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DELIBERATION
OKLAHOMA
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OF THESIS
FOUNDATION FOR THE SOLUTION
POPULATION OF THE FUTURE
EDUCATION OF THE FUTURE
PREPARATION FOR THE FUTURE
ADAPTATION OF A 20-YEAR
PLAN
REALIZATION of A COMMUNITY SCHOOL
SHOO
BUILDING
FOR
-PROGRA
DELI BERAT I ON
CHAPTER
PAGE
IS
IT
THE
PURPOSE
CANDID AND
NEEDS
UNBIASED
OF THE
PUBLIC
OKLAHOMA.
IT
TO
A
PRESENT
PROBLEMS;
IS
HE
MERELY
FLAVORED
OPINION
THE
SUCH
OF
FROM A
THEORETICAL
INTENTION
WISHES
A
TO
TO
THIS
OF
SUGGEST
THE
OF
OWN
AS
TRIED
TO
HAS
TO
MENT
OF THE
CITY
OF
AS
PROGRAM
KEEP
IN
IS
WHICH
MIND
NOT
DEVELOP-
LACKING
IS
A
THE SCHOOL
THE ANTICIPATED
A WHOLE
LOCALITY.
WELL
VIEW AND
IN TERMS
PERSONAL
AS
ARCHITECT'S
CONCEIVED
ON
MADE.
VIEW
AUTHOR
BUILDING
BASED
BEEN
FROM
A SCHOOL
DIREC-
HAS
PROBLEMS
THAT
A
ARE
ANALYSE STILLWATER'S
OF
BUILDING
PARTICULAR
PROBLEMS
AUTHOR
BE SOLVED.
PAPER
THIS
OF THE
THESE
SOLUTION MAY
IN
THE WRITERS
POSITION...
STILLWATER,
SOLUTION
POINT
POINT
A
OF
TO SUCH
ONE.
PRESENT
SCHOOLS
WITH THE WRITER'S
PRACTICAL
TO
OF THE ARCHITECTURAL
THE NEEDS
APPROACH
THESIS
OPINION
NOT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS
FACTS
THIS
PERFECT
TION BY WHICH
THE
OF
I
A SOLID
FOUNDATION.
THE
CURRICULA
MOST
EDUCATIONAL
PROFOUNDLY
PRECEDING
SCOO
OF STILLWATER
B
IN
SCHOOLS
INSTITUTIONS
THE
PAST THREE
THIRTY*
POR
HAVE
YEARS
AS
WELL
AS
CHANGED
MORE
THAN
THE
IN
CHANGING..
CURRICULUM
METHODS OF TEACHING HAVE
F. O
e
T
e
S·L
DELIBERATION
CHAPTER
PAGE
2
ALTERED
THEY
SO
ARE
MUCH
ACTUALLY
FUNDAMENTALS
OF
FORMALIZED
TRENDS
LISTENING.
LEARNING
EVERYTHING
FEW
NOT
IS
YEARS,
WILL
THE
WE
CAN
FORESEE.
PLANNING.
SHOULD
TO
IS
THE SCHOOL
PUTS
IN A
TEACHING
HAVE
0SCHOO
CONFORM
BIDN
IS
IT
VERY
RATHER
THAN
REPLACING
IMPORTANT
THAT
SUCH FUTURE
OF A
MUST
NEXT
WE
CHANGES
FOR
CALLS
DAILY
FUTURE PLANNING?
GAMBLE,
LOOK
FLUCTUATION
BUT
OF
NEW
INVENTED,
REFUSAL
CHANGING
FR
THE SCHOOL
ARCHI TECT
THE
EDUCATION
METHODS OF
STRUCTURAL
AND
PERFECTED.
A
AHEAD.
POSITION.
IMPROVED,
THESE
PR
THESE
CERTAIN.
BEEN
TO
ALTHOUGH
COMPLETELY
NOT
IT NOT JUSTIFY
BEEN
BEEN
DURING
IS
PLANNING
UNKNOWN.
CHANCE.
EDUCATION
PRECARIOUS
HAVE
EQUIPMENT HAS
MUST
OF
PLACE
TO MEET
LOSS
STATE
OF
OF MIST
ARCHITECT
HIM
MATERIALS
IS
THAT
NEW
WORK
WHOLLY
NOT
TAKE
SOMETHING
PLAN MAKES
CONSTANT
DOING
A MATTER
HENCE
MAKE PLANS
PLANNING
IS
VEIL
IMPENETRABLE.
AS
TO THE
EDUCATION.
TOWARD
BY
FUTURE
CHANGES
SHOULD
LEAN
TIMES
BY ROTE.
