Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-13
NEW LONDON.

NEW LQNDONs
 New Isondon's board of school wis., itors will proceed immediately with the construction of the new junior high school. The building is to be erected on the J. N. Harris property in Williams street. opposite the Ma than Hale Grammar school. which the city acquired from the Harris estate ! last fall and will be rushed to com l pietion as soon as possible and the board hopes to be able to use large part of the building by January l, 1921.
 The architecture of the building will be modern Gothic which Is con- ceded to be the best style for a mod ern school building, permitting of plenty of ventilation and light. The exterior construction will be either Of Harrington trimmed brick or terra cotta, depending upon the cost to bring it within the appropriation. The building will be fireproof in every re- spect and will be the most modern i and up to date construction. | The building will consist of q main l building and a secondary building connected by corridors with courts between for lighting purposes. The ! main building will consist of two l stories and a basement above the grade of Williams street and in the ! sub ba semept below the first floor on l account of the drop in grade of the lot | toward the rear.
 The building will front on Wifi 1 jams street and will stand back about ] T5 feet from the street. The main building is 30S feet long. There will l be two entrances one for the girls and one for the boys.
 1 The first floor of the main building 1 is given over to a large auditorium, offices for tha administration depart 1 Tent. fnr 2 library and retiring roo'rs for ina taa ohnrs. The auditorillr1 will hse 1fs feet long by 60 feet wide and will h2--A a reating capacity of 900. "'l7n~" I'll l7e a gtage sufficiently laf-"n f7r tl7a- presentation of light 1aea +r-c21s ard there will he entrance te'' '7e ".'l +HTi'I"1 from the street so s'tAt '- vrill not be necessary to pass < ---oh ''-a, -ain huilding
 'T'iS~ lii~ory will be s6 by 37 feet a.'d w'n h1ve 9 huge fireplace. In tho re~1e w.Hg of the building there will l.a q ~eeoHtio9 room for visitors an o%ce far the principal q room for the principals secretary and sten o9g'an'Hor and q retiring room each for the men and women teach ers.
 On this foor -tfere will be nine claee ~on~-e Six of these roo~s are aN'aeeed into three groups of two ro~~rs ca ch.-d:v'ded by folding doors. Or ct'oe second floor. in the .Wrg i there VIII be twn chemical lahorator- r!e~ with connecting apparatus roo-rs 1 2 '1d lecture room. In another wing viii be i@cated two physical laborato- ries. with apparatus room, lecture
 
 1 This f'od~ will also contain six more class roo7rr with toilet for girls aHd one for the novs. and it will include the l upper part of tho auditorium and the | gallery which will seat 300 Above l The stage is the space for pipe or 1 gan should it be desired to Install such an instrument later. A projec- ton bcotM for motion pictures or
 stereopticon is also provided for this | floor
 The sub basement of the main
 building will be devoted to Q gym nasium for the girls and another f1r
 the boys. two stories high, each
 equipped with many kinds of appar- atus; the former being located in the
 north wing and the latter in the south i wing; an instructors room and an ex-
 animation room; a boiler room, a
 large space for coal, storage space, ! In the basement will be found, in
 addition to the upper part of the gymnasium, boys locker room, toilet
 and showers and girls locker room. toilet and showers; under the stage
 will be an entrance room and a dress ing room with entrance directly from out of doors. In the basement
 also will be boys lunch room. a
 girls lunch room. sewing room and
 The secondary building is devoted l almost entirely to vocational DIT | poses. On the first floor which VII | be on the same level as the sub-base- l ment of the main building, will be a.
 sewing room. fitting room and stock
 room; large metal working room; 1 large shop, machine tool and mill room and general working room, a room-for instructors, toilets and a | supervisors room.
 | On the ground floor of the voca 1 tlonal building will be two large class l rooms for domestic science, each di- | vided into six smaller compartments | each compartment equipped with a kitchenette and other appointments
 tor instruction of children in groups 1 or five or six. There will also be two | tafge commercial rooms. a free hand craving room, two mechanical draw 1 Ing rooms which can be thrown into 1 one by folding doors, g. blue nrinf
 room and toilet for the girls and one for the boys. | c. Micei isl taking estimates for the
 building which he will erect on Ieffers
 son avenue. It will be 22x49 feet. of
 wood. with stucco exterior There viii l be store on the ground floor, with
 two flats on each of the upper floors. with improvements. '' Architects have made plans for a building to be erected on Williams <
 street for Louis Schwartz. It will he 1 t0x60 feet, one story high, of hollow ! tile blocks. succeed, and asbestos roof l The building will be arranged for two stores, which wiH have nlate g1a se,