High-school buildings and grounds . 44 HIGH-SCHOOL BUILDIlSfGS AND GROtTKDS. to prove that in an alteration problem tire approach to the ideal is, in manycases, somewhat remote. On the other side of the building there are three shoprooms and a generous room for mechanical drawing. The large rooms in the basement of the old building, entirely unfitted forclasses, can be used for locker rooms and toilets. Tlie removal of the fur-naces gives additional space, allowing the full complement of lockers to beinstalled in such manner as to bring about a logical division of the base-ment for privacy wit
High-school buildings and grounds . 44 HIGH-SCHOOL BUILDIlSfGS AND GROtTKDS. to prove that in an alteration problem tire approach to the ideal is, in manycases, somewhat remote. On the other side of the building there are three shoprooms and a generous room for mechanical drawing. The large rooms in the basement of the old building, entirely unfitted forclasses, can be used for locker rooms and toilets. Tlie removal of the fur-naces gives additional space, allowing the full complement of lockers to beinstalled in such manner as to bring about a logical division of the base-ment for privacy without disturbing the circulation of the corridors. Steam will be furnished from a municipal plant. It is necessary onlyto provide space for the ventilating fans, and this is located central to theenlarged group in the old Jcale^ii^ ALTERATION plan, old building. On the first floor of the old building, the large rooms along the front giveopportunity for the administration room of the school, as well as ofiiees forthe board of education and superintendent of schools. The rooms of abnormaldepth now used as a classroom and a cooking room are reduced in depth,thus improving their natural lighting, and at the same time providing thenecessary floor space for a general science laboratory with apparatus room, aclassroom, and a large general storeroom. A girls toilet is moved to provide for the additional stairway, located insuch manner as will improve the general safety of the building and thecirculation between the rear basement corridor and the upper floors of theold building. The remaining space on this floor, without serious changes, givesthree satisfactory classrooms. On the second floor, the space now occupied by the assembly room, providesfor a laboratory, the commercial department,
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