The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-03
WORD-P|CTURE OF
new HIGH SCHOOL
BUILDING IS GIVEN
School Board President De.
scribes New Structure and
Building Plans

A word-picture Of Bismarck,s new
high school building, illustrated by
blue prints and drawings, was given
Wednesday to members Of the local
Rotary Club by George Will, presiden:
Of the board Of education.
WIN first outlined the steps neces-
sary to secure the federal assistance
and funds under the public works adj
ministration and brought into his talk
the overwhelming majority vote in
favor Of the new building at the spec
ial election.
The original plans called for an out
lay Of @3S0,ooo. VIII pointed out, 30
per cent Of which was an outright
grant from the federal government.
A bond issue was floated for 4203, 900
and the balance Of $4,000 was taken
from the school building fund.
Ownership to nearly al Of the
property adjacent to the new school
building has been obtained at rea-
sonable figure, Will said. A special
trip to Minneapolis was made by the
school board At which time studies Of
the schools there were made and
plans for the Bismarck building
drawn up.
Building Capacity 10 1900
The ultimate capacity Of the new
building Is 400 students as COM
pared with the old structure which
was planned to accommodate only 375
with additional space provided In the
annex, but has been made to take
care Of $50 pupils. The figures give q
true picture Of the overcrowded con-
dition Of the present arrangement,
Will said.
Bids for the new building were
opened July 20 and contracts let
August 13. Work was begun early
II: September and the footings for
the building will be completed this
week. Pouring Of the foundation
walls In the shop unit in the south
east corner has been completed and
1: Is expected that pouring Of all
foundation walls will start next week.
The length Of the building over all
is 331 feet with the south portion,
which houses the classrooms, IS feet
wide. The gymnasium, which extends
crosswise at the north side Of the
structure will be % feet long and
1872 feet wide and the shop unit in
the southeast corner will be IS by %
feet.
Is C1assro0ms In All
Included In the building are Is
classrooms, the shop unit, q gym
nasium, laboratories, offices, = lib
rary,~ administration units, and halls.
w. H. Payne, principal Of the high
school and program chairman for
the day, introduced Will and COM
mented briefly on the American L.
gion program for sponsoring legis-
lation giving schools necessary relief.
There are 1000 or more rural
schools In the state that win not be
able to open this year because the
drastic cut In valuation has reduced
tax revenues until there Is not enough
money to pay the teachers" Payne
said. He commended the American
Legion and Auxiliary on its proposed
campaign for special school legisla-
ton.
Special guests Of the club were
school board members and the men
directly connected with the construc-
ton Of the new building. They were
w. Z. Cole, George NJ. Register, and
Burt Finney, school board members;
Robert and G. w. Ritterbush. archi-
tects: James Albee, superintendent OF
for Maurice Schumacher,
John A. Devereaux. Min
PWA inspector; and H. o.
saxvtk, city school superintendent.
Other guests were Duane Heaton,
Dickinson and Bruce wallace Of Bis
marck.