The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-03
Give 'COODBY
And 'H0WDY'
! AT SHORTRIDGE
School Moves Into New
Building; 1t Cost
] S1,25O,OOO.

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Twenty-Five hundred Shortridge
high school pupils today moved into
their new school home, Thirty
fourth and Meridian streets, and are
readjuSting themselves to the new
building.
Classes were held in old Short
ridge, on Pennsylvania between
Michigan and North streets, for the
last time Wednesday, and equipment
was moved from the old to the new
building during the Thanksgiving
vacation.
The new building, costing more
than $1,250,OOO and requiring twen-
ty-one months to complete, is of
Corinthian architecture, three
stories high.
To add to the beauty of its archi-
tectural design, sunken gardens are
being constructed on the Meridian
p street side, and landscaping of the
spacious lawn has been started.
Finished Ahead of Time
Among the modern features of the
new building is hospital, including
an eye and dental clinic, first aid
and emergency operation rooms and
two wards containing four beds
each.
Construction work on the build
ing was started in March, 1927. The
building was completed thirty days
ahead of the contract time, Jan. l,
1929.
It is one Of the best lighted school
buildings in the nation. Unusually
wide and high windows and court
providing ample daylight for every
room.
The main entrance on the first
floor, facing Meridian street, is fin
ished, both walls and floor in mar
BILE. The entrance is 26 by 48 feet.
Opposite the entrance is the adj
miniStration department, with gen.
eral offices and private rooms for
Principal George Buck, the assist
ant principal and sponsors.
Have Cafeteria
The north wing is occupied by
cafeteria, 224 by II feet, seating 800
persons. Adjoining is the teachers
lunch room, % by SO feet, seating
nearly one hundred persons.
North of the cafeteria is the main
kitchen and store rooms. The kit
chen is modern in every respect,
with three gas ranges, steam cooker,
two steam soup kettles, bake oven,
salad table and refrigerator, vege-
table peeler, dough mixer meat and
bread slicers, DISTINGUISHING machin-
cry and an electric refrigerator with
capacity of several thousand
pounds of meat.
In the southeast corner of the first
floor is Caleb Mills hall. 1t seats
1,648 on the first floor and balcony
1t has a % by So foot stage. The
ceiling is accoustically treated. In
the balcony is the producing booth,
with two projecting machines and
stereopticon.
The printing department is in the
northwest wing, book store and pot
terry in the southwest wing, and the
dean of girls office and hospital on
the south side. Ten classrooms and
four commercial department rooms,
as we'll as separate boys and girls
locker and shower rooms also are
on the first floor The manual train
ing department will not be opened
until later.
Gym Is Divided
Various departments are included
on the third floor, including zoology
with five rooms botany with several
rooms and a conservatory; biology
with four rooms, domestic science
with three laboratories and model
dining room, as we'll as modern gas
ranges, gas clothes dryer, electric
clothes washer and ironer; a sound
proof library seating 100 persons,
two large study halls seating 1874
pupils each, and twenty classroomS
seating forty pupils each.
The gymnasium is divided in the
center by folding doors into Sepa-
rate gymnasiums for boys ard girls.
Each gym has regulation basket
ball court. The folding doors can
be removed for major games.
Around the gym are a number of
small equipment and instruction
rooms.
The third floor contains the chem
iStry department, six rooms; art de-
partment, five rooms; physics de-
partment, three rooms; jewelry de-
partment; twenty-six classrooms
and two study halls.
On the roof are the music depart
ment, band and choir practice
rooms.
- Architects for the building were
j. Edwin Kopf and Deery. H. R.
Blagg IL Co., Dayton, o., were the
general contractors.