The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-02-08
THE NEW BUILDING
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF
o. H. S. ARE APPROVED.

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The representative of the Proudfoot
Bird and Rawson Architect Company
of Des Moines was in the city yester-
day and met in special session the
Oskaloosa School board and Superin-
tendent o. p. Flower. Plans drawn
and submitted were approved by the
school board and accepted. The pro-
posed new building will be an asset
and an Improvement to the city of Os-
kaloosa, the worth of which can hard
ly be estimated. Over three hundred
feet of building will be constructed,
much larger building than the propos
ed Penn College building, in which
they only construct some one hundred
and fifty feet of building. OF course
the high school building has the ad-
vantage in that they do not have to
build such a wide building, only con-
|structing one corridor building.
The south front of the building will
extend east to the lot line on the cor
ner OF B avenue and North Second
street, and will extend along north End
street to point near the middle of
the lot now owned by Mr.. White.
Thence west to what would be the al
ley line. On the basement floor, in the
pew part of the building, the girls
lockers and toilet rooms are located
and here also is the new gymnasium,
a feature of the new, building. The
| rest of the space on this floor will be
utilized by the boiler and the fuel
rooms.
On the ground floor the rooms will
basement floor, and on the south front
will be located the elementary science
laboratory and recitation rooms. One
main entrance to the building will be
located in this part of the new build
[ ing corresponding to the main en-
balance of this floor will be devoted
| TO the manual training department,
! the boys lockers and toilet rooms and
bath rooms. This floor also has the
balcony to the gymnasium, and the
main entrance to the lobby and audi
| forum, etc.
On the first floor the new corridor
will cut across the south end of the
present assembly room in order TO
connect the new part of the building
with the, old part. In the south part
OF this floor will be located two reel.
tation rooms, one large one and one
Of standard size. Between these rooms
4 there are accordian doors that the
rooms may be. thrown together when
necessary making room 55x23 which
dimensions, make an exceptionally
large room. On the east upon this
floor will be four recitation rooms, all
of different sizes, arranged in pairs.
There will be accordian doors between
the pairs. This floor is the main floor
| OF the auditorium. The size of the
stage which will be erected in the
auditorium will depend upon the heat
! ing arrangements, but present plans
indicate a twenty eight foot stage.
Upon the top floor of the building
along the south side will be located
the Physics Laboratory with its reCi-
tation rooms, and again we have the
accordian doors, that the rooms may
be thrown together. Upon the east
side of the building the chemistry
Laboratory will be located also the ag-
ricultural laboratory and class rooms
between the two. These are separated
4 by accordian doors. The re-arranging
of the stairs in the building, in the old
part will give the two additional
rooms in the north end of the halls on
the first and second floors. When the
remodeling is all finished all the stairs
and the corridors will be as nearly
| fire proof as possible. All the doors
Iconnecting the, old and the new parts
with absolutely fire proof. Special con-
Iveniences of the remodeled building
are: ample toilet rooms for both boys
and girls have been planned for each
and every floor of the building. On the
first floor directly opposite the study
hall a comfort or rest room has been
planned for ladies. Drinking fountains
are placed in convenient places all ov-
err the building, and special care has
been exercised in getting all the
stairs and exits the proper width and
to see that each and every room has
plenty of bright sun light. The new
gymnasium will be special feature
OF the building in it's completeness
and attractiveness. This part of the
building, including the big auditorium,
can be completely shut off from the
main part of the building, sound
proof walls have been constructed
making it possible for the auditorium
and the gymnasium to be used at any
and all time without interference to
the classes being heard in the other
part of the building. Even the heat
may be shut off from this part of the
building it being placed upon separ-
ate unit.
The Ockaloosa school board will adj
lvertise for bids upon the work immed-
lately, and will let the contract upon
Wednesday, March 14th, 1917. Instruc-
tions were given to the architect yes