STILLWATER'S
MANY
RECENT
CONTRADICTORY
EDUCATIONAL
LEARNING
THESE
DUR ING
HIS
MECHANICAL
DESIGNS
CONDITIONS.
IN
DEL I BERAT I ON
CHAPTER
3
PAGE
TO-AVOID
ORDER
BUILDINGS
THE
KEEPING
WITH
EDUCATIONAL
IN
THAT SETS
IS
SAME
OF
ALWAYS
NEEDS.
CIVIC
BEING
POINT
THE
IN
WATER,
FUTURE,
THE
THAT
TAKE
CARE
SIMPLE
MICAL
OF
IN
TO
WILL
CONFORM TO
CULTURE--SCHOOLS
AND
DESIGN
IN
CONSTRUCTION
THAT
THIS
BEEN)
AND
THE
ATMOS-
CULTURAL
COMMUNITY HAS
THE EDUCATIONAL
YEARS
IS
WILL
MODERN
FLEXIBLE
CONSTRUCTION--SCHOOLS
BUILD--SCHOOLS
THAT
STILLSCHOOLS--
STATE
OF
ENOUGH
TO
FLUCTUATION--SCHOOLS
THAT
THAT ARE
ARE
THE
OF THE
DEVELOPMENTS.
NEED
PRO-
TELL
CONSCIOUS
THIS MOVING
ARE
STILLWATER
NEEDS .... .
A COMMUNITY
IMPROVEMENTS
THE
COMMUNITY
EDUCATIONAL
SCHOOLS
IN
FUTURE
EVER-CHANGING
IN
HAS
STATE COLLEGE,
IF
MUST
IN BUILDING
THE STATE.
STORY
UNSANITARY,
ARCHITECTURE.
(AND
HELD A STRATEGIC
OF
SCHOOL
IN
ARCHITECT
THE PACE FOR
OF THE
NECESSITY
THE MOST MODERN STANDARDS
METHODS
EDUCATIONAL
GRESS
THE
CHILDREN
SCHOOL
FUNCTIONAL
STILLWATER
PHERE
FUTURE
THAT ARE ANTIQUATED,
INADEQUATE,
AND
THE
STILLWATER
EDUCATING
IN
IN
ARE
ECONO-
DESIGNED
FOR
Oft "W' I 1
S Aff M 'W' r"
STILLWATER.
SCHOOLs
BUILDING
PROG
e%
rlI
0
-'o1m
0R'
m
a
0
F O U N D A T I 0 N
FOR
THE
SOL
UT
ION
FOUNDATION
CHAPTER
PAGE
THE
STRUCTURE
OF
THE
THE FOUNDATION
OF THE PAST.
UNDERSTAND AND
APPRECIATE
AND
GROWTH
FUTURE,
SIVE
IT
CAME
WAS
FROM
LISHING
WAS SELECTED.
PATTERN
LEDGE
OF THAT
TIONS
OF
THE
TYPIFYING
DAY.
FOUNDING
EACH
THE LAND
DID
A COUNTY
SEAT,
ATTACHED
THE COUNTY
S.CBUIDIN
HOOL
OF STILLWATER
IN
MADE
LEWIS,
EACH
FOR
AFTER
THE
OF
THE
OF
PURPOSE OF
OPENING
PART
COUNTY,
SPECIAL
PROGRAMFO
SEC-
WHOM RELIN-
THE
ORIGINAL
KNOW-
DUCK,
NAMED
THIS
BY
ESTAB-
A STREET WAS
TO LOGAN
SEAT.
BANDED
PLANNING
NOT CONTEMPLATE THE
BUT
OF WHOM
LAID OUT
MESSRS.
REQUIRED
OF THESE MEN.
APRIL 22,
CREEK, AND
SITE WAS
DUNCAN,
THE TOWN.
OKLAHOMA
WAS
OF
AND
WAS
WHEN
PURPOSE OF
THE CITY
THE
CLAIMS
BACKGROUND
PRESENT SITE
THE CITY
HUSBAND, LOWRY,
QUISHED
THE
ITS
A COMPREHEN-
KANSAS",
FOR THE
FOR
COMMUNITY.
ON STILLWATER
DUE DELIBERATION
GRID
HAVE
THE MAJORITY
COUNTY,
TOGETHER
A TOWN
TO
PLAN
TO
SETTLEMENT,
MEN,
"COWLEY
THEMSELVES
THE DEVELOPMENT
SOUTHWESTERN
OF
ON
IN ORDER TO
THE HISTORICAL
OPENED TO
A COLONY
DESIGNED
IS
AND
NECESSARY
IS
TYPICAL
OKLAHOMA
1889,
OF STILLWATER
KNOWLEDGE OF
OF THIS
F
FUTURE
FOR
OF
FOUNDING OF
OF THE
WITH
TERRITORY
GUTHRIE AS
LEGISLATION
OF
I
(6
0%
HISTORICAL
SKETCH....
