Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-16

>oii'iu0i 'piS dcultlOn TO the pres
ent Cony High school building to
relieve the existing congested and
unsanitary conditions due to over
croding, at an estimated cost of
$4,000 to. $4,000, received the
unanimous endorsement of the mem
| bers of the Cony High School Par
| ent-Teacher Association at a we'll
| attended meeting held in the school
assembly hall Monday evening.
Ihough the proposal had been CIV
en- no publicity before it was pre-
sented before the very interested
group OF parents and teachers last
evening, Superintendent of Schools
Fred w. Burill speaking for the Au-
/ gusta Board of Education outlined
the matter most comprehensively
and so thorough has been the work
OF the board that tentative sketches
ana floor plans of the proposed ex-
tensive annex had been prepared by
Bunker Il Savage of this city, and
We're the subject of consideration
last evening.
After considerable discussion of
! the situation at the high school and
oil possible ways and means for fl
nanclng the building project on mo-
| ton of Herbert T.. Locke the meet
ing voted to request the Board of
Education to interview citizens with
a view to securing subscriptions
which would be virtually loans to
supplement the amount of money
Which the city could lawfully raise
under the limitations of it's bonded
debt, for the carrying out of the
construction program at the earliest
! possible time. A report of this eff
| % OF
school meeting in April The Board
was also asked to consider any other
practical method of financing the
new building and to seek the CO.
| operation of the Kiwanis, Rotary
BPW and Calumet clubs.
| To Enclose Old Building
Briefly the project as presented by
Superintendent BurriI last evening
and as incorporated in the prelimi-
nary plans prepared by the local
architects, calls for the erection OF
a three story building on the corner
| location of the present high school
building on Stone and Cony streets
The new construction would incor-
porate and in effect be built around
the old Cony Female Academy build
| ing. The new construction would be
absolutely modern and of fireproof
or semi-fireproof type. BY utilizing
| the present site the matter of pur-
chasing new lot would be obviated
and the high school building would
be one unit with a central heating
| plant gymnasium, auditorium and
| adjoining athletic field.
AS explained by William G. Bunk
er. the arhcitect. the two wings OF
the new units would be built thirty
| feet back from the street lines on
| nd in,
entrance would be at the corner
where the water trough is now To-
| Gated. The tower of the old building
would be RACED, and Aat building
be completely remodeled to conform
with the new architectural plan, but
most of that building would be sal
vaged, the new wings being built
around and covering it.
| Double Present Capacity
! The project would practically dou
| bic the present capacity of the high
school, with ten added class rooms
in the new parts, besides the gain
ing of five rooms in the newer wing
of the present building as the re-
suit Of rebuilding the present as
sembly hall.
Architects plans provide for splen-
did gymnasium 81 by 6S feet, also an
auditorium with a seating capacity of
about hoo. Speaking on this pro-
! vision Superintendent Burrill last eve
ming. said:
| II believe that this city needs a
| good auditorium-one that would be
safe from fire hazards--and this pro-
| posaI includes such an auditorium as
| a part of the high school equipment"
| Estimated Cost Abou5 $4,000
| While the nearest estimate of the
1 81, 10
| school building when the matter was
| considered at the annual school meet
| ing of last year was about quarter
| of a million dollars, the architects es-
| innate that some 100000 can be saved
| by utilizing the old building, besides
i saving on the purchase price of land.
| The estimate for the building as draft
ed is $4,000 to S1S0.000.
| Brick and Stone Construction
| Gray bricks with stone trim is the
| suggested material for the new wings.
| Though the older building would be
absolutely enclosed or hidden from
view, the wing completed in 1913
would remain as it is except for inte-
rior changes. >.
The ground floor of the new unit
| comprised by the present old academy
| building and the new wings, would
| include the ample gymnasium ana held
storage room, rooms for domestic
| arts. sewing, housekeeping and finish
! ing departments: and on the other sue
| of the central rotunda and lobby would
he well lighted quarters for autolho-
| biIa instruction and manual arts--fea-
! lures in education which the present
,, school does not provide and for when
for instruction to grammar school pu-
| nils the city now rents the kennepec
| county, TAIL wOrkSh hop.
ON this ground floor also would be
! fine large lunch room and service
| kitchen. boys and girls locker rooms
| uitb showers. the boiler room and coal
| pockets.
Splendid Auditorium
| The second floor would lnclude the
Galleries for the gymnasium, seating
about 600 people comfortably; seven
class and recitation rooms. all WITH
outside lighting and ventilat1on'
steropticon room, teachers rooms,
Superintendent schools oillce anu
! principals Office.
On the upper floor would be the
auditorium and stage. This unit Is
most uniquely conceived, and is III
The general shape of monster kite
with the stage at the sharp angie
This floor also provides for the Uora-
rv and the bookkeeping, stengraphy.
tvpewrjting chemistry and physics
departments, with laboratories ana
recitation rooms.
Many Favor Project
After presenting the proposition to
tho meeting and reviewing something
of the inadequacies of the present
school building, Superintendent Bur.
riIl asked for a general discussion OF
the matter. Remarks favorlng the
nroiect were made by Fred K. LORD