MODEL SCHOOL BUILDING

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 18 June 1920, Page 4

MODEL SCHOOL BUILDING

AT TO XT ON. The new State school opened in 1 o. ton on Tuesday last by the MinisU for education to replace the one d* strayed in 1018 is pronounced by goo judges to be the iinest specimen i • cituul archilecture in the Dumiuio: j’tie rooms are well placed lor 1 he sit splendidly lighted, perfectly ventilated, heated under the hot water radiatei svstem, ami equipp' d "(.It the lull-’ -i( 1 g 1 1; desks and tables lor the iutan depailment. The corridors are sp ' ieus, and scvi-ral resemble small halt: although such n word must mn be w-a m the hearing of the Education old rials in Wellington. There, is a Jar;.:* concreted square outside lor assemble ; pupils, and some flf !U ' is to be spent e sew erage and sept i>- tank. The Minister at the opening ce.> nioitv [irom.ninceil it lm* tiaest s‘ 1,1 lie hyd seen in the In.minion, and go" , slue for .Cl•-’."IIII. The windows are : s|,eci:il feature of I hi- school, being n {Be steel collapsible type, mu nufnet nr rd by the Woolnough Window Fo.. " Dunedin, and the whole side ol la and fresh air. The brief: and phis! work has been faithfully done b,v M (i. If. Alilorlon. of Wanganui, and tm woodwork and painting by the I’mard ■ stall'. The lotai .cost of the hnildn v rlrainago, etc., must rim into fT'.iHM'.