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IE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN
WEATHER TODAY
FAIR
SECTION TWO
8 PAGES
HIT
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 19U
VOL. XXV. NO. 130
XIb,e
School
Dream f Ages f tfad
Edocatiooal Wrid ii
Realized
Stiroctoire
Tlhirowoi
Open to Pupils Terni
Davs Ag
Phoenix Iki:: i!u ideal grad" school Not miic word was hiard indical ins a 1
mlai;'. Phoenix his Hit- best '"-I''-'' the part of anyone tlml then
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must modern ami p. rhnps
was tin' .slightest !"( ! ri fur improvement.
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' . , , , i To. av ic i c.iil' n an is privileged
last word in . !:....! building -iinl s. hool , . ..... ., v
, !o present a lew views "! the building,
' a .. mature til t presents opportunities
ouu'nur'nt was said w ".( n tao M' nine ' '
11 ,u A ... ,ir hundred such virus without dn-
" , plication. Tin se pictures, however will
"""' "''"" "'T ' ";n: , tin- real up-to-dateness',,!' the Monroe
end a(, .,.te,M,v the nustees ,.! s, h,.l ; , . ,,(.s,.ri.,iv,. matter -district
-o. .. . , , ' iat tail to hil. ivsl rvrrv citizen, vheth-
H in iivds of surprised ,.. .,.-ts,.-.l f a ,, or
i ihzces Hi 1 boonix ei.ni-lir in 111' se ;(1
statements, I'm mi the Friday ait. nio.in
I be fail teim. the big structure was. RAISING MONEY
thrown o en to the public. Tile affair j 7n March 111'.', ol.l Cenlral school,
took i n niiieli the" nature i.f a serial with lis one block of ground nnd its
i an. -tii. ii. Hundreds of ! I'i" afoot, thirteen rooms, was trying to care
in larritlffes and in automobiles visited for nearly seven hundred ehildren of
ilie Iiiniiliim thai itiiy. weiv intro'l'i' ed all aires and (trades. The rooms
to sup. l iiuemie.it John H. I. ilier. niaib' were crowded and nt intermission
the a.. ipiaintnnro of the teaele ra and the children were tierded on the
were escorted from the basement to ground like a flock of sheep. A mass
ihe 1 1 1 , r floor .a' the groat si net nr.'. meeTimr was railed and a goodly
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PROF. JOHN D. LOPER
Superintendent of Phoenix Public Schools
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Monroe School Most Modem Grade School In The United States
nix
The
Machinery and Tools
in tlio Manual Training T)(')ai-tinont of the now
Monroe School wore supliod hy us.
We are in a position to tjiiofo low prices on all
machinery ;nid tools required in the Manual Train
ing School.
TALBOT & HUBBARD, Inc.
"At the Sipfn of the Dog"
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number of representative taxpayers
were present. The condition was
briefly explained. One man proposed
that they raise one hundred thousand
dollars, another that they ouht to
have one hundred and fifty thousand
and the heaviest taxpayer in the lot
said, "make it two hundred thousand
and we will all back it." Thus in
side of thirty minutes the plan was
laid for the best Kiamm'ir school
huiidinsr in the Tnited States. A
bond election was ailed and one
hundred and seventy-two votes were
cast with only fifty-four against the
proposition and when one considers
that a laru'e share of the fifty-four
were not cast by ihose opposed to
buildinff, but by owners of real estate
who wished to force the sale of Cen
tral school K'rouial, he R.ls some id. -a
of the attitude of Phoenix toward
education. They did in a few days
what it takes years of agitation to
accomplish in the east. The honds
were sold at a premium. Mr. Ioper
showed his superiority as a S'hool
and business man by dr: imj all the
papers including the abstrm-t in su.-h
a manner that the bonding houses
did not even ask imp ipe-stion. OUmr
districts over the state at the same
time wa're paying attorneys from two
to five p.-r rent of tin- issue to have
the papers drawn and then the bonds
often not selling because errors were
made. This one move or moves on
Mr. I.oper's part saved the district
his whole year's salarV and a goodl.v
sum beside.
ini from Monroe street he is con
fronted by a magnificent, two-story,
pressed brick structure a bl.uk in
hnRth and standing on six and one
half acres of beautiful urornd. At
the front emrance are six' groat
massive pillais of imitation stone,
twelve feet in circumference and
towering thb'ty feet inio the air sur
mounted by artisiic, composite capi
tals. These piiaMers are a fair ex
ample of the superiority of tin.' struc
ture of the building for nearly all
pillars as used on school buildings
are merely plastered shells while
those are solid concrete wcii;liins
better than twenty tons apiece. After
tie forms weic set in place a man
worked twenty consecutive hours on
tiie inside mii ildins; each piilar as it
was necessary after the first trowel
of cement was iaid to complete the
pillars ere ceasing work. The walls
are of the same superioi ity for not
only are they thick and well laid but
to avoid any stains that might come
from the alkali in the common bri' 1;
there is a layer of v. a t .-i proof paper
inside the pressed brick. And so
throughout one finds the same extra
good material used and the same
painstaking care e.xf rcised that noth
ing lull the very best might result.
Some one wisely said that the build
ing would still be standing in perfect
condition, afler the other buildings
erected at t ho same time were in
the junk idle.
i to be transferred through the build
; ing many times a day.
