The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-09-03
Lighting Contract For High
School Let To St. LOUIS Firm
New Edifce Soon to be Ready Fer Occupancy Not Sur
passed in Missouri-Will Cost One Hundred
and Five Thousand Dollars.

all the bells that will call and dismiss
classes, and on the north end will be
the domestic science department.
One large light and airy room will
be filled with stoves and kitchen
equipment-tables, ovens and the like
Here the girls will be taught to cook
an egg about IA different ways, they
will be taught how to fry beef steak
smothered in onions, to make corn
pone, hot biscuits, how to turn flap
jacks; in fact, they will be shown the
gentle art of keeping mere man
"stoaked" so that he may keep work
ing at top speed.
Yes there is arrangement for the
men. The next room is a pantry, just
like il is at home, and then comes a
nice large dining room, where there
will be regular dining set, and the
girls will be taught how to serve the
"stuff" they cook.
A handy door leads from the corri-
dor into the dining room, where the
boys can slip Thorough and partake of
the eats"
Superintendent Croker says the
door will be opened on festive occa-
siOns, when a long BOARD" will be ex-
tended down the hallway and perhaps
several score patrons dined at once.
In addition, the domestic science
department will have a room for sew
ing, place equipped with sewing ma
chimes, sewing boards and at one side
a fitting room.
On the west side of the building, and
directly over the gymnasium, will be
the library and study hall. The library
and study hall, where all students
will De required to report whenever
they do not have regular class hour,
will be separated by plate glass par
tition, so that one instructor may look
after both places.
A unique feature of the study hall
is that prism glass has been used in
the windows on the west side, which
throw the light into the farthest cor
merit and distributing the light equally
over the room.
Superintendent Croker will have an
office on this floor also.
The third floor on the north side is
occupied by the science laboratory
rooms separated by a small lecture
room, on the south side by the depart
ment of commercial courses, where
one room will be equipped to resemble
a small bank.
On the west side of the building on
this floor will be the auditorium. All
the seats face east. The capacity will
be CTS seated in the regular opera
chairs, and folding chairs may be used
to raise the capacity to more than 700.
There is a stage and in the audi
forum, balcony, which is reached by
two staircases running to fourth floor
corridors.
The heating in the building will be
a split system. The most of the heat
will be done through direct steam ra-
diators. However, for ventilation pur-
poses, hot air system will be worked
in conjunction with the steam heat.
Both will be automatically controlled
so as to keep the rooms at an even
temperature about 20 degrees.
On the outside of the building, the
lawn will be graded and terraced. An
athletic field will be made west of the
school building, and tennic courts on
the orth side.
The new High School grounds will
present a rival to the Court House
Park when it is completed