South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-18
MODEL SCHOOL
To BE ERECTED
ON SAMPLE ST.

one more grade school the land
for which will be purchased within
the next few weeks, is to be added
10 South Bends 16 grade schools
that are now in operation. Work on
the building will be started in the
spring or in the early part of the
summer. 1t will be built on w.
Sample St, near the city limits,
where the Sample st. portable
schools are now situated.
Five acres of land for the build
ing and other improvements in that
section of the city will be bought by
the school board, an appropriation
for which will be taken up with the
city council either at tonight's meet
ing of the committee of the whole
OF as soon after as possible. The
land is owned by j. ID. Oliver.
Will BE One Story.
According to present plans the
building will be one of the most
modern in the United States and will
cost between $4,000 and 100000.
Il will be only one story high, one
Of the few of its kind in the coun-
try. Owing to the new uses that
are being put TO school buildings,
such as community center work, the
new structure Will be equipped to
suit every possible need.
One of the features OF the new
building, something that no other
grade school in the city has. will be
complete gymnasium. This part
Of the building will be used not only
by the pupils at the school for
physical training, but for the ath-
letic end of the community center
work.
Large Auditorium.
a large auditorium that will seat
hundreds of people will be located
in another part Of the building. 1t
will be used for special exercises that
come during the school year and for
civic club and community center
meetings.
Complete manual training and do
nestle science equipment Will be in
stalled. Like the gymnasium and
auditorium, these departments Will
be used by the students and people
Of the district alike. The installation
Of a regular system of vocational
training for adults in the local edu-
catiOnal system has made this equip
ment necessary. according TO one Of
the members of the school board.
The building itself probably will
rot cover more than a third Or a
half OF the ground that will be pur-
chased. but the remainder will be
used for Fairgrounds. gardens and
other things that have come 10 be
necessary around a school building.
Appropriate Name.
Some name that is appropriate to
an event that has made history in
this part of the country will be given
TO the structure. The Indiana His
tOTiCal commission, which is in
charge of the centennial celebration.
has suggested that all public build
ings erected in 1916. the Tooth an
niversary of the admission of In
diana union. Se given name con-
uected with history.
Lasalle or Kankakee has been sug-
gested TO the school board as the
name for the building. II Will be
located not far from the headwaters
OF the Kankakee. in which Lasalle
was the first white man to put a
canoe
Visited other Cities.
For the past few months the MEM
hers of the school board have been
investigating school buildings I'm al
parts OF ,he country one of the
mem bers OF the board has gone as
far east as New York state TO look
over one OF the modern buildings
there Michigan City and Evans
ton. III. have buildings. after which
the latest addition 20 the school city
may be patterned.
Several sets of plans have already
been received 10y the board. but
none OF them has been definitely de-
cided upon by the members. The
specifications carry them estimates
that vary from $4,000 10 S10O. 600.
Both the Elder and Muessel schools
cost more than these amounts.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.