The Alaska daily empire., 1916-12-12
SCHOOL PLANS
 SUBMITTED TO
 TIE COMMITTEE
Architect Thomas Makes Drawings Which VIII Be Considered at
 Meeting today.
COST IS KEPT DOWN

Floor plans for the new Juneau school building which have been pre- pared by Harlan Thomas, the archi- .ect selected for that purpose by the School Committee appointed by he Council, will be submitted to the City Council at a special session late his afternoon for approval. The plans as prepared call for three.story building, and one which will accom- modate any growth of the Juneau .chools for some time to come The estimates of the cost of the building as prepared by Mr. Thomas call for m expenditure of approximately S75,- )OO but all estimates have been made at current prices and figuring )n many things, including the pres ent freight rate. which can be shad. ed and which will bring the ultimate cost of the building well within the limit set
 The building will be three stories in height The first floor will be on ! level with the ground anl will con. ain the boiler rooms. gymnasiums. play rooms and necessary adjuncts The next floor will have the class rooms for the grades while the High School will occupy the upper floor.
 The building will be of concrete. finished in white cement with cream tint, while the inside walls will be urred and plastered. allowing an lir space between the outer wall and the plastering which will modify the heating cost and which will do away with any dampness which might seep through the walls. The building is modelled after and almost exactly like the combined high school, and grade school built by Mir. Thom- as for the town of Enumclaw. Wash ngton.
 On the ground floor there are two entrances and halls through the building and this floor will be talk en mp by gymnasium. domestic science room, two play rooms, the boiler room. and one room which lt the present time is unassigned The gymnasium will be S7 hy 65 feet md will be surrounded with gal cry and will contain showec baths uol lockers for both the boys and girls as well as dressing rooms.
 Tie next floor reached by stair ways, located at each cad of the building, will have four classrooms, ! womans' teachers room and a mans teachers room. Each class room has a large cloak room off the room itself
 The high school. or top floor is planned. to allow the dividing of the High School into Junior and Sen for High School, and combining the Seventh and Eighth grades with the Junior High School This is the plan being followed in the States 1t the present time and which has net with such marked success there. This floor will contain a Junior oluul IuOu, StlAol otuAg AupHf commercial department room, includ ing typewrlting room. a chemical and a physical laboratory, a botany md geological room and also five 'arge recitation rooms, with proper provisions for a library. This floor is fitted with the necessary cloak rooms and toilets. The Senior study room, which is 37 by 46 feet in size IS arranged with a balcony and stage which can be used for producing any exercises or play put on by the school The room and balcony have seating capacity of 42S persons.
 The ventilating and heating appar- atus works automatically and the temperature of the rooms will be controlled by thermostats which alb. solutely control the supply of hot cold and fresh air at all times. The | air is fed into the rooms by fans under pressure.
 The building will be so by 15O feet md each floor will contain about | 10000 square feet of floor space.
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