FOUNi'DAT I ON
CHAPTER
PAGE
CONGRESS
COUNTY
SEAT
LATER
TIME
CULTURAL
AND
PROPERTY
BY
STATION
MUNICIPAL
ATTEMPT
FOR
STILLWATER
ITS
ZONING
STILLWATER
FOR
THE
RECENT
VOTE;
ITS
BEEN
NO
CITY
SET-UP
THERE
BEEN
IS
AN
ORDINANCE.
SUBMITTED
WAS
THE
TION.
HOWEVER,
TOWN
AMENDED
PROPER
COVERING
BUT
WAS
PRESENT
HAS
(EXCEPT
THE MAYOR
CITY
PARK PLANNING
CITY
REALIZES
MENTS
OF THE
THE
THE
TO
IN
RECENTLY
OF
COMMUNITY.
F O6R
IN
FOR
ZONING
PEOPLE
AT A
A DECISIVE
CERTAIN
LITTLE ZONING
IMPORTANCE
GA
LAX
CHARTER
ADDI-
PROTEC-
APPOINTED A
BOARD--INDICATING
*O@
CITY.
VERY
BY
IN
ANY
PLANNING AND
DEFEATED
VERY
PLANT.
COMMISSION
TIME
ELECTION,
D
HAS
ENTIRELY
LIGHT
PRESENT
THE
THE
C
B
AND
OF THE
AT
AT
IN STILLWATER.
PAY NO MUNICIPAL
PLANNING
NOR
AGRI-
GOVERNMENT
FINANCED
WATER
THE
THE
PLAN
TIONS)
@6
OWN
IS
a
A SHORT
A DEVELOPMENT
CITY
SO
ENABLED
STILLWATER
GOVERNMENT
INCOME FROM
THE
STILLWATER.
TO BE LOCATED
IN
AND
COLLEGE AND
MECHANICAL
CITY
HAS
TO
CREATED
LEGISLATURE
OWNERS
THE
THERE
GIVEN
WVAS
THE
EXPERIMENT
TAX.
WAS
PAYNE COUNTY
2
THAT THE
FUTURE
DEVELOP-
MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENT
FOUNDATION
CHAPTER
PAGE
STILLWATER,
OKLAHOMA,
IS
APPROXIMATELY LOCATED
9(
3 Po
CLIMATIC..
CONDITIONS
DEGREES
97
THE SURROUNDING
THE PRAIRIE
SLOPES
AGE
THE
THE GENERAL
800 AND
I OR
DAYS.
2
PERIODS
ARE
OF
HIGH
THE RAINS
THE
FLOODS
OCCASIONALLY
SPRING
EARLY SUMMER,
THE YEAR.
WATER
RENCE,
TIES
DURING
SIVE.
HOOL
BU
AND
OCCUR
LONG,
MONTHS
THE SEASON
FOR
MORE
WITH
AND
IS
THAN
OCCASIONAL
THE
THE
NIGHTS
ENTIRE
ABUNDANT
DAMAGING
THE LATE SPRING
OTHER
SEASONS
IN THE BOTTOMS
SNOW
ARE
INFREQUENT,
SUMMER.
IN
BEEN RECORDED
THE
ARE
THROUGHOUT
EARLY
BETWEEN
IS SELDOM
TEMPERATURE.
COOL
OCCUR
WHILE
IT HAS
ARE
THE
LISTED AT
GROUND
BUT SELDOM AT
FLOODS
CREEK.
THE
ARE GENERAL
DURING
OR
DAY
USUALLY AGREEABLY
SUMMER.
WEATHER
THE SUMMERS
VERY
IS
IS
THE WINTERS
ON
DRAIN-
TRIBUTARIES.
VICINITY
SNOWSTORMS
REMAINS
LAND
THROUGH
STILLWATER
COLD
SEVERE
SNOW SELDOM
RIVER
AND THEIR
LEVEL.
EXTREMELY
THE
EAST, AND ALL
OF THE
1000; HOWEVER,
EXPERIENCED.
AND
RIVER
ELEVATION
AND
AND
MISSISSIPPI
FEET ABOVE SEA
SHORT,
S .
OF THE CONTINENT.
AND THE RED
ARKANSAS
LATITUDE.
CLASSED WITH
MAY BE
TOWARDS THE SOUTH
REACHES
880
COUNTRY
REGION
36 DEGREES
AND
LONGITUDE
OF
OF
OF STILL-
INFREQUENT
OCCUR-
IN MEASURABLE QUANTI-
NOVEMBER
GROWING
FR
TO
AND
MARCH,
MATURING
0LDIN.PRORAM
ST
L
INCLUCROPS
.'
