Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-10-19
nelsville Exempted Village
School District

at this time are as follows:
First: There, is absolute need for
the new addition in order to accom-
modate the number Of high school
students that we now have.
Second: This is the one and only
time that federal aid will be Offer
ed
Third: The United States gov
ernment will buy the $42,500 worth
of bonds which we will issue at the
low rate OF 4qo interest.
Fourth: The building project is
ir harmony with the National IN
dustrial Recovery Act whereby men
may be put to work in this COM
munity.
Fifth: The new addition will
simplify the administrative problem
and save class time by putting the
high school students under one
roof. The high school is now using
two class rooms in the McConnels-
vile grade building which will then
be available for the ever increasing
enrolment in the grades.
Following is a description Of what
the building Will contain and some
additional facts for your inform2-
ton:
The new building will have a COM
plete home economies layout con-
! sisting of class room. sewing room,
lunch room, and kitchen, all con-
veniently located in one continuous
suite; an agriculture department
consisting of a class room and q
farm shop adjacent to it and both
located on the first floor and con
nected directly to the outside by
double doors in order that farm ma
chinery may be brought into the
shop for repair and study: large
manual training shop with finishing
and stock room in connection: one
general science and biology labora-
tory; one general class room; ad-
ditional toilets; locker accommodate
tions for each student; shower and
dressing rooms for gymnasium use;
! storage rooms; and a large combi-
/ nation auditorium and gymnasium.
/ This new unit consisting OF the
auditorium and gymnasium is to he
made the center Of the community
life by making it serve the public IS
we'll as the high school; is to face
the same street that present high
school building does. This unit
will have a large stage and seat
ing capacity of 900 as an auditor
ium and 500 for games. Here will
be held all class plays, operettas,
the baccalaureate services, the COM
mencement exercises, debates, liter
ary programs, junior-senior recep-
tions, chapel exercises. alumni ban
quets, community banquets, civic
gatherings of all kinds, and indoor
sports such as basketball, volley
ball, and indoor ball The present
building will be changed slightly in
order to better accommodate our
growing high school. The old audi
torium will be converted into
study hall as the present one is en-
tirely too small. The old study hall
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physics and chemistry laboratory
The old laboratory, together with
the present sewing room, will be-
come the new business department
consisting of typewriting room and
general business class room for
this popular and growing course.
Cost of the Building
Bond issue. =. . =. $42, 10000
Government grant. -. 100000
Cash on hand. :. =. 6,8O0.Oo
Total cost. !. -. .$68,50O00
The cash on hand is sum the
board has set aside in the building
fund over a period of years.
The county auditor has certified
to the board of education that the
average tax levy, for the 25 year
period that the bonds are to run,
will be 1.3 mills on the present tax
duplicate of $2,043,149, to care for
both bond and interest, charges. In
other words, it will cost $1.30 each
year on $1,000 valuation of prop
erty.
The federal authorities have con-
sidered the unemployment situation
in the United States national !
crisis and they have declared the I
National Industrial Recovery Act an
act in order to PUT
MEN TO WORK The federal grant
Of $19,200 is to be part of the
public works program to relieve the
unemployment situation, and this
sum WILL NOT have to be paid /
pack to government. The $42,500
worth of bonds which we are now
asking you to approve on November
7th, will be bought by the federal
government at the low rate of 40
interest This will make the inter-
est charges on the bonds $4,000 to
$4,000 less than it would be if the
ponds were sold at the present mar
iet rate of 5 IL or go.
Many hundreds of communities
'ver the entire country are asking
or their share of the emergency ap-