The Washington herald., 1922-07-23
PLANS APPROVED
FOR TWO SCHOOLS
BY COMMISSION
Construction to b, a
Once on Educational
Buildings.

Plans for the two Junior high
schools Of Washington. drawn up
u, by Municipal Architect A. L. Har-
ris. were approved by the Fine Arts
Commission Thursday.
Building operations on the two
buildings. which will cost in the
aggregate 100000 each. will be
started Immediately, since appro-
priations are now available for this
work.
Two wings. one OF which will Be
added next year. according to pres
ent plans. and one Of which will be
added In the farther future. will
have an additional cost Of 100000
per wing for each school.
Building Plan. In Detroit.
The plans for the building call
for twelve classrooms In each. and
ten shoprooms. capable Of accom-
,nodating 500 pupils The real gym
nasium will be in the wings of the
buildings. which are to be added
later. but for the time being as
sembly hall will serve as an extem-
pore gymnasium.
The assembly hall will have seats
at the rear and balcony. both floors
in these sections being on an as
cending grade toward exits. but the
floor will be clear, so that chairs
may be placed thereon during en-
tertainments and exhibitions and
cleared away at the pleasure of the
authorities in order to open a clear
field for athletic contests. The
fixed seats. when the assembly hall
Is used as a gymnasium. will fur
nish accommodations for spectators,
The buildings each will be 200
feet in length, $50 feet in depth and
fifty feet tall. The basement floor
will be entirely above ground and
classrooms will occupy both hrst
and second floors.
Noise to he Avoided.
A lesson learned from having
classrooms above and beside shop
rooms in other high schools in
Washington stands in good stead
with the junior high school plans.
They will be separated from class
rooms by wide corridor and will
form entirely distinct units in the
same building. The arrangement
of the shoprooms will be the same
as IN factory. Equipment will be
factory type and the pupils, except
for teachers and instruction, when
attending school in the Junior high
schools will be in exactly the same
surroundings that they would be in
factories.
The office Of public buildings and
grounds scbmitted plans to the
ne Arts Commission Yesterday
for walks under the trees bordering
the reflecting basin of the Lincoln
Memorial.
Visit Lincoln Memorial.
The commission went to the me-
mortal to consider various features
incident TO the development of that
section of Potomac Park. The COM
mission also considered matters
concerning the proposed memorial
bridge to Arlington submitted to 4
by the Arlington Memorial Bridge
commission. going over the grounds
in question.
Among other submissions VIII ch
received the consideration Of the
commission were an inscription for
statue OF Alexander Hamilton. to
be erected on the south stems NJ
the Treasury Department. and
preliminary des gn for a war me-
mortal tablet for the Agriculture
department. A ground plan for the
Tonument to the nuns of the bat
t.eheld at Connecticut avenue and
Rhode Island avenue was approved.
Action with reference to a de-
sign for the monument to the un-
known American. submitted by the
War Department. was held in abey-
T"ce pen3inc the return of the ar
'httect Of the amph theater. Thomas
bast'nss. who Is now IN Europe to
receive the gold medal Of the ROYAL
Institute OF British Architects.
The commission had as its guests
at luncheon the Vice Pres, dent and
Mrs. Coolidge. Yesterday afternoon
an Inspection trip was made to
Meridian Hill Park and over the
proposed Rock Creek and Potomac
parkway. The commission also in
Spected the models of the plan Of
Washington of the Senate mark
cnmmiss on of 1901. which are in
the rotunda of the National Mu-
scum.