The Nome nugget., 1934-05-12
CONCERTED
 EFFORTS FOR
 NEW SCHOOL
 Continued from Page One

| ereasing which will bring about he subsequent increase in enroll ment at the school. Each class \ room has been so laid out as to accommodate another fifty percent increase in attendance. This par ticular phase of the question has been carefully invest gated and r every provision possible made te a.loN for development, so that the fs"hool should not only serve at present but would he suitable for even more than the normal in- | crease in population and school attendance records.
 Heating Plant
 A detached heating plant has fbeen suggested because of less fire hazard According to the plan Ithe floor of this building can be placed about six feet below the | floor level of the main buildins Steam heat with independent re- turn pipes is suggested because Ithis would allow for a full drain- Iage of pipes and radiators at night and over week ends, thus elimin- ating the necessity of heating the l building when not in use. The mat ter of ventilation was also con sidered and efforts to equip the school with an adequate ventilat- 1 ins system are being made.
 All of which goes to suggest ing school which cannot pos s:blv he constructed for fifty thou sand dollars. Therefore it becom- te necessary, following the simple t,..t,,t ory facts stated to apply If:r an additional outlay of funds to accomodate the requirem ents set forth. Fifty thousand dollars ]Nin construct a school l,-bu.@ not the kind of school necessary for l Nome An additional fifteen o' Etwenty thousand dollars would be necessar ry to construct the school now planned.
 Of especial interest is the fact that every effort is being put forward to gain this additional money in order to build a school at Nome which will be suitable for the present. which will pro. vide as many mod Tn convenienees as possible in this northern lati- tude, and which will last for Il 1twenty-ffve or thirty years. The express purpose of the plans and requirements made, is to have a school which will be economically operated and which can serve the children of Nome and the civic bodies at all times.
 M.. J. Walsh, who is a member Iof the Territorial School Board for l the Second Division, and is also city clerk of Nome, is even now on trip through Alaska, on which he will investigate and see other newly constructed school buildings and possibly gain much valuable information and data. His pur- pose in making this trip to Jun eau is to attend -meetings-of school board This will dove-tail nicely into Nome's efforts to bring about the culmination of plans for the construction of the new school building. Of course, matters at present are rather at a standstill until MT. Walsh returns and fur l ther word is received from Jun eau regarding the requests and pleas for more money. However, results on all of the above infor- nation, are expected soon.
 The above comments are offer ed as suggestions by men familiar with general conditions in Nome. | letter. to Commissioner of Edu- cation Anthony E. Karnes, embody- ing the above information and re- marks was mailed some time ago !
 The committee strongly recom- n tended inNa letter that competent firm of school architects should be employed for drawing plans and speciffca tions as we'll as sup ervising the construction of the building. This additional cost, we feel, would be more than offset by money saved in eliminating mistak- e" stated the letter written MT. \ Karnes by the Nome School Board. !