The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-08
ITTNER IS
CHOICEFO
SCHOOLJOB
Board Of Education Commi-
tee Recommends st.
Louis Architect
ASSOCIATE WITHLOCAL NAN
Probable Basis Of Handling
Project Suggested Elk
pert Meet the Board

w. B. Ittner. noted school architect
of st. Louis, is recommended by the
special committee named a month ago
to inspect the offices and works Of
various architects, as the architect to
plan and supervise the construction
Of the proposed new high school build
ing.
Mr.. Ittner, being in the northwest
on business, came to Fargo yesterday
and was presented TO the board of
education last night. He outlined the
terms on which he would take the
work in this city.
In it's report to the board, the spe-
cial architects visiting committee,
composed Of Atty John Frame and SUI
perintendent Arthur Deamer, said it
was convinced that Mr.. Ittner Is a
specialist in the construction of high
school buildings. and indicated that
his work was superior to anything
they saw while on the, trip in Min
nesota recently.
Has Wide Experience.
According to the report, Mr.. 1ttner
has designed and constructed some OF
the most notable high school build
ing in the country, among which is
the new Minneapolis high school
building which has been in use al
most three years.
of the school situation before making
his plans. When necessary he will
make a complete school survey. and
in this way plans q building that is
designed especially for local needs,
both present and future.
The written report Of the commit
tee was supplemented by verbal re-
ports by both Mr.. Frame and super
intendent Deamer, Mr.. Frame stated
that a comparison Of the Minneapolis
high school with work OF other arch
fleets, convinced the committee that
the Minneapolis building is greatly
superior.
1--WE spent one afternoon giving the
structure a casual inspection and went
back the next day about 8 o'clock and
spent practically a whole day, in which
we went into every portion of the
structure from basement to attic
said Mr.. Frame.
ION the second visit we interviewed
the principal Of the school and asked
him how long the building has been
in use and he said about three years.
We then asked him, now that he had
had a chance to try the building out
in actual practice. what changes ne
would have made, and he told us that
there is not one thing that could be
changed to improve it.
The heating, ventilating and the
lighting are absolutely perfect, &C
cording to our own investigation, and
the statements OF the principal and
teachers, many of whom We also in
terviewed."
Mr.. Ittner presented two PROPOSE
tions to the board. One was to plan
the building and have it constructed
entirely under his own supervision,
and the other to plan and construct
the building in association with To-
cal architect, several inspections to
be made by Mr.. Ittner during the prog
ress OF the work.
AS a preliminary step the board
named the original architects commit
tee to confer with local architects for
the purpose OF ascertaining If they
would be willing to collaborate with
the st. Louis architect in the con-
struction of the new building, this
committee to take the matter up at
once and report, probably at a special
meeting to be called by the president
of the board.