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New Eastern High School
Ready For Opening Feb . 15
Architecturally beautiful and rep
resenting: the most modern type of j
. 'ijoolhouse, new Eastern High
School, completed save for the instal
lation of ail furniture and equipment,
is waiting f#r the middle of Febru
ary. wheifl its doors will formally be
lirown open to receive some 1,100
inpatient students now uncomfort
ably quartered In the old building. It
bad been planned to open the school
it the beginning of the next semester,
February 1. but unavoidable delay
in installing the furniture and equip
ment has necessitated the postpone
ment.
Every detail for shifting the student
body from its cramped quarters in
the old building at 7th and C streets
southeast, which for thirty years has
been Eastern’s home, into the new
building of enlarged accommodations
and increased facilities lias been ar-I
ranged by Charles Hart, principal of
she school. He is now making plans
for the formal dedication of the new
building which probably will he held
about March 1, with elaborate cere
monies.
The students are keyed to the high
est pitch awaiting the order which
will send them into the new building.
In preparation for the event, which
will be chronicled in the school’s his
tory as an epoch-making one, they
are busy cleaning and dusting the
pictures*' statues and trophies for
the transfer into the halls of the new
school.
Work Begun Two Years A*o.
About two years ago work on new
Eastern was started. Delays, some
of which were inevitable, made the
progress of its construction slow.
Early last December, however, the
building contractor announced the
completion of his work and the new
structure was subsequently accepted
by the District Commissioners. The
job of installing the furniture and
equipment was then begun in haste in
order to have the building ready for
occupancy, if possible, at the begin
ning of the new scholastic semester.
New Eastern stands on a command
ing site, four city blocks in
bounded by 17th and 19th streets and
East Capitol and B streets northeast,
fronting East Capitol street. Its
general style of architecture is Tudor.
The »uilding 1» lour stories high,
including a basement, which is really
the ground floor, being two feet
above ground level. There is a sub- |
basement in wbicb is located the ,
heating plant and electrical appa
ratus. It covers between nine and
ten acres of floor apace and contains
192 rooms, flfty-five of which are
class and section rooms: thirty-five
laboratory, work and other recita
tion rooms; twenty non-teaching
rooms and oigrhty-two supply, stock,
consultation and toilet roon^I l- T* 1 . 6
average size of each of the fifty-live
olassrooms is 22x24. with an average
seating capacity per room of thirty
six. except for four study halls which
have a seating capacity of seventy
each.
Represents 91,500.000 Cost.
The structure alone represents a
oost of ? 1.500.000. The appropriation
for the equipment totaled $200,000.
Although the school was planned to
accommodate 1,500 students. I rm
cipal Hart believes that it will care
for comfortably 300 in excess of this
number. Mr. Hart expects to enter
the building with an enrollment of
1,300 and by the beginning of the
now school yeas in September is of
the opinion that the echoo! will have
a student body of about 1,500.
On the ground floor of 'he building
is a branch of the Public Library,
which will begin operation when the
Bohool is opened. The Public Library
will be separate and distinct from
the school library which Is located
on the second floor.
One of the unique and distinctive
features of the school is a kupple
horizon or cycloramic dome, a novel
device for giving unusual lighting
effects. It is built across the rear
ol the stage in the auditorium.
Other features include a green and
hot house for use of students pur
suing the course in biology, and a
mechanical automatic telephone sys
tem which will enable teachers and
officials to communicate without the
aid of a central operator. The auto
matic telephone system, however,
will not bo completed for operation
for some time.
In the basement or ground floor la
located a lunchroom with a capacity
for 900 students, which will be oper
ated on the cafeteria plan; two gym
nasiums (one for girls and the other
for boys), an armory which. In ad
dition to being a rendezvous for the
cadets, is a store center for rifles,
belts and other necessary equipment;
a laundry which will be used to clean j
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gymnasium suits, a modern rifle
range, six manual training shops, two
j dressing rooms (one for boys and the
other for girls) and other features
new in high school construction. The
rifle range U 165 feet In length and
will rank among the best In the
country. It will have ten shooting
targets.
First Floor for Student*.
The first floor of the building has
been designed especially for the use
of the high school students. On this
floor are virtually all the shorthand,
typewriting and bookkeeping classes.
The top floor has rooms for classes
In domestic art. domestic science and
drawing. In connection with the do
mestic art course there Is a model
suite similar to the one at Central
High School.
The athletic field, which Is located
a block north of the building, is
larger than the one at Central. Work
of grading the field was begun Janu
ary 2 and Is expected to be finished
soon. Principal Hart, however, does
not plan to make any use of it dur
ing the current school year. Two
steel and wood stands seating be
tween 2.000 and 3,000 person,! will
be erected around the field.
Although agitation for new Eastern
was started in 1910, it was six years
later before Congress appropriated
part of the funds for its construction.
The site was acquired in 1916 at a
consideration of approximately $225,000.
Original plans for the building were
drawn by Snowden Ashford, former
municipal architect, and revised by
Albert L. Harris, his successor.
Eastern' High School was organized
as a separate high school in the fall
of 1890. when 167 students took up
their work In improvised quarters on
the third and fourth floors of the Pea
body School, at sth and C streets
northeast. It is interesting to com
pare with this the present enrollment
of more than I,lso—more than nine
times the original number in the par
ent high school.