AUDITOPJUM
j la the center of the building on the
.first floor, where there is no danger
'of fire, is a large auditorium or
'Study hall. This was planned so that
i t he seventh and eighth grades can
be handled on the basis of an in
j termediate high school or what is
better known as the departmental
plan. In this system there is one
; t. a. h. r for each subject and the
i pupils change from room to room
j every thirty minutes. The pupils
i when not reciting are assembled in
'the auditorium where three or more
.teachers ate always on hand to aid
those who may need it. These
teachers are not there to boss and
.control as is so often the case but
are really to assist the child in pre
paring his or her lessons. With three
teachers and never more than one
hundred pupils at a time the study
j period, instead of being a time to
carve the desk and stick pins in
! one's neighbor, is tlio most valuable
land best improved period of the day.
)This room is also equipped with a
; moiion picture machine in a fire
proof vault so that the latest device
i in tle educational world may be
, utilized.
I
OFFICE
SELECTING AN ARCHI
TECT
As soon as it was settled that a
new building wa.s to be creeled the
school trustees and Mr. T.oper began
to looic around for a school architect.
They went to sec builtlin-''s in al!
parts of Arizona and California as
they were delcrniincd to select some
one who had demonstrated that lie
could design a perfect school building
and not some one who thought or
said he eoiihl. After weeks of inves
tigating Ihev selected Xorinan
Marsh of I,os Angeles, who is re
! cognized through all the w estern
I slat ex as an authority on school
building. They found that not only
had he built ideal school buildings
but that other architects from Mon
tana, Colorado and Arizona ware
sending their plans to him for cri
ticism. How wisely they chose is
best illustrated by noticing the num
ber that have copied after his plan
for the Monroe school. The floor
plans were drawn by Mr. Loper and
his assistants and then sent to Mr.
Marsh to design the building wanted.
The plans were drawn, correct".!
criticised four times before
pronounced what was desir
August tf, i;13,
to (). I.. Tuell for
Al the right lis we on lor the front
doors is the principal's office in
which is a massive, self-winding, four
program, oh ctric ( lock. This clock
controls four separate Sets of bells
or signals thus insuring the ringing
of all extactly on time. Here also
in a switch board for the telephone
system, which enables the principal
to talk to any teacher in the building
or which will enable, any two teach
ers to eommunicale with each other.
The value of the telephone within Un
building is well illustrated by the
fact that it would take five min
utes tor any one to walk from the
office to tiie most remote room.
and
bein
ed. in
a contract was let
the erection of the
building for two thousand dollars less
than the estimate. Tiie building was
to be completed by August 1, lall.
Work was commenced at once and
from the beginning everything moved.
There was never a time from be
ginning to end when the work was
delayed for lack of material or labor
trouble. And as a result the best of
material and workmanship went into
the building and it was completed
and accepted July 17, UU'l. or two
weeks ahead of contract time.
! FRONT ENTRANCE
' One would naturally expect that
where so much care was oxer"isod in
the preliminaries that an extraordin
ary building would result, nor is
Rlich a one doomed to disappoint
ment. As he approaches the build-
BEST P00M
Across from the office is a new
( depart are in school house arrange
ment. It consists of two large raoms.
well furnished with rugs, rockers,
'ending tables, and couches, so that
(the teacher when not employed, or
; the pupil when feeling iil may rest
and refresh themselves. Ihreolly off
of these rooms is a small kitchen
completely furnished with cupboards,
j dishes, gas plate, sink, etc. Here
the teacher may easily prepare a
light noon lunch as dainty and hot
as though she were at home. There
is also a wash room and a toib-t
room adjacent. This was built and
'equipped on the theory that the phys
ical needs of the teacher are worth
j looking after if she is always to
.work at her highest rate of efficiency
land give to the children in her
'charge the very best that she is oap
'ul.'le of giving or doin.g.
I
I CORRIDORS
The next thing to attract the eye
Is the great fourteen foot corridor
! extending two hundred and eighty
I feet or the full length of the build
ling enabling whoever is in charge of
I the building to see every pupil who
'enters or leaves. This corridor is
wi ll lighted and ventilated and the
floor, of solid concrete, is nearly
noiseless. The value f the latter
feature is realized when one remem
bers that eight hundred children have
I CLASS ROOMS
! On the first floor, one room is
I equipped for the teaching of geog
raphy with all til" ma.ps, globes, an 1
j.-ther illustrative material that finds
!st pla.'e in such a room. He'e there
' is also an electric machine in which
jean he placed pi'-lures from hooks,
post cards, slidis or microscope'
specimens and the same he reflected
:on the screen in an enlarged form.
This is no cheap, mak.-shift ma
chine like so many schools fool away
I their time with and get no results.
lighted, thoroughly efficient instru
ment. In fact, it is the best that has
' yet been invented. A separate room
! is similarly equipped with the need
! ed material for each subject taught
such as a high grade piano in the
music room, the latest charts and
apparatus for the physiology room
and so on to the history room and
all other branches taught. On the
j second floor are twelve class rooms
for the lower grades. Every room
; in the building is supplied with a
wash stand and running water, se
parate towels for each child and a
liberal supply of liquid soap in a
saniiary container.
SEATING
Every room in the building is
seated with the very latest, steel, ad
justable chairs and desks made by.
(Continued on Page Two)
Eledricity P
Imoortant P
ertorms an
art in the
Monroe 5cnoo
Building
Klectric Clocks installed, which call and dismiss all classes
automatically.
The Electric Drive on machines in Manual Training de
partment, the Klectric Cooking. Sowing and Ironing in Domestio
Science department, the Electric driven ventilating cooling and
vacuum cleaner system; the Electric Telephone system having
phono in each class room.
All Electrical Works and fixtures furnished and installed
hv us.
I
IS ew State El
Supply and F
ectnc
ixture Co:1
West Washington St.
Phone 438
'Dig Duilding Specialists"

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