FOUNDAT ION
COVERS
A
PERIOD
THE WIND BLOWS
THE
NORTH
OR
PREVAILING,
AGE
IN
DATE
OF
ALMOST
CONTINUOUSLY
THE SOUTHERLY
EXCEPT
THE
OCCASIONALLY
FROM
fto
4
SPRING
IS
APRIL
DURING
KILLING
IST,
FROST
THE
LAST
AND
IN
EITHER
DIRECTION
THE AVERAGE DATE OF
FIRST
(,
PAGE
APPROXIMATELY 7 MONTHS.
SOUTH,
WINTER MONTHS.
FROST
OF
CHAPTER
THE
AUTUMN
KILLING
AVERIS
OCTOBER 28TH.
HOOL
BD
PG
IM
FOUNDATION
CHAPTER
()
5 P
PAGE
STILLWATER WEATHER DATA BASED ON 38 YEAR PERIOD
,NNUAL
AVER.
33.57
JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
APRIL MAY JUNE JULY
AUG.
NOV * DEC.
OCT.
SEPT.
1.38
1.12 1.21 4.35 4.02 5.00 3.95 2.66 &.98 3.70 3.00 2.19
PREC.
IN IN.
!
AVER.
No. OF
DAYS
VV
I TH
.JI IN.
OR
72
6
4
4
8
9
8
6
6
6
6
5
49.2
4
viiORE
PREC.
AVER.
TEMP.
b9.4 36.3 39.4
50.0 59.4 67.6 76.6 80.6 80.8 73.2
6L.I
AVER.
71.2 47.0o 51.7
62.9 71.5 78.4 37.2
72.0 61.3
91.8 95.3 35.7
38
49.3
MAX.
TEMP.
AVER.
MI N.
47.2 56.8 66. 1 69.3 6d.8 60.4 438.2 26.7
47.5 25
25
27
37
108 81
90
98
100
I00
105
108
-17
-18
0
20
29
43
51
S
S
S
S
S
TEMP.
Hi
GHEST
104
99
88
43
33
12
7
S
S
S
S
i8
79
TEMP.
-18
LOWEST
-6
TEMP.
PREV.
•
. I ND
IR ECT ION
N
t11.4 11.7
SV ER.
HR.
S
N
12.4 13.4 13.2
'I ND
VELOCITY
B
S
B
P0GA
12.0 11.0
9.8 t.6 10.5
10.3
N
11.5 11.5
FOUNDATION
CHAPTER
PAGE
6
THE
PUBLIC
VALUATION
SCHOOLS
OF
$356,000.00,
OF
STILLWATER
BUILDING
TOTAL
AND
VALUATION
OF
LISTED
AT
FURNITURE
AND
LISTED
AT
$20,557.14; THUS MAKING THE
TOTAL
VALUATION
OF
PROPERTY
BELOW
IS
FIXTURES
A LIST SHOWING
AT
o
SCHOOL..
PROPERTY
HAVE A TOTAL
GROUNDS
4
$376,557.14.
SIZE OF SCHOOLS
AND
PROPERTY.
NA ME
STILLWATER SENIOR
STILLWATER
LOT
BUILDING
22
12
10
12
HIGH
JUNIOR HIGH
EUGENE FIELD ELEMENTARY
LINCOLN ELEMENTARY
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY
ROOMS
ROOMS
ROOMS
ROOMS
10 ROOMS
3 ROOMS
8 ROOMS
NORWOOD ELEMENTARY
WASHINGTON (NEGRO)
300'
300'
150'
300'
300'
150'
I50'
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
400'
300'
300'
300'
300'
300'
300'
IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE ARE THE SENIOR HIGH
SHOPS
FOR
INDUSTRIAL ARTS;
THESE
INCLUDE:
SCHOOL
BENCH
WOODWORK, MACHINE WOODWORK) MECHANICAL DRAWING,
AND
LATHE.
ONE BRICK BUILDING
THE USE OF CLASSES
IN
IS
DEVOTED TO
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, AND
THE HOME
ECONOMICS COTTAGE CONSISTING OF SEVEN
ROOMS
LOCATED ON THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GROUNDS.
THE
IS
SENIOR
BADLY
CAPPED
LETIC
SCHOOL
STUDENTS
ARE HOUSED
IN AN OBSOLETE BUILDING AND ARE HANDIWITH
INADEQUATE
PLAY SPACE.
THEIR ATH-
FIELD
IS LOCATED
THREE
FROM THE
BUILDING;
0O
IH
HIGH
THUS
MAKING
IT
-.
