The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-14
New Institute Dedica-
ton Set for December q
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Occupying the site of the build
ing that was destroyed by fire, the
new structure stands in a com
manding position on the high
| ground overlooking the campus
and village, facing east. 1t is of
colonial design, built of Lebanon
brick and cast stone with white
! trimmings. 1t has q central bell
tower surmounted with a weather.
vane and in general construction
gives hint of old Dartmouth Hall
at Hanover. The architects were
Larson and Wells of Hanover, N.
H., and the Cummings Construc-
ton Company Of Ware, Mass, had
charge Of the general building con-
tract.
The grading and approach add
much to the finished effect. Near
the building in front are several
terraces, and the stairway is on
the second terrace, the main en-
trance being reached by a series of
substantial granite steps on 1.-THE
side of which are handsome cleo
trio lamps, the personal gift of
President Elmer A. Darling, and
specially designed, in ornamental
! iron. A handsome flagstaff stands
in the middle of the front campus.
The main entrance has four tall
Doric columns and above the
entrance are the words Lyndon
Institute" in large gilt letters.
Above this is a handsome clock
fol which the hyndonville Cream
cry Association made a generous
contribution. The 80foot bell
tower is covered with hammered
copper and the G00-pound bell was
the gift of John J. Norris, one
Of the trustees.
From the main entrance to the
boys entrance at the north end
and the girls entrance at the south
is a seven-foot concrete walk and
all the grounds around have been
graded and turfed over and viii be
in fine shape in the spring. The
grading was in general charge OF
". n. Hubbard and a gang OF men
and was completed under the direc-
ton of Robert Gaskin. This part
of the constructin represented the
moving of $1,000 loads of dirt, a
|veritable moving Of mountains.
The building is $50 feet long
from north to south and sc feet
wide on the ends. The central
section at the rear, representing
the chapel and gymnasium addi-
ton, is so by IS feet, outside di-
menslons.
The institution has a wonder
fully complete heating and ventil-
ating plant. Two Ames Iron
Works boilers, each with 70 horse
power capacity, furnish the heat
for the entire structure. They are
installed in a concrete finished
room in the basement and are
covered with asbestos insulation.
They are governed automatically
by Ruggles damper regulators.
There is a fuel room capable OF
holding over 100 cons of coal, more
than there is in the whole town at
the present time, but just now fill
led with four foot wood 1t takes
q cord day for each boiler. There
is a smaller Arco heater for the
hot water tank when the big boil
ers are not in use. The ventilation
fans are run by fve-horse power
electric motor end are capable OF
forcing $50 cubic feet of fresh air
per minute into every room IN the
building. T. C. Brooks and Co.,
of Boston did the sheet metal work
and the whole system is automatic
ally controlled by a powers reg
ulator.'
The gymnasium is on the ground
floor at the rear in the center 1t
is 43 feet wide by 60 feet long, not
counting large gallery. 1t has
fine light and ventilation, an up
right piano in the gallery, and
hundreds of dollars worth of all
kinds of up-to-date apparatus.
The chapel occupies the center