Classical High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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These are the three boilers that heat our building. Fireman James Wilkie is about to throw a shovelfull of coal on the fire. He and the other firemen have to shovel about 1,200 tons of coal a year into the furnaces to keep us warm and furnish us with hot water. Walter Eaton, the custodian, standing in the foreground has general charge of the building. These dampers are on the outside of the coils shown in the picture above. The fan draws air from outside - through these dampers. When the air in the fan room is too hot as in this picture, the dampers on the bottom open and the dampers on the top close. Fresh, cool air then goes into the fan rocm underneath the heated coils. When the air becomes too cool the process is reversed and the fresh air is drawn into the fan room through the coils. 23 Steam from the boilers go into these coils and others like them in the building. The air in these rooms is heated and then conducted to the school rooms. The amount of heat in each room is Subject to thermostatic control. Eight exhaust fans on the roof remove bad air, so there is a complete change of atmosphere in the classrooms every fifteen minutes.

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These are the people who take care of our building, keep us clean and warm. Such a small staff finds it difficult to keep up with the work when the few thoughtless among us throw papers around, crunch chalk in the floor, hang on to desk tops until they fall off and the many other things only high school students can think of. They ask us to think of the other person. THE BUILDING STAFF Back row: James Wilkie, fireman; Thomas Dee, janitor; Charles Lovett, fire- man; Frank Olszewski, janitor. Second row: Nora Dowd, matron; Edward LaGue, janitor; Josephine Powers, matron; Margaret O’Brien, matron. Front row: Walter Hildreth, janitor; Thomas Donnely, janitor; George Mullins, janitor; Walter Eaton, custodian. d WALTER HILDRETH REPAIRING A DESK MRS. JOSEPHINE POWERS This job is one of Mr. Hildreth’s many duties. There are about 2000 ink wells in the school He will be remembered by the student body as the man with the tall ladder who replaces worn- out electric light bulbs. Mr. Hildreth has been connected with the school department for twenty-two years. that Mrs. Powers has to keep filled when she gets a moment away from her other duties. 22

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The pump at the right creates air pressure to operate the thermostatic system. The machines to the left are vacuum pumps which draw back the condensation from the heating system and deliver the hot water back to the boilers. Classical’s kitchen-staff is preparing the milk trays. Over 1100 bottles of milk are sold each day. The cook estimates she uses 200 pounds of potatoes a day. Nine- teen pies and twelve cakes are baked at one time. All food is sold at cost. 24 Refuse is burned every day in this boiler which is used as a spare boiler if one of the other two need repairing. Mr. LaGue is throwing some refuse from the lunchroom into the boiler.