BLOCKS
IMPRACTICAL
FOR0G
FOR THEM
STILLWATER SENIOR
HIGH SCHOOL......
FOUNDATION
6
7 m'
CHAPTER
PAGE
TO
THE SUMMER
A STADIUM
INTRAMURAL
IN
PARTICIPATE
SPORTS.
DURING
1936 THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAD
OF
BUILT ON THIS
FIELD.
THE STADIUM
1200 PEOPLE AND HAS DONE MUCH TO STIMULATE
SEATS
IT WAS BUILT
FROM AN OIL TANK AND
WITH OLD TIMBERS
A SERIOUS
HOWEVER,
PROGRAM;
THE ATHLETIC
THIS
FIRE HAZARD.
YEAR
CREATED
THE BOARD
EDUCATION WAS ASKED TO DOUBLE THE SEATING
STADIUM
SPECTATORS.
THE AUDITORIUM
CONDITION AND
HIGH
WERE HELD
THE BUILDINGS
THE PRESENT
HAVING
THE
POOR
OF PASSING
MUCH
THIS
BETWEEN
AT
INADEQUACY
INTERVALS
IS FAR FROM
SCHOOL STUDENTS
AUDITOR-
CONFUSION.
THIS
AT STAGGERED
CLASSES;
THE JUNIOR HIGH
IN
ARE SOLVING
THEY
DURING 1936-7
IN THE JUNIOR HIGH
RESULTED
CONVOCATION
VARIOUS
IN VERY
SCHOOL.
INCONVENIENCE
BUT THE
IUM,
ALL THE
IS MUCH TOO SMALL FOR THE ENROLL-
MENT OF THE SENIOR
ASSEMBLIES
IS
CAPA-
SEAT
IN ORDER TO
CITY OF THIS
OF
BY
FOR
IDEAL.
ARE MORE FOR-
STILLWATER JUNIOR
HIGH SCHOOL......
TUNATE
THAN THE SENIOR HIGH
FACILITIES.
THIS
FOR THE PRESENT
HELPS
IN
THEIR HOUSING
YEAR A NEW WING WAS
BUILDING;
HOWEVER
THIS
CONSTRUCTED
ADDITION
TO CUT DOWN THE PLAYGROUND AREA WHICH WAS
INADEQUATE BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WING.
SCHOOL
BUILDING
PROG
F
FOUNDAT ION
CHAPTER
()
8
A
PAGE
THE
BUILDING
CLASS
ROOMS
HAVE THE
TION.
A TRAFFIC
30
CENT
PER
CARS
FOR
A
THE
THE
THIS
IS
IS
AND
SCHOOL WERE
SCHOOL
IN
CENTRALLY
OF SCHOOL
DESIRABLE
IS
HOUSED
UNDESIRABLE FEATURE OF
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
IS
ITS
INTERSECTION
OF STATE HIGHWAY NO.
IT
THOROUGHFARE LEADING
ANOTHER
OF THE
PLAYGROUND
ITSELF
ON
THE STATE
UNDESIRABLE
OF THE COMMUNITY WILL
OF THE SITE AS
AREA.
HAS NOT THE
OR I ENTATION.
HAVE THE
TO
SITUATED
FEATURE OF THE SCHOOL
BAD
BUILDING
IS
HALF
FULL
PROG'RA BI
AND
TO
A MAIN
COLLEGE.
IS THE
OF THE CLASS
THE BUSINESS
O
A HAZARDOUS
INADE-
ADVANTAGE OF
FUTURE
ROOMS
EXPANSION
THE UNDESIRABILITY
AREA
THE SCHOOL.
S
51
As
THE SCHOOL
WEST SUN*
ADD
EUGENE
LOCATION.
PLAN
PROPER
AT
NOT FOR THE
INDICATED ON
QUACY
ORIENTA-
APPROXIMATELY
VERY
IT
OF THE
BUILDING.
PROBABLY THE MOST
FIELD
WEST
ARRIVE
THE SITE
SUPERINTENDENT
MOST
AS
EXISTS
COMMUNITY
JUNIOR HIGH
SIZE.
IN
IN
UNDESIRABLE
STUDENTS
PARENTS.
THUS
WEST;
PROBLEM
OF THE
OF THE
LOCATED
THE
FACES
O'0I
IS
MOVING
TO
EUGENE FIELD
ELEMENTARY..
