Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-20
ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL
BUILDING ALMOST COMPLETED
One of the Finest ParOchial School
Buildings In This State-LOcated or
Grand Avenue just North Of St,
Mary's Church.

After a great deal of planning ant
hard work, the new st. Mary's Catho
lie school building has been realized
by st. Mary's Catholic church, and las
Tuesday the doors of the new build
ing were opened for the first inspec
ton by the citizens of Wausau, ant
many took advantage of the opportu
nifty and viewed the splendid building
which is another big addition to the
beauty of this city, and surely goe:
to show the people here are follow
ing the city's motto, Work for Wan
sau."
st. Mary's parochial school building
which is one of the finest of its kind il
the state, and in every sense modern, il
constructed of red matted brick, will
townsville sandstone used as trim.
mings. 1t is 102x130 feet in size, ant
two stories, with a basement The in
terror is of beautiful birch finish, while
the "anti-panic" hardware. st. Mary's
school has the distinction of being the
only building in Wausau with these
door fixtures as mentioned above. The
door to the beautiful front entrance is
of quarter-sawed oak. The floors in
the basement are of master cement
while the corridor and the ward
rooms on the first floor are of the ter
razza. The substantial building is of
fireproof construction, heated by
steam, both directly and indirectly, a
modern heating and ventilating sys-
tenn, plumbing of the latest type, a
vacuum cleaner system, electric bells,
electric lights with beautiful fixtures
and drinking fountains are among the
many details of modern equipment.
The heating and ventilation is the
latest system of indirect, Indirect di-
rect, also direct steam heating. With this
method the air in the school rooms
is constantly being changed. The foul
air is carried up in separate air fiues
ventilators above the roof.
The boiler operating the building is a
5000 feet, downdraft, smokeless boiler.
The plumbing, drainage and sani-
tary ventilation of this school build
ing is installed strictly according to
latest rules and regulations govern
ing such work as issued by the state
board of health. The toilet rooms and
shower baths in the basement are of
the latest designed fixtures enclosed
with sanitary steel partitions There
are porcelain drinking bubbles on each
floor; porcelain slop sinks with hot
and cold water on first and second
floors. The kitchen is equipped with
large porcelain sink with hot and cold
water and large gas range.
All the electric wiring in the new
st. Mary's school is run in steel con-
duits or pipes making the safest and
most up to date installation. The
lights in each class room and cloak
room are on separate switches and the
main auditorium lights are controlled
in groups of two. The wiring on the
stage is of the most modern, the foot
lights being on two circuits so as to
give a strong or dim light for the
stage or colored lighting effects. There
are several connections for furnishing
light to the orchestra. Provision has
been made for ventilating fans, both
in the main auditorium and in the din
ing room below. The building has
been piped and the electrical wiring
installed for controlling vacuum
cleaner which will be installed in the
basement later with hose connections
and switches for controlling the same
on each floor. Extra heavy wiring
has been installed and provision made
for connecting a stereopticon in the
main auditorium. There are two cleo
trio fire gongs on each of the first and
second floors to be controlled by push
buttons on each floor and basement.
The fixtures are of the Ohmlite dif-
fusing type which gives very pleas
ing lighting effect with even distribu-
ton. The lamps used throughout are
the latest nitrogen gas filled. Taking
all in all, the electric work is well ar
ranged and the rooms are practically
as we'll lighted by night as by daylight.
The basement contains a large and
dining room, which seats
about five hundred people. The kit
chen, equipped with serving tables,
cabinets, gas ranges, ETC., is modern
in every respect and very convenient,
having pantries in connection. There
is also a club room in the basement
TO be used for various doings in con-
nection with the school and church. On
either side OF the corridor in the
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tilators have been installed. The fur
mace room is large with room hold
ing the fuel OF from that. There are
also the two toilet and shower bath
rooms and a store room.
On the first floor are four class
rooms, with ward rooms off from each
and an auditorium. The primary, sec
ond, third and fourth grades are on
this floor. The rooms are large and
well lighted and also have ventilators.
In the class rooms are small rooms
built into the walls for the teachers
supplies. In the primary are fifty
children; second grade, fifty; third
grade, fifty, and fourth grade, fifty
four. The auditorium is 42xS0 feet
and seats about five hundred people.
1t is a very large and beautiful room
with a large sized stage at the rear