The school was organized under
the direction of C. M. Lacey Sites, its
first principal, also * a teacher of
algebra and history, and the follow
ing assistants; Miss Cora Allen, Eng
lish and German: Miss Blanche Cara-
Way, algebra and natural science;
Miss Ellen E. Garrigues, Latin and
English; Miss Ethel A. Glover, his
tory, and Stephen E. Kramer. Eng
lish. The latter .is now assistant
superintendent of schools.
During the second year in the Pea-
I body building Mr. Hart, the prin
cipal of Eastern, entered as a first
i year student, with Mrs. Margarita
Spaulding Gerry, former member of
the board of education, and Hosrner
M. Johnson, now supervising prin
cipal of the ninth division.
The school' moved from the Pea
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You have but to walk over the display floors of Mayer’s Lifetime Furniture Store
• if you want to see some good-looking Dining Room Suites, possessing dis-
A Good Link Spring Is Included With Each Bed tinction and all the lineness that goes with a suite of the “Lifetime Qual
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Square tube mahogany or walnut hmsh bed. full size $21.70
Mahogany finish, full size bed $13.50 Even though these fine suites are so carefully and well made, so beautifully designed
Walnut or mahogany finish, full size bed $14.75 and so richly finished, they are so reasonably priced that people of the most
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Two-inch continuous post, white enamel bed, full size $13.50
White enamel full size bed, round continuous posts $12.50 . There's a good-looking four-piece Italian style suite in walnut, with closed china and
White enamel twin size bed, each $12.50 linen chests, oblong table and 66-inch buffet, for only $195- And there’s
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THE MtXNJDAY STAK, WASHINGTON, I>. (J., JANUAKY 14, 1923—HAKT 1.
NEW EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING. |
body into its present building in the 1
fall of 1891.
Training for Citizenship.
"The Eastern High School was es- j
tablished witli the purpose of train
ing its students to better citizenship 1
through high ideals of scholarship |
and a true appreciation of the value
of character development in its stu
dents,” said Principal Hart in re
ferring to the past history of the
school. “Its success has come through
maintaining its standards and work
for the common good of its students
and the community. It has been able
to accomplish much through the l
singleness of purpose and effort of
its faculty, the support and loyalty j
of its alumni and the ambition and |
determination of its student body to i
make the most of its opportunities. !
It demonstrated, through its early;
years in the old Peabody School, that I
it could rise superior to mere physi- j
cal discomfort, and it has shown, j
during the past few years, that 1
crowded conditions and curtailed
schedules can be overcome by de- i
ternilned effort and unity of purpose, j
"The change to the new building I
will be welcomed by the faculty and |
alumni as giving a greater oppor- |
tunity for efficient service, and by i
the student body as an opportunity |
to develop mentally,, morally and
physically to a degree that is not
iPUBLICURGEDTOBURN
SUBSTITUTES FOR COAL
"Burn substitutes now and save
your coal for severe weather."
This is the substance of an appeal
prepared in post card form by the
Public Utilities Commission for cir
| culation among the thousands of j
Washington householders.
“The Pennsylvania Fuel Cotntnis
i sion,” says the appeal of the local
I commission, "controlling the distri
| bution of anthracite, has notified all
consumers that the amount of that
j kind of coal mined this winter will
I not exceed 60 per cent of last year's
j tonnage and that no dealer, therefore,
| can expect to receive more than 60
i
j possible under present restricted
j conditions. The hope and belief of
j all is that the same spirit of love
| and devotion to the school. Its in
terests and welfare, will carry over
to the greater Eastern."
per cent of his customer’s require
ments.
“This means that the remaining
40 per cent of each consumer’s re
quirements must be made up through
the use of some kind of substitute
fuel, such as coke, soft coal or
briquettes All householders are
urged to procure their substitute fuel {
Immediately and use such substitutes 1
during mild winter weather, re
serving their hard coal for use in the
severe weather that may be expected
later."
AMERICAN SHIP SAFE.
Bellingham Arrives at Falmouth |
After Sending Distress Calls.
FALMOUTH, England, January 13. j
—The American steamer Bellingham, i
which on Tuesday sent out distress ;
calls, having suffered a mishap to her ;
steering gear and other damage, ar- i
rived here today. The Bellingham |
reported at first that sho did not i
expect to remain afloat much longer, j
but a later message stated she was ’
able to proceed toward Falmouth •
with the assistance of the steamers •
President Polk and Kenbane Head.
IALL PENDING RAIL WAGE
'DISPUTES UP ON MONDAY
CHICAGO, January 13.—A1l pending
wage and rules disputes between the
j railroads of the country and the train
I service brotherhoods will come before
i the United States Railroad Labor Board
for hearing Monday, it was announced
i today.
I In this connection the Labor Board
issued a statement showing that only
; twenty-eight railroads now have dis
: putes with train service employes pend
! ing. Most of these roads are small ones j
and some of the rules disputes arc of I
i several years' standing.
With disposal of the wages and rules j
I cases of these twenty-eight roads and :
their subsidiaries, all disputes involing i
i the train service brotherhoods will have 1
j been cleared from the Labor Board j
dockets. In Labor Board circles this j
: was Interpreted to mean that no furture
railroad strike is in prospect at present. '
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