The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 22, 1935, Page 12

% i THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1935 12 ‘ PROPER LIGHTING FEATURES SCHOOL, Fixtures Used Were Scientifical- ly Selected to Be Easy on Students’ Eyes With more than 25,000,000 children fn daily attendance at America’s schools it is only natural that light- fing experts should give attention to their needs for adequate illumination, according to Architect Robert Ritter- bush of Ritterbush Brothers, design- ers of the new high school building. It was knowledge of the fact that a school child is continually putting a strain upon his sight that caused so many windows to be placed in the new structure and which dictated the selection of the latest lighting fix- tures for all rooms. Proper light also affects the health and achievements of the school child, | scientific studies have disclosed. In ‘a recent test at Mt. Lebanon, Pa.,} pupils in a properly lighted room did | 28 per cent better than those in aj room where the light was poor. | At Tuscumbia, Ala., studies showed ) that there were fewer failures in a nvell-lighted room than in a poorly| lighted one and it was estimated that | the cost of giving added instruction over a three-year period more than ‘used up what better lighting would ‘have cost. The lights used in the new build- jing were carefully selected after sci- entific tests to show what was best adapted to each need. They, together with all electric wiring, were installed by B. K. Skeels and R. L. Melville, fwho joined hands to take the con- fract. ‘Arvold Will Address Institute in Bismarck Prof. A. G. Arvold, the North Da- kota Agricultural college’s famed Country theatre director, will present §nformation about the state and play production at a two-day recreational institute in Bismarck, Sept. 9 and 10, H. E, Rilling, state 4-H club leader, gnnounces. The Bismarck meeting will be the first of a series of nine two-day in- Btitutes throughout the state for pro- gram leaders of rural organizations. Bubsequent meetings will be held at ‘Medora, Sept. 11 and 12; New Eng- Jand, Sept. 13 and 14; Williston, Sept 16 and 17; Bowbells, Sept. 18 and 19; McClusky, Sept. 20 and 21; Carring- ton, Oct. 9 and 10; Cando, Oct. 11 and 12; Cavalier, Oct. 14 and 15. Attendance at the institutes is lim- Sted to actual delegates from cot $nunity groups. H. O. Putnam, Bur- Jeigh county agent, is preparing a list; of delegates from this county. GIBBONS TO APPEAR Devils Lake, Aug. 22.—()—Head- lining the first of a series of monthly boxing cards sponsored by the Amer- ican Legion, Jack Gibbons, sensa- tional St. Paul fighter, meets Johnny Kerns, rugged Chicago battler, in a ten round bout here Tuesday, August 27, in the first of Gibbons’ appear- ‘ances in North Dakota on a barn- storming tour. a Sketches Show Floor Plans of New Building ‘ First Floor Boardroom 101 Principal's office Classroom 102 Instructor's office Superintendent's office 103 Radio room Classroom 104 Boys locker General office 105 Showers Classroom 108 Supplies Waiting room 109° Vault Classrooms 110-112 Stage jc room 112 Vestibule sroom 113 Corridor i ‘age room aH wen Hoey, ml . lassroom nstructor’s offic Instructor's office 116 Vestibule eee Girls locker Gorridor iBGs ymnasium 16 Vestibule held Stage Gymnasium Ticket office Corridor Basement All of this section will be left unfinished. Th = poses for which the space may ultimately be used are: a 1 Janitor’s room Boys locker Unpacking room 2° Showers 26 Vault 3° Dressing room 32 Equipment room 40 Storage 5° Drafting room 51 Extra room 7 Blue print room 52 Sewing room 8 Instructor's office 83 Home room 10 Lathe 55 Extra room i Classroom 56 c 12 Lumber room 87 D ro. 13 Tool room 58 Nurse's office 14 Printing room 59 Storage 16 Drying room 60 Corridor 19 Machine shop 61 Storage 20 Woodworking room 62 Extra room 21 Foundry 6 Drying room * in use now Second Floor Stack room 201 Librarian's office 207 Instructor's office 202 Study Hall 200-211 ‘Library 3 Instructors’ restroom 210 Classrooms —_212-213-214-216 Pious read 204 Upper part of gym 118 Instructor's