FOUNDATION
CHAPTER 4)
9 ad
PAGE
ENLARGING
A COMPLETE PROGRAM OF REMODELING AND
OF LINCOLN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
YEAR;
THUS MAKING
GRADE
STUDENTS
THE SITE
HIGHWAY
THERE
AN
HAS
No. 4
IS,
SATISFACTORY
IN
THIS
A GOOD
0
AND
TO THE
ELEMENTARY
DISADVANTAGES
AS
STATE HIGHWAY
THE
ALTHOUGH
TO STATE
IT SERVES,
OF
DISADVANTAGE
AND MAJOR
IS
MORE
IS
THAN A
SCHOOL
IN
OTHER
FROM
THAT ELE-
THE MAIN STREETS
LOCATIONS
CHILDREN.
ALTHOUGH
ORIGINAL
OBSOLETE,SQUARE,
IN
THIS STRUC-
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
A HEIGHT
GROUND
FIRST FLOOR
FLOOR
AND
VERY
HAS
CONGESTED
THAT
MENT IONED--THAT
IS
PRO
A
F
THE
THE CLASS
UNDESIRABLE, AND
IN
ON
SINCE SUCH
PLAYGROUND AREA.
BU'
THE
SITUATED
FENESTRATION
SCHOOL ALSO
SITES
IS
DESIRABLE
A THREE-STORY
JUSTIFIED ONLY
JEFFERSON
THE
SHELL.
POOR.
BUILDING
IS
SAME SERIOUS
NAMELY,
RECENTLY RENOVATED,
ARE STILL
THREE-STORY
TURE
IT
SITE
BE REMOVED
ARE DANGEROUS TO
ROOMS
THE
THOROUGHFARES
BUILDING WAS
HAS THE
EUGENE FIELD;
AND
MENTARY SCHOOLS
SCO
THIS
FOR
REGARD
DISTRICT
SCHOOL
AUTOMOBILE HAZARDS.
BE
IN
THE COMMON
HOWEVER,
HOUSING
DISTRICT.
SCHOOL
LOCATION
FINISHED
INADEQUATE SITE.
JEFFERSON
A
WAS
LINCOLN...
ELEMENTARY
INVOLVING
CAN
CITIES.
FAULT FOUND
IN
TO
SMALL
SAY,
TOO
JEFFERSON
ELEMENTARY
FOUNDATI ON
)
PAGE 10 Pd
CHAPTER
NORWOOD ELEMENTARY GRADE SCHOOL
SMALL
BUILDING
CONSISTING
AND SECOND GRADES.
SELF
SCHOOL,
THE SITE DOES
AREA
EXCELLENT
FOR
WERE POSSIBLE TO
FIRST
IT-
BUILDING
FOR A COMPLETE GRADE
COMMAND
IN THE RESIDENTIAL
LOCATION
OF ONLY THE
ALTHOUGH THE
IS NOT SATISFACTORY
NORWOOD...
ELEMENTARY
IS A VERY
A CENTRAL
AND WOULD MAKE
COMPLETE
GRADES
SPOT
AN
IF
IT
INCREASE THE PLAY AREA.
WASHINGTON SCHOOL HAS NEW QUARTERS FOR
ITS
AND HAS SATISFACTORY CONDITIONS
FOR
PUPILS
WASHINGTON..
NEGRO SCHOOL
STUDYING
FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS;
LOCATION
IS RATHER UNFORTUNATE AS THE SCHOOL
IS TOO NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL AND
CENTRALLY
ENOUGH
HOWEVER
IS NOT LOCATED
IN THE NEGRO RESIDENTIAL
THESE
PRECISE
TIONS
OF THE STILLWATER
SUMMATIONS
OF THE EXISTING
PUBLIC
SCHOOL
OUT MOST VIVIDLY THE NECESSITY FOR
20-YEAR BUILDING PROGRAM.
THE CHILDREN
OFFICIALS
FOR THEM
SC
IN
THESE NEEDS
IN A LONG-RANGE PROGRAM.
G
PROG RAM
AREA.
CONDI-
POINT
STUDYING A
IN ORDER TO HOUSE
IDEAL SURROUNDINGS,
SHOULD STUDY
BU
HO ILDN
THE
F*
SCHOOL
AND PROVIDE
SCHOOL NEEDS
POPULATION
SHO
B
I
N
PRO0
of
THE
F
U T
U R E
POPULATION
()
CHAPTER
PAGE
I
IN
TREND
POPULATION
THE FUTURE
DETERMINING
POPULATION....
OF
TREND IN U. S.
STILLWATER,
THE
FACTORS
FOLLOWING
MUST BE
CONSID-
ER ED:
GROWTH OF THE UNITED
GROWTH OF OKLAHOMA
GROWTH OF OKLA.
GROWTH
OLD
A
AMERICA
NOW
STRANGE
ARE
YEARS
THAN A
MORE
TREND
OF
IN
OFF.
