Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-12-02

After months Of cesseless worry and
battling with conditions new 10 them
the Board Of Education Of The Custer
Independent School District has com
peted lis new building The first great
step in the modernization of the Custer
schools has been accomplished. Judg-
ing from the many complimentary re-
marks made by the large number of
people present at The entertainment held
in the Assembly room on Friday night
of last week, the plans and construction
of the building are highly satisfactory.
we may well be proud Of it for it is un-
doubtedly The best building in the coun-
ty and in the Hills when you take into
consideration the size OF the school dis.
trict and the cost
The dimensions of the building are 81
feet by 90 feet and il is two stories in
height with full basement. The first
floor contains four class rooms for the
eight lower grades Each room has a
separate cloak room and teachers lock.
ers. About one hundred and seventy
scholars can be accommodated in these
rooms.
The second story consists of Assembly
room, two recitation rooms, principals
office, library and store room. The
Assembly room will accommodate one
hundred and twenty scholars and seat
about two hundred for general exer-
cses, school entertainments and func-
tions, There is large stage at one end
of this room with electric footlights,
wired so as to use various colored lights.
The entire building is equipped with
electric lights.
The basement has gymnasium oc.
cupying one.half Of the floor space.
This when fully completed and equip
ped will be amply large for the entire
school The remainder of the basement
is taken up with the science laboratory,
two toilet rooms, layatories with hot and
cold water, boiler room and coal bin.
The heating and plumbing systems are
thoroughly modern in every particular.
The building is heated by steam on
what is known as the direct, indirect
system. The indirect method is used
during moderate weather and both
methods are used in extremely cold
weather Ventilation of the building is
accomplished by gravity, foul air con-
stantly going out and fresh air being
drawn in to each room. Sanitary drink
ing fountains have been installed on
each class room floor All sewerage is
disposed Of through an automatic septic
tank. All class rooms are lighted from
side. The desks being so arranged as
to throw the light over the left shoulder
of every scholar in the room. The heat,
ventilation and light all comply in every
respect with the state laws and the
demands of modern scientific research.
As for general construction, the foun-
dation is of native stone, the walls of
lNuplu tlly DIlCk ldCtu Will DeuNef
pressed brick, dark brown in color The
water tables, window sills and copeing
stones are of Hot Springs white stand
stone. Practically all wood work is of
our native pine.
The Board of Education has planned
at all times to get a good substantial
building with as little expense as posi-
BILE They also desired to erect build
ing sufficiently large for the immediate
future as we'll as the present needs of
the district. They believe that these
aims have been reached. The total cost
Of the building was approximately
s34,00000. 1t was unfortunate that the
construction had to be made at time
when there was an unusual imitation of
prices in all materials but particularly
iron and steel Otherwise the building
would have cost about SO, 900. 90 less.
Great credit for the splendid appear.