The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-24
Work Complete on Four Buildings; Ready
for Occupancy; Constructed al
Cost Of Nearly $lOO, 600
JUNIOR HIGH NOW
AMONG STATES BEST
Is Model Structure; Many Features; Man.
uaI Training, Domestic Science, Audi
tOriuT Gym. Standard Rooms

chIckasha has ss5,5Oo worth Of
new school buildings ready for occu-
pancy on Jan. l. These consist Of
a $4,000 addition to the Junior high
school, two ward schools costing $685.
600 each, and $4,000 addition to
the negro school. The additions to
the school system, afford modern ac-
commodations for 116O more stu
dents.
The biggest feature Of the new
buildings is the new addition to the
Junior high. It is 224 feet long by
65 feet wide and completes the build
ing as the foremost Of it's kind in the
state. The dimensions OF the COM
pleted building are 224 by 227 feet
It contains IA standard class rooms,
each room accommodating 40 pupils,
manual training room a domestic
science room, a gyunasialri and an
auditorium. The building as it stands
ompleted, was erected at cost Of
practically 100000,
In the manual training department
are erected 80 benches, where ele-
mentary wood working will be taught
IN connection with tSis department
there is a stock room where the ma
terials will be kept. There are also
1873 lockers, each equipped with lock
and key, where the students may
keep their tools with their special
pieces of work.
In the domestic science depart
ment there are two sections. One
for the sewing room and the other
for the cooking classes The sewing
room is completely and Comfortably
equipped with sewing tables and sew
ing machines. making it conveniently
possible to instruct in any branch OF
this domestic science. The cooking
room is modern kitchen In itself
There are 10 double cooking tables,
large gas range together with all
manner of cooking utensils necessary
to the modern chefs work room.
An automatic hot water heater is In
stalled, giving assurance Of an abun-
dance of hot water at a moments
notice and at any time it is needed. !
One hundred and thirty-five lockers
are a part Of the equipment in this
department where the girls may keep
their private articles in connection
with their work. In connection with
this modern kitchen, is a large pan
try where numerous cabinets are In
stalled in which to keep the various
articles used in the domestic science
work. To these are added flour and
meal bins and there are provisions
made for a refrigerator system.
There are ample facilities for stor-
ing supplies Of all kinds, and the de-
partment is finished off with a dress
ing room for the demonstrators.
The heating system used in the
Junior high building, is what IS
known as the "spllt system" That
is to say. portion Of the heat is
furnished by means Of direct radia-
ton, from steam radiators located
conveniently about the rooms. In
addition. there are metal ducts sit
uated at the proper positions about
eight or nine feet from the floor. in
the walls Of the rooms. Through
these ducts, warm air, heated to
temperature Of approximately "A de-
grees by means OF an air current be-
ing blown over a coil Of steam pipes,
is forced into the rooms from an i'm
mense blast fan in the basement. As
the air cools, it settles toward the
floor and is sucked from the room
through other openings near the
floors and is carried by pipes to the