THE
UNITED
AMERICAN
1875
IT WAS,
FAMILY
EACH
TO
IN
ONE
1930,
BIRTH
TO
AND
JANUARY
THE POPULATION
JANUARY,
DECLINE
CATED
BY
1924,
IS
FOR
THE
UNITED STATES
SCH
LBU
IN OO
AND
STATES,
BABY
IN
FALLING.
ELEIF
EVERY
IN
I~i~U~
FIFTH
DOWN
ALMOST
FROM
APRIL
1,
IN CONTRAST WITH THIS,
FROM
WAS ABOUT
THE
THE
ON JANUARY
PROGRAM
1920, TO
6,876,000.
PRESENT
THAT
APRIL,
THAT THE
CONTINUING
18S
POPULATION
OF THE
1, 1934, WAS
,000
0
COLLEGES.
A NEW
IT WAS
50
BE
THERE WILL
FALLING.
INCREASE
FACT
OUR
IN
1, 1934, THERE WAS A GAIN OF
3,370,000.
NOT QUITE
DESKS
CREST
THERE
PRESENT
BEEN
STILL
EXPERTS
ITS
HAS
IN 1935
YEAR.
YEARS,
IN SCHOOLS AND
RATE
ROUGHLY,
12,
1960
BY
10,000,000 EMPTY DESKS
THE
AT
EMPTY
THE
ALL
POPULATION SHOOTING
OF
CONTINUES
MORE
WILL MAKE
1960".
HUNDREDS
MILLION
SCHOOLS
MENTARY
THIS
FOR
IN
LAND
INSTEAD
UPWARD
A FEW
ONLY
NEW
U.S. POPULiTION
"FEW YOUNGSTERS,
POPULATION,
SMALLER
AGREE THAT
STEADILY
IS
A
FOLKS,
A. & M. COLLEGE
STILLWATER
OF
SAID,
STUART CHASE HAS
STATES
INDI-
126,144,000
ij
POPULATION
CHAPTER 61
PAGE
2 Q
WHICH REPRESENTS
YEAR.
A GAIN
DEATH
OUR
OF ONLY
RATE HAS
ALSO BEEN
IN 1900 IT WAS 1.8 PER THOUSAND;
HENCE,
AS
STEADILY
THIS
WE HAVE SEEN,
BEEN
CONSTANTLY
OUR
DECLINING
IN
A
FALLING.
IN 1934,11.1
POPULATION
OLDER.
GETTING
797,000
HAS
AS A RESULT OF
BIRTH RATE AND
i
RESTRICii!
TIONS
UPON
IMMIGRATION,
IT
IS APPARENT THAT THE
:rl
GROWTH
OF POPULATION
NOT CONTINUE
MUCH
TION ESTIMATES
IN THE UNITED STATES
LONGER.
A MAXIMUM
THE SCRIPPS
WILL
'i":1
i?
FOUNDA-
OF APPROXIMATELY
I/i
ill
:!ii
140
!I
MILLIONS
STUDIES
ABOUT THE YEAR
1960.
OF
SHOW THAT OKLAHOMA
WILL
PROBABLY
ENJOY
i
POPULATION TREND
IN OKLAHOMA.....
A CONTINUATION OF GROWTH
BEYOND
THE LIMITS
AT A DECLINING RATE
SET FOR
THE NATION
BECAUSE OF A LOWER BIRTH RATE AMONG
DWELLERS,
THERE WILL
BE FEWER
IF
THEY CONTINUE
IF
THEY STAY ON THE FARMS.
TO MIGRATE
BETWEEN 2,900,000 AND
AS A WHOLE.
r.
rr
:
:iii
URBAN
PEOPLE
IN
ii
1960
TO THE CITIES
:;i
:I:j·I
THAN
A POPULATION OF
3,500,000
..,
nil
IF
::
;1!
rInn
SHOULD BE ANTII'
CIPATED BY
WILL
25
1960:
ABOUT 45
LIVE ON FARMS,
PER CENT
30
PER CENT OF THESE
PER CENT
IN RURAL NON-FARM
S
GGF OI
IN
CITIES,
AND
18 _.__.l....i..I...~
O
119
60
AREAS*
SPLIA
POPULAT ION
3
CHAPTER
PAGE
3 f
AS THE
POPULATION
STATES
AND OKLAHOMA
MIGHT
IN
TRENDS
OF BOTH
STILLWATER
WHICH HAS
COLLEGE LOCATED
GREATLY AFFECTED
IN ENROLLMENT
INCREASE
THE
THE STATE COLLEGE HAS ENJOYED
POPULATION GROWTH*
A STEADY
A WORD
HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED,
BE SAID ABOUT THE STATE
COLLEGE GROWTH
THE UNITED
SINCE
i
6010
50o
ITS
FOUNDING, AND DURING THE YEARS BETWEEN 1933 AND
;5400
1939 THERE WAS A 100 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE
THERE
ENROLLMENT.
