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tion of red with the black slate. The dial is composed of white tiles, laid in mortar with the brick. All the stone-work, except the above named belts, is flush with the surface of the brick walls, the ornamented work being undercut. From the roof an excellent view of the city can be obtained; and from the opening in the tower almost every building in the city can be seen.

There is an entrance to the basement beneath the portico in front. From this portico beneath the tower, with its massive square columns and its groined arches above, three heavy oak doors open into the main hall which is continuous with the spacious passage twenty feet in width extending the entire length of the building. The ceiling at the intersection of these halls, and in the hall on the third floor, is paneled; and appropriate cornices adorn the halls and the rooms on the first and second floors. The arrangement of rooms, their dimensions, &c., are plainly exhibited in the preceding plans. Each wardrobe is provided with rows of stalls, with passages between, by which the capacity of each room is multiplied. The brick partition walls which separate the several rooms, are supported above the play-room by heavy iron girders, resting upon brick piers and four iron columns in the center.

The philosophical apparatus room is provided with a large case and shelves, a broad table, drawers and cupboards. The lecture-room contains a table fitted up in the most approved style for chemical and philosophical experiments and lectures. Seats elevated in the form of an amphitheater, will accommodate about one hundred and fifty students. The laboratory is supplied with tables and all the appliances for individual experiment by the class. Thirty pupils can work at one time. Around the long tables in the library two dozen pupils can together consult books of reference.

The audience hall will seat seven hundred people; and by opening the broad sliding doors to the front anterooms there are seats for one thousand. These anterooms might all be used as class-rooms. A stage in front and another in the rear provide for both music and oratory.

Each school-room is furnished with tables for the teachers, and the Normal desks and chairs, manufactured by Joseph Ross, of Boston.

Heat and Ventilation.

The building is heated by steam, by the two systems of direct and indirect radiation combined. It was at first intended to employ only the indirect radiation; but to guard against a chance that this as arranged might be insufficient, it was decided to place radiators in the school-rooms and halls. The steam is generated in two tubular boilers, each 4 feet in diameter and 30 feet long, which are placed in a building a hundred feet or more distant from the schoolhouse; and the steam is carried under ground in pipes wound with felt and otherwise protected. It has been found easy to warm the entire building to a desired temperature in the coldest weather with a pressure of five to eight pounds per square inch, and with an average consumption of about a ton of coal per day.

The arrangements for ventilation are as follows: The lecture-room has large registers in the ceiling, opening into foul air-ducts running up to the belfry; and one school-room has ducts similarly arranged, except that the registers are placed in the floor. All other rooms have registers placed in, or near the floor, connecting with large ventilators on the roof, by a separate duct for each room.

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Each of these ducts has connected with it a smaller flue, starting in the basement, and terminating just above the opening in the duct for the admission of foul air; and in this small flue, it is the design to create a draft by a burning gas jet. This part of the system has not been carried out, and judging from the limited trial made thus far it is thought that efficient ventilating will be secured without requiring extra heat for creating a draft. In addition to the above described means of ventilation, there are flues in the outer walls opening beneath the projecting eaves and connecting with the several rooms by registers placed near the floor. These flues can be expected to be of practical value only in exceptional states of the atmosphere.

Dedication, December 30, 1871

The exercises of dedication, arranged by a special committee of the City Council, were held in the large hall in the upper part of the building, which was filled to its utmost capacity with an interested audience. The platform was filled with an assemblage of distinguished citizens, ex-mayors, members of the City Council of 1870, 1871 and 1872, members of the School Board, the directors of the Free Public Library, clergymen and others. Numerous school officers and teachers from other cities were present, as invited guests.

Addresses were made by the mayor, Edward Earle, by P. Emory Aldrich (Chairman of High School Committee), Mr. Davis (Principal of the High School), Col. Marble (Superintendent of City Schools), Ex-Gov. A. H. Bullock, Gen. Eaton (U. S. Commissioner of Education), Joseph White (Secretary State Board of Education), Henry Barnard, and Pres. Minor (Teft's College).

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