office 208 Corridor Classroom 206 Upper part of Stage Third Floor __ All of the rooms on this floor are classrooms with the exception of Room 318, the biological nursery; 309, the men tedchers’ rest room and 308, the backstage and wings of a community room which may be used for practice plays and small gatherings. Rooms 312 and 314 are not partitioned nor completed at this time and rooms 316 and 317 will not be finished until they are needed. N. D. Traffic Experts Seeking Lower Rates jarrived in Bismarck Wednesday to|tablishment of reduced joint through|pPly not only to goods received from Prepare a joint brief to be filed by|Class rates between points in North {pre chamber of commerce of Fargo,| Dakota and all Pela in the south- ‘the Greater Gran@ Forks Traffic as-|eastern United States th. Dakota shippers of dairy products and N. E. Williams, traffic commissioner | sociation and the North Dakota board | Ohio river. en ae of the Fargo Chamber of Commerce, | of railroad commissioners, asking es- | The reduction, if granted, would ap- | products. farm seeds additional outlets for their} A policeman is seen only the south but would also enable North| Week on Iona, one of the islands of the Hebrides. The bobby from the Scottish mainland one of the natives to | book as evidence of his CITY SCHOOL HEAD HAD TO FIGHT FO HIGHER EDUCATION *|Did Not Go to High School Un- til After He Had Reached Age of 21 Years soft-spoken, slow-moving H. ©. Saxvik heads Bismarck’s school system—even though he never went to high school until after he was old enough to vote. him with the value of learning that he made education his life work. .| has Bismarck night. School work to be done is ready-made answer. “It also is an answer to one of the most disturbing questions a child can ask, that of ‘what can I do.’ In such cases the parent can always suggest that he get his ha Asks Close Cooperation On the whole, Saxvik thinks, it would make the teachers’ work easier all parents the in at a 2 uated a B.A. de- gree and in 1905-06 attended the theological seminary at Hamline Uni- Coming to North Dakota in 1907 he taught rural schools in Griggs county and was deputy county super- intendent until 1910, when he was made county superintendent. He ‘continued in that office until 1920, when he became school superinten- dent at Hankinson. In the fall of 1922 he came to Bismarck, where he remained since. | SLOPE NEWS Elbowoods—To increase purity of horse strains on the Fort Berthold Indian reservation, the government announces purchase of a purebred 4-year-old Percheron stallion, W. R. Beyer, superintendent, announces. Hazelton—Only 12 applicants for second grade elementary teachers’ certificates took examinations here compared to 22 a year ago, Ben H. Barrett, acting superintendent of schools announces. They were Ern- est E. Benedict, Marjorie L. Ward, Emma K, Zoller, Bernice Reimer, all of Hazelton; Lydia Schmierer and Mike Wolf of Linton; Plus K. Mastel and Leo M. Kraft of Strasburg; John E. Jasper, Herreid; Mabel Larvick, Temvik; Mrs. Charles Peterson and Vera L. Backhaus of Pollock. Garrison—Funeral services were held here for Mrs. J. J. DeHaven, 78, McLean county pioneer, who died of diabetes. She left her husband and nine children. Napoleon—The village board has submitted to the WPA a proposed re- pair of village streets and one for im- proving the park. Congratulations To members of the city school board and citizens of Bismarck on its distinguished New Modern High School Building. Quanrud, Brink & Reibold Wholesale Auto Supplies Phone 765 New and Phone 121 We Are Proud of Bismarck’s New $400,000.00 HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING Because of this fine achievement We Congratulate Every member of the school board eeand-- Every citizen of Bismarck interested in the Building and Developing Our Educational System North Dakota Power & Light Co. Mandan Dickinson We Congratulate the people of Bismarck on their HIGH SCHOOL e e Capital Commercial College A Practical Office Training School; Completely Equipped. R. E. JACK, Principal 206 4th St. Beautiful 31414 Main Ave.