Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-01-03
Christmas Holidays, Which Begsn DE-
cember %, Terminated This
Morning.

Public schools of the CITY opehcu
this morning after the Christmas ho!i-
days, which began on December %.
A shake-up in the present assignment
of classes to the different buildings
will take place as result of the tran
sfer of the high school to the new
building, that has been in the course
of erection during the past SIX months
at the corner of Cameron and west
streets. in the northwest section OF
the city. The use of the auditorium
over the Richmond Theatre VIII De
discontinued and the grades no"
housed in those quarters will De re-
moved to the Lee building vacated
by the high school.
The new high school structure Is
of red brick and is much OH the
order of the Lee building built sev-
eral years ago as girls schoos;
but since the founding of an Alex
andria high school both for girls
grammar grades and the high
school grades also. The fagg!ngs
and other trimmings are of white
stone, and two large front doors at
each end of the south side, face the
Observation-Disclosures Railway tracks
on Cameron street. A large tract
of land surrounds the building, which
will be used by the school for ath-
letic purposes, and includin.g the large
basement, there are three stories to
the structure. A modern heating
plant has been installed in the base
ment and the remainder of that sec
ton of the building is expected to
be equipped at later date with gym
nasium apparatus.
On the first floor proper arc eight
large classrooms, and on the second
six classrooms, principals office,
and a large auditorium. 1T pres
ent there are nine sections to the four
classes in the school and eight of
these will occupy the lever floor,
while the ono fourth year section
will be situated on the top floor. The
room adjoining the fourth year will
probably be used as a physical and
chemical laboratory and the remain
ing four class rooms are expected to
be used temporarily by four primary
grades from either the boys or
girls school.
For drinking water there arc four
fountains on each floor. The best Of
plumbing has Eeen installed through
ut the building. with stationary wash
stands in the library, principals Of
flee and ladies' restroom.
There is tcrrazo floor at entrance
of building. Blackboards in the vari-
OILS class rooms are natural slate.
A concrete floor wifi be installed in
the basement of the building.
Throughout the building is well ar
ranged for light, there being ample
windows on all four sides.
More than 400 pupils can be accom-
modased in this building without
,crowding. 1t is estimated that there
will be about thirty pupils assigned
to each class room for the high school.
The high school at present has about
255 pupils
A tcn-foot concrete sidewalk has
been laid on the west side of Cameron
street, adjoining the building and
concrete approaches to the building
erected.
1t is also planned to greatly bcauti-
fy the grounds surrounding the new
building. 1t is probable that this
work will be done before the snrirr
Of the year.
The new building will cost about
$4,000. Tt was built under the sup
ervision of City Engineer E. C..
Dunn. Ground for its erection Was
broken early in April, and the corner
stone was laid July by Alexandria,
Washington Lodge of Masons.
There arc nine members to the
high school faculty during the pres
enh session they being as follows:
5. e.. Blanton, teacher of Latin and
French; c. T. Ryan. English; !.
Douglass Mclean, science; Thcadorc
If. Ficklin, science and mathematics;
Miss Kroes Ficklin, history; MISC
Mary Bontz, English; Paul S. Gillian.
Latin; J. II. Summers, mathematics.
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