The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-06-29
the banks lined with a good growth of

A cement dam across this creek, at /
a point about $50 yards from the
buildings creates fine body of water,
which affords excellent boating, fish
ing, swimming, and skating in season.
The numerous shady hooks and I
groves along the course of the stream
invite picnics and outings.
Clusters Isladn, a beautiful spot
about two miles from the school, is a |
favorite resort for class picnics. 1t !
takes its name from having once been
the camping place OF General Custer
and his troops during an Indian cam
paign. The graduating class of 1916
erected monument on this island.
The ground Immediately about the
buildings is laid out with walks and
drives, and is set with trees and
shrubbery. An ;rrigating plant is in
stalled, which affords ample water for
irrigating the campus and for exten-
s;ve truck gardening which is car
ried on by the student truckers
association.
The athletic field is so arranged
that he student body of the school
has eight tennis courts, a boys and
girls baseball diamond, track four
laps to the mile and a football field,
pronounced by visiting teams as the
finest in the country. A turf of 'buf-
falo sod that wbthstands all hard
usages and remains after the seasons
play a perfect carpet, covers the en-
tire gridirOn.
Sheridan Coliseum was given to
the school by the legislature of 1915.
It cost about $15O,OOO.OO and con-
tains the administration offices, the
amphitheatre, the gymnasium for
men and women, showers, the swim
ming pocl, music department, auto
mechanics and blacksmithing, farm
carpentry and woodworking, gas and
steam engines, agriculture, physics,
biology, and public school arts. The
amphitheatre will seat $500 people
and still leaving a playing floor for
basket ball of so by 135 feet. The
seating capacity of the arena and
amphitheatre is $500.
Academic hall is structure of
native stone. 1t contains the audi
torium, library, pipe organ, museuE,
Y. NJ. c. A. rooms and quarters for
the departments of education, history,
English, mathematics, music, COM
merce and railway station training.
The building was completed in 1908
at an approximate cost of $65, 100000.
The Industrial building was COM
pleted in 1912 at a csot of $4O,0OO.00.
1t is a handsome, commodious build
ing and contains the departments of
domestic science, textile and clothing,
chemistry, modern languages, the
agriculture Laboratories and cafe
terra. The laboratories and lecture
rooms are equipped with the best ap-
paratus for the department.
The Woman's Building was com
pleted in 1912 at a cost of $4O,000.OO.
1t contains the office of the dean of
women and is the social center of the
campus The large parlors are taste
fully decorated and furnished and
have ample freplaces. On the walls
are paintings of considerable value.
There is a I1itchenette equipped with
an electric range and china for serv-
ing, and there is also a room set apart
for sewing and pressing, which is al
ways open to the girls of the school.
The Y. W. c. A. rooms are. in this
building.
The power plant costing approx
imately $1OO,OOO.OO supplies heat and
light for the buildings and campus
and power for many motors.
The dairy barn is modernly equip
ped building which will house forty
two head of cows. The dairy herd is
made up of Holsteins. The large silo
which is filled from the normal farm
furnishes the herd with silage. The
Creamery furnishes the normal cafe
terra with milk and cream.
By arrangements with the city of
Hays the city school system is the
normal training school. The equip
ment consists of modern brick high
school building with commodious Of
fees, recitation rooms and a gymnas-
ium The grade school department
is in a building of native stone, and
provides ample opportunities for OBJ
servation, demonstration teaching
and practice teaching under compe-
tent supervisors.
The engineers residence completes
the list of buildings.
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