Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-17

directly on the finely finished cement
floor. The linoleum floor, together with
the sanitary base permits the entire cleans
ing and scrubbing of these rooms without
the Disagreement Of the plaster walls OF
the absorption that usually occurs in
cleaning wood floors.
To the easterly side of the building
has been arranged the class rooms, all
Of uniform size, although the details
arranged for the accommodation OF chill
dren of various ages. A locker system
instead of the old fashioned closet in
the room" system was adopted, and these
locker rooms, together with the toilet
rooms for boys and girls are across the
corridor to the west of the class rooms.
These locker rooms and toilet rooms are
adjacent to the main circulation OF the
stairways; also opposite the class rooms
on the first story is the elementary study
room. handsome panelled room, carry
ing with it quite different impression
from the more stereotype, institutional
appearance of the class room.
In the second story opposite the class
rooms are two rooms Identical IN size,
shape and finish, one for the high school
girls and one for the high school boys: the
other items such as chemical labortories
girls retiring rooms, teachers rest rooms,
waste paper chute, and throughout the
building janitors' closets, storage closets
for supplies and material have been
properly and conveniently distributed.
HEATING AND vENTTI TIATIoN.
So far as constr1I ction is concerned,
the first point to keep in mind IL that after
the matter of actual units was well ar
ranged. the element of heating and venti-
lation wove itself definitely with that ar
rangement, then the element of arti6-
cial light and general stru ctural engineer
ing work. All Of these items were handled
through and mostly designed by the ar
chitects. The carpenter company, how
ever, designed the heating and ventila-
tion and plumbing system and it Is not
an exaggeration to say that this system
is one of the most modern, one of the most
complete systems that can be devised
As the building is to be operated with
closed windows and closed doors, it WAS
quite feasible to arrange large areas
Of glass which would give the maximum
amount of light In the class rooms. This
arrangement is quite unique and different
from that used in the average school, but
rs to cost it has been demonstrated that
these large windows are not prohibitive
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building.
So far rs safety Of exit from the build
ing is concerned, it would be we'll to state
that every possible contingency that
could arise to the imagination has been
made. In addition to this the building
is absolutely fireproof; there is nothing TO
burn in the rooms but the furniture itself,
and this furniture is of such nature
that it would be practically impossible
for q fire to gain any Roadway. The places
ut which fire actually could occur, are
so few and so isolated by heavy structural
masonry from other parts of the building
that it removes the possibility of fire
gaining Roadway TO practically nothing
So far as the structural safety of the
building is concerned, under the obser-
walton Of the architects and engineers.
and the construction company, test was
made which, had the slab been pressed
to a iustihable limit, one half inch de