The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-13
NewStructure
Plans Include
Auditorium
$25O,OO0 BUILDING MAY
BE POSSIBLE WITH
$4,000 BONDS

Exactly one month after the fire
which destroyed the old building,
school board members Tuesday
received proposed plans for the
new $250,00 high school which
they will recommend be built just
east of the Lincoln school.
The proposed new building, COR
responding in architecture, height
and color to the Lincoln building,
would have the appearance of one
school unit. The two would be
joined by corridors on all three
floors which in each case would
be of the same elevation as Lin
coin school floors.
1t would face north and ent-
RANGES would be arranged to
match those of the Lincoln build
ing. Because the lot is graded up
around the Lincoln building and
slopes off sharply to the proposed
site of the high school, an oppor-
tunity is given for a basement
floor which would be practically
above ground. Under present
plans it would house the indust-
rial arts department, agriculture
department, when this course is
reinstated, band room, boys and
girls lockers, garage for school
buses and storage rooms.
The main floor includes eight
classrooms and a gymnasium-au-
ditorium besides the principals
office, restrooms and store rooms.
The gymnasium would be similar
to that at Glencoe where the
building impressed board mem
bers more than any seen on their
recent trip. The auditorium would
have slightly larger seating cap
acity, holding 1850 without
crowding in the least
The gymnasium would be used
for physical education which is
required by the state department
but has not been provided in Red
wood Falls since there was no
gym in the old high school and
the grade school gym was in use
each period of the day for grade
and junior high school classes.
It would have a stage 81 feet by
80 feet which will be the playing
floor for basketball. The stage
can also be reduced to any size
for other events by use of a cy-
clorama, an arrangement of cur
tainS.
Assembly rooms are old FASH
ioned in the present style of high
school architecture and are no
longer necessary because they are
occupied by the whole high school
for an average of less than 80
minutes day. In new buildings
the auditorium-gymnasium serves
as an assembly when it is desir-
able to call the whole student
body together and at other times
a much smaller study library is
used by students not in class.
This is provided for on propos-
ed plans for the third floor, which
will house also the science labora-
tories, supply rooms and the bal
cony of the auditorium. The study
room is the size of two classrooms.
The new building, which makes
provision for Is per cent in
crease in school enrolment, COM
fortably, besides providing four
rooms for junior college, if it is
ever wanted, would cost, COM
pletely equipped, not to exceed
$250, 900.
The board has authorized Park
er D. Sanders, secretary, and
Pass-Rockey, architects, to make
application for a PWA grant of As
per cent or $112,5O0 from the fed
eral government. This with $780,
600 insurance on the old build
ing would make it necessary to
issue bonds of ST., 500 or $50, 900.
The district is at present in
debted to the extent of SITS, 900
on the Lincoln building with a
sinking fund of $51 900 being add
ed to each year to retire as many
of the bonds as possible when
they come due in 1899. A provi-
sion in the bonds makes it impos-
sible to retire them until they ma
ture.
The board members point out
that when the Lincoln school was
built, the district had net bond
ed Indebtedness of $223, 900 with
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