Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-20
HIGH School At
HIL0DESCRIBED
BY ITSDESIGNER
Charles R. Forbes Tells of Plans
for Proposed Building on
Big Island

Complete in every detail. fashioned
sCn modern lines OF educational arcGi-
lecture. and spacious enough To care
for a student body much larger than
at present is the high school u be
built at Hilo, according 10 tue plans
Of Charles X. Forbes, superintendent
OF public WORKS, whose aid in the mat
ter was Summoned some time ago b.
the board OF supervisors Of the county
Of Haw ali. .=..@~ ...... -. ..
In a re ort en- the high school build
ing which he mas planned for iii'o,
Superintendent Forbes touches upon
the manner in which a school building
should be designed. ....-..-. 49,:
"Abeye all ether buildings he says
the sehoclhouse ought to be an OBJ
iect of pride IN a community, for it
has, TO Ceal with the training of the
future man and woman, the future
wage Garner. housewife and citizen.
Other public buildings, in most in
stances, are bnilt for those OF years
and experience; the school house is a
pioneer. ..:...> e." -.
| Its erection inyoly es an implied
obligation assumed by the community
to incu!cate not only the three RS
but right ideas in taste, and founGa-
tiCn. through its own worthy self, for
things that are beautiful practicable
and seryiceable. r 49,. -.
st should not sacrifice these lrin-
ciples in an effort to be ornate, or
pleasing u the eye alone; neither
should it be, by its Unattractiye APP
pGarance, an ally to the natural anti
patty of youth for school days. -
Site Without Superior -.....
Nature has endowed the island Of
Hawaii continues the report, with
advantages second to none. Fortune
has placed in the hands of the county
strip OF land, embracing apprOXi-
mately five acres. which for the site
of a high school is without superior
The idea OF placing the building on
the knoll proposed, aside from its SUI
perb vista of the adjacent country and
ocean, is one which, for mere sanitary
reasons, if no other, is worthy of con-
sideration By these inclined, perhaps,
to believe the location somewhat re-
mote. Situated on the hill, it will
age system Utilizing the natural am
phitheater at its foot, parking the land
below, terrac!ng the approach will pro-
vide a monument that any city might
boast o." ~. .... H.. II.
Forbes points out that the athletic
field slopes will form stadium suf-
ficiently large to take care of 10000
peorle. - :.> H.. ..........
The slopes, terraced and graded,
will form gallery for spectators, Be-
low is the river, where, with a little
artificial aid, swimming pools may be
located. Mauka will be the agricul-
tural gardens, fnere it is proposed by
the agrcnomical department to teach
scientific cane planting and culture. In
conjunction with this course will be
the laboratories and machine shops.
Building Absolutely Fireproof r..
The building should be positively
fireproof, says the report, for it is
nothing short of criminal to build in
flammabe structures for the use of
masses of children The additional
cost of a structure actually ,fireprCof
as against socalled .fire-proof con-
structiCn' wooden floors and parti-
ticns) is about 10 per cent. This diff
ference in cost is more than offset by
absolute safety A building is not
necessarily fireproof merely because
its walls are of incombuStible materi-
al, although the layman is apt to con-
Sider it such. 49,. -. ...-...
When such a building, miscalled
fireproof. burns, the community locks
with d;sdain on all other fireproof'
structures, buE IN point Of fact it is
not, the fireproof building but its in
| fIammabie contents that have burned.
Buildings fiTeproof in fact as we'll as
name have been and can be built, and
it is such type that we propose to
erect ...:. -. ~... ...=
Entrances and exits, halls, CORR
doris and stairways have been planned
with tais all-impoTtant question of
safety from panic in mind CCnsid-
Grafton was given to width, not so
much for appearances sake as for the
maximum number Of students who
! may use them at given moment =
The uperintendent adds that the
building should be fitted with the fire
alarm system. r." ..:- ...
Separate entrances for boys and
girls will lead to the basement. The
| boys department OF the basement con
tains toilets, locker rooms, showers
| and manual training rooms. The
girls side will have lavatories and
lockers and q sewing room, suitable
for domestic science work and a
| kitchen. ..--... -.
Not least in the plans for the build