New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-04-05

| tlOn o tnlS eHu tHe unit pldH o.
construction was adopted. The two
brick buildings were constructed or
exactly the same plan. except thai
the one contains but one unit Of r.
completed building while the other
has two units. The one-unt build.
ing contains six class rooms. two
toilet rooms, and an office. The
two unit building contains ten class
rooms, two toilet rooms, and thr c
rooms for office, library. and rest
rooms. When completed each OF
these buildings will contain twenty
two class rooms. 1t is thot that this
will be sufficient to accommodate all
pupils who will ever live in the terri
tory contributory to these buildings
In other words. when more school
rooms are needed it will be neces-
sary to procure more school sites
| further out.
Another feature that was kept cons
tantly in mind was the matter OF
economy. Nothing however that is
essential to good schools was omit
ted. Economy was secured by the
elimination of waste space. In many
primary buildings practically no use
is made of large part of the base
ment. In these buildings only the
"footings" were placed below the sur
face, and in the two brick buildings
the rooms on the ground floor are
used for class rooms the same as
those on the first and second floors.
There is absolutely no waste space
in any part Of these buildings. The
two unit brick building was construct
ed at a cost of sixteen cents per
cubic foot. the one-unit brick build
ing at eighteen cents, and the frame
stucco building at nine cents. This
includes heating and plumbing.
In the matter of safety and santa
ton the pupils in these schools are
to be we'll cared for All corridor
floors and stairways in the brick
buildings are made of reinforced con-
crete, thus making these buildings
practically fireproof. All buildings
are equipped with the best Of sanitary
drinking fountains. and every class
room is provided with the most up
to-date school window blinds and
with a gravity ventilating system
But these three new buildings are
not all that have been provided for
the BOYS and girls Of Roswell The
old Central building containing four
teen class rooms has been remodelod
and modernizcd to the extent of
nearly $1,000 This building WAS
erected nearly score of wears -apn
when but littl, attention was given
to questions Of proper lighting AMI
ventilation. In fact the matter of
systematic ventilation had been who'-
lv neglected. In recent wears this
building had received number of
patchv improvements in the matter
of tint;no and Of window shades mil
is walls presented a motley conpIo-
mcration of misftts The bascment
was only about six feet in dcDth and
was used only to house the furnace
and the fueI II was catrb-aI, for
3ll sorts of rubbish regular fire
tran The improvements consisted IN
the basement floor about
two feet the floor being mad Of
indcr concrete. in erecting two l7rpe
fines for vcntiratino thc toilets also
, l1roe smoke f'ue. INSTALLING menta,
shaft IN the side Of each
lass room in finishing room on
the third floor for lihrorv in
constructing .aerow2ys alone the side
,f the basement rooms 60 as TO nc--
nit the ;nsta,ation of f,'I- sized win.
lows and in installing a new un- TO.
iate beatinr slant The new roors
n the basemrnt ,sn , have heen he e@ eo,,inned ,TT