Perrysburg High School - Black and Gold Yearbook (Perrysburg, OH)

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S. + BLACK ' yootn QRQTN History of the New High School-Com. Bids for the construction of the building, electrical work, plumbing and heating, were opened on June 10, 1930 at 12 o'clock noon. After the tabulation of the bids, the Board at its adiourned session from June 10, 1930, held June 17, 1930 rejected all bids, the same not being held advantageous to the school district. New bids for the construction, electrical work, heating and plumbing were read at 12 o'clock noon, August 12, 1930, tabulated and at the regularly ad- journed session of the Board August 15, 1930, the following bidders were awarded contracts: O. H. Adler Co., General Contract, Toledo, Ohio. Bryce Heating 81 Ventilating Co., Heating, Toledo, Ohio. A. D. Stanford, Plumbing, Perrysburg, Ohio. At a subsequent meeting, the electrical work was awarded to E. C, Reitz of Bellevue, Olhio. The Architects are to be complimented upon the construction of a building that meets the requirements of the National Education Association's Candle of Ratios in school house planning. After a survey of over two hundred of the better school buildings scattered over the United States, the N. E. A. committee recommended the following in order to eliminate waste in school construction: Stairs and Corridors-not to take up over 20W of the space. Administrationsnot to take up over 16W of the space. Walls and Partitions-not to take up over 10W of the space. Flueshnot to take up over 3'k of the space. Accessories-not to take up over 1? of the space. Instruction-to take up not less than 50W of the space. ln our new high school building not over 15W is included in corridors and stairs, 1170 in Administration: while 63W is given over to the heading of In- struction. The high percentage of space given over for Instruction Purposes, indi- cates intelligent planning on the part of the architects. The exterior of the building presents a fine appearance, when viewed from any angle. The elevation of the building from Fourth, Fifth, Louisiana or Elm street impresses you as that of an Ueducational institution and not as that of a factory or just another school house. - The exterior wall is made of variegated face brick and trimmed with silver gray Indiana limestone. The grounds about the building will be properly landscaped. As you enter the main or lower entrance, the first door to the right opens into the administration office. The administration suite consists of a general office and two private offices for the principal and superintendent. A large fire- proof vault is also included in this suite., +e 1931 + Seven

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I W4 BLACK ooto -Q' Q..l ' History of the New High School At the November election. 1929, a bond issue was presented to the voters calling for the issuance of bonds in the principal sum of 35225000.00 for the erection of a new high school building for the school district. The official poll of the votes showed that 796 had voted for the issue, and 402 had voted against the issue. The Board of Education selected Britsch and Munger of Toledo, Ohio, as Architects to draw plans and specifications for the new building. The Superintendent of Schools furnished the Architects a schedule of rooms and service spaces to be provided in the new high school. This list included the approximate dimensions and number of each type of room necessary to accom- modate about five hundred students. From drawings of different types of buildings the Board of Education se- lected the open type of building, shaped like a capital T. This type of build- ing affords ample light in all rooms and lends itself very nicely to further extension. It is one of the newer style buildings recommended by both school people and architects. t The Board proceeded with the bond legislation, and on May 13, 1930 at 12 o'clock noon, bids for the bonds of the district were opened. The bids having been tabulated, the Board met in regular session the same evening and awarded the bonds to The First Detroit Company, of Detroit, Michigan, upon their bid of LLMW, par and accrued interest, and a premium of 34501.00 fe 1931 K+ Six

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in BLAoK Goto ' ski., History of the New High School-Cont. Adjoining the office is the Chemistry and Biology laboratory and class- room. This room will be equipped with 12 two-student tables and one long chemistry laboratory desk. The two-student tables will permit the use of the room for any type of class room work since the students all face the front of the room. A fumes hood and an electric motor and fan will pull the evil odors out of the room and not send them through the building. A supply room for chemicals and physical apparatus is placed between the Chemistry and Physics departments. The Physics and General Science room' is a large corner room. It will be equipped with tables to accommodate at least thirty-two students at a time. Like the Chemistry and Biology room it can be used for any kind of class room work. Suitable supply cases and an instructor's desk are included in the equip- ment. Directly across the corridor from the Physics room is the Manual Training room which is 30' X 32' in size. The finishing room is close to the manual room, The other class room on the first floor is the 'AMusic Room which will be used for individual instruction and an office for the music supervisor. On the second floor the following school units are located: The Foods Laboratory, which is a large corner room. This will take care of the Cooking classes as well as furnish space for a steam table and a large gas range for the serving of meals. In this room a fan is installed to draw out the fumes. Next to this room and connected by a roll wall partition is the Sewing room. A folding partition separates the Sewing and the Commercial rooms. An- other folding partition separates the Commercial and Typewriting rooms. By the use of the folding partitions the Sewing, Commercial and Typing rooms can be made into one large room about eighty feet long for banquet or cafeteria pur- poses. The Sewing and Bookkeeping rooms will be equipped with flat top tables suitable for class room work as well as for dining purposes. Across the hall from the rooms iust described are three class rooms. On the third floor, are the following rooms: the study hall capable of hold- ing one hundred seats. Separated from the study hall by a glass partition is a room which will be used for a class room and an Woverflown study hall. The glass partition will permit one instructor to control both study halls. h The school library will be located in a room opening from the front of the main study hall. The library consists of a stack room and reading room. Continued on pages 109 and 110 ++ 1931 + Eight