The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1920-10-08

Action Of School Board, to Give Wash.
4 burma Place for Athletic
s% 4 S.;f. Activities >7s3:54 ..si# 4 j;
.WATc Il. For THE PITETIoN5
Plans for RemodelIing viii Transform,
n. Old Building Now Useless n
-;55T,syt Into Community Center Ia


Into Community Center: st Nh
4 The big drive for adequate symna;
sium facilities for Washburn was
launched Wednesday evening by old
members Of the former Washblrn
Athletic Association 4 ,s1:ss fssSsi5 ~
!! Plans were considered for remodel
ing the old school building and It
wasdecided that in order to insure the
favorable action of the school board
and to give the residents of thls
school. district method Of expressing
their approval that q petition shopM
be Circulated requesting the boardT6
begin he work Of completing our edtls
cational plant at once. 4 &
Since the war there has been q
growing sentiment in this communs
ffy that some more constructive form
Of amusemene should be offered to
the young people Of the Washburn
schools than dancing and kindred
theAthleticg Association was. in re-
SPONGE to this demand. E9E n Il
The plans which the Association
adopted for the remodeling will give
Washburn one of the finest gymnar
Sums between Bismarck and Minot..
will be installed The floor level viii
be dropped six feet to give adequate
overhead room for basket ball. The
entrance will, be dropped to ground
leyel and seats will be placed along:
the sides, capable of holding between:
300 and 400 people. A maple floor
will be put in and laid in such g
manner that it will be available for
roller skating as we'll as basket ball
and other. gymnasium work. This;
will be, the firt time that Washburn;
has had floor suitable for roller
skating and it is expected that the
sport will be very popular.
/ No steps have been taken as yet
toward letting the contract for re-:
modelling but the Association has SO.
cured. private estimates, which place
the entire cost Of remodelling, exc1l.
sive Of the necessary excavation anu
the installation. Of the heating plant,
at 1,540. The entire cost Of putting
the gymnasium in order will Drobabiy
be 81 900 or at the most So 500 sEiss5
I. In commenting upons the plans: for
the gymnasium, M. e. McCurdy, super
intendent of schools said, The build.
ing of a gymnasium is now consider
ed to be an absolutely essential ex.
pense infthe construct ton Of q modern
high school, ~ y s; ~
s.. The people of Washburn are very
fortunate in having the old school
building asailabls, thus savei dinE
expehdf ture OF So ,0U6 10 $15;g0U BofsS a
gymnasium KIT !t5 I :5 n I, M "A I,
The Athletic Asso ociation Is planning
to direct the activities n the gymna-
sum this winter and all the proceeds
from the roller rink and basket ball
games will go back into the school
fund to defray the cost Of remod elling
the building. It is hoped that in this
way the entire cost will be raised
shit year or within the next two
years. sss S "a, ssS S s$3 3. Z, !
In$addition Ito "a gymnasium the re.
mod delled building will give Washburn
an auditorium of seating fbe-
will be, available for Institutes,
speeches, and other similar public
meetings 81 Y Il. AL u se' s4s
It is thought that the gymnasium
facilities will increase the attendance
at the Washburn schools between 10
and so per cent. In order to accomo-
date the increased attendance 1t will
be necessary to complete the school
building In the near | future: The
school board may find l it advisable to
cali for a vote upcn "a new bond issue
to take up the work which has been zen
|,halted because of the Inadequate
amount of the last bond issue. .s.5s
An opportunity will be given to
every man and woman in this school
tSdiistrfct /. tO 4 sign the petition ItO the
school board and it is Eexpe edN that
in view Of he popular demand the
board will act immed diately II ,5I
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