The Redwood gazette., 1915-03-31
Board Of Education
Explains. Plans
Would Have Voters Understand
What Proposed Addition Is
Before Election
SEATING CAPACITY FOR 800
Provision to Be Made Later for
Increase i'm Grade Attendance
and for Gymnasium

dtlOil Ny .IIIC Dual u vi EuuIdIlOii
were drawn by Messrs. lyric and
Chapman of Minneapolis, prob
ably the ablest architects in the
state. These gentlemen planned
the New Uln high school, most
of the buildings on the Iron
Range and have been consulting
architects to the State High
School Board. The plans drawn
by Tyrie and Chapman and ap-
proved by the Board were first
presented to the State Commits
sioner of School Buildings and
received his approval, fulfilling
as they do all the present rules
of the high school board regard
ing the construction, arrange
ment and dimensions Of school
buildings.
The plans in question provide
a cooking room, a sewing room,
and a dining room for the do
mestic science work; a wood
working or bench room, an iron
working or forge room, COM
bined mechanical and free hand
drawing room, a setting-up room
and. a lumber room for the man
ual training department; and q
recitation room, a laboratory and
a store room for the agricultural
work. The natural sciences are
provided with a laboratory for
physics and biology, another for
chemistry, and between the two,
a lecture room, equipped with a
lantern for slide work. The seats
in this lecture room will be raised
so as to give all the students 9
Gle. view of the lecture table
In addition the sketches show
sufficient recitation room for the
classes in mathematics, history
and languages. Two Of these reci-
/ tatlon rooms are so arranged as
to be used for commercial work
should it be desired at some flu.
ture time to install such 8
course. The omission of Ii,
brary is due to the recent com
bination of the high school Ii
brary with the public library
which arrangement the BoarC
hopes will prove successful anc
permanent. The high school as
sembly room in the proposed ad
dition has a seating capacity fol
800 students under the very
strict rules Of the state high
school board regarding air space
and floor space.
These plans further com
mended themselves to the Boar,
because of the simplicity of ar
rangement, the straightness O
the corridors, all accomplished
at a comparatively small cost
due largely to the fact that MI
Tyrie did not disturb the heat
ing, plumbing and ventilation
systems in their present loca
tions. In fact the plans pro
vide for all the present require
ments of a high school of 30
. students with the single excep
. tion of a gymnasium, which i'm
portant department was omitte'
because in the opinion of tn
| Board public opinion in Red
, wood Falls did not approve. |
: is the intention of the Board
already frequently expressed, t
present in the near future tn
proposition Of a gymnasium a
a separate issue. In case tn
people approve we shall yer,
greatly proceed with it's con
: structlon.
We do not expect to plan a
: present for any additional room
| for the grade children. Thougl
! we realize that the grade build
J ing is fill and that some growtl
ia the near future is possible
] we believe it advisable to con
tinue our present policy Of sepa
ration between the grade stu
dents and the high school stu
dents. If in the next few year
!, the enrolment in our grades in
: creases we shall ask the voter
) of Redwood Falls for money SUI
2 ficient to accommodate the add
tional class rooms which ma,
: then be necessary.
The above statements are tn
result of some months Of cor
sideration. We believe them wis
lunder the present conditions. W