OF the banquet room on the
east side is the kitchen and serving
room of the ladies' auxiliary. Large
serving windows connects the ban
quet room with the serving room.
The equipment Of the kitchen and
serving rooms is very complete. II
includes enough white china, each
piece decorated with the association
emblem, to serve 220 at one time. A
service stairway runs down from the
kitchen to the alley and up It supplies
will be brought.
Other Second story Rooms.
Opposite these rooms, but on the
west side OF the building are two other
rooms. one Of which is especially for
the women. The walls Of this latter
room are tinted in gray and rose. Fur
niture lis silver grey rattan.
or the corridor that runs by this
room, but farther south is guest
room with private bath and toilet con-
nected The corridors that run by Its
door and by the kitchen and serving
| room on the other side Of the building,
open onto the gymnasium track.
Arrangements Of Basement.
There are several especially interest
ing features to be found. in the ar
rangement and equipment Of the base
ment, which Is one OF the most i'm
portant floors Of the building. The
same general plan Of separating the
boys from the men is used here as on
| the first floor.
Here again the east side Is the boys;
the west il the mems. Separating the
corridors down which the men and
boys come from the Moor above. ds a
room in the center from which super
vision Of the basement will be di-
rected. Windows Of 1t look into all
parts of the boys quarters.
Adopt kansas City System.
Before going farther into the base
ment It y necessary to describe the
locker and clothes checking system