18 A DEFINITE
RELATION
4600
BETWEEN
4209
THE COLLEGE AND THE COMMUNITY IN REGARD TO POPUNEW FACULTY MEMBERS,
LATION TREND.
CHILDREN
WATER
WITH THEIR
AND THOSE FAMILIES WHO MOVE TO STILL-
IN ORDER TO BENEFIT
A DEFINITE ROLE
IN THE
FROM THE COLLEGE,
POPULATION
i4
3•00
PLAY
GROWTH OF THE
....
1928-29
......
..
1938-39
COMMUNITY.
SINCE THE FOUNDING OF THIS PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY,
STILLWATER
HAS
POPULATION.
HAD A STEADY
STARTING WITH AN
TION OF 300 PEOPLE
IN
II,000,
STUDENTS.
WITH AN
THERE
THE CITY WILL
YEARS.
A DEFINITE
CONTINUE
B U IL
GROWTH
DIN.
THE
INITIAL POPULA-
POPULATION
ADDITIONAL
THIS
BELOW ARE CHARTS
PROSPECTIVE
S O C
O LH
IS
IN
1889, THE COMMUNITY TODAY
IS A CITY OF AN ESTIMATED
TO
INCREASE
10,000
OF
6,300 NON-RESIDENT
INDICATION
PROGRESS
IN
THAT
FUTURE
SHOWING THE ACTUAL AND
OF STILLWATER:
F 6O
POPULATION TREND
IN STILLWATER...
POPULATION
CHAPTER
.6
4 .)
PAGE
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FUTURE
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POPULATION
CHAPTER 6'
5 t~
PAGE
PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST ACCURATE INDICATIONS
OF A CONTINUED GROWTH OF STILLWATER
YEARS
IS SHOWN
IN THE GRAPH
TELEPlHOcLNES
IN FUTURE
T
*i. 4-ITTTiF
i-
DEVELOPED FROM
DATA TAKEN FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE
COMPANY.
THIS
GRAPH
-p
IS A GOOD CRITERION FOR
"100
A
WHICH TO PROPHESY STILLWATER'S FUTURE GROWTH.
INASMUCH
AS THESE CHARTS
AND GRAPHS
i
i
I,
SHOW THE
!
-I
FUTURE GROWTH
THAT THE
OF STILLWATER,
POPULATION
HAVE A DEFINITE
OF THE
INCREASE
IT CAN BE SAFELY
COMMUNITY
SAID
-L -
-i
WILL ALSO
IN THE NEXT DECADE*
1920
CONSIDERING
ALL OF THESE VARIABLE
FACTORS,
1938
POPULATION OF
THE
STILLWATER
NATION'S
GROWTH,
COLLEGE'S
ONE MAY
THE
GROWTH,
ESTIMATE
THE STATE'S
AND THE
TO A CERTAIN
LATION OF STILLWATER
BE 20,000,
AS
IN
1960.........
THE
COMMUNITY'S
POPULATION OF STILLWATER
MATELY
GROWTH,
GROWTH,
DEGREE OF ACCURACY
1960.
IN
THE POPU-
1960 WILL BE APPROXI-
INDICATED
ON GRAPH.
AS
A
SUPPLEMENT OF THIS DATA, THE AUTHOR ASKED VARIOUS
INDIVIDUALS OF STILLWATER FOR THEIR
CERNING
THIS
POPULATION
GROWTH.
IDEAS CON-
BELOW ARE THEIR
CONCLUSIONS:
"THE POPULATION OF STILLWATER IN 1960,
PROVIDING THERE 18 NO SERIOUS DEPRESSION,
SHOULD BE OVER 20,000.
THE LAST CENSUS
SHOWED THE POPULATION TO BE 7,016 (1930).
SINCE THAT TIME IT HAS BEEN UNOFFICIALLY
SCOO
BUILDING
PR.Oe
em
S
.'
6j
I-j-
IN
POPULAT ION
CHAPTER 6
PAGE
"ANNOUNCED THAT STILLWATER
HAS
6 t
PER-
12,000 RESIDENTS AT
HAPS MORE THAN
THE PRESENT TIME.
THEREFORE, I FEEL
THAT WE CAN SAFELY SAY THAT IN TWENTY
YEARS THERE SHOULD BE OVER 20,000
POPULATION."---DEAN CLARENCE H. MCELROY,
RESIDENT OF STILLWATER FOR 25 YEARS.
"How FAR
WOULD
YOUR
FIGURES MISS
20,000?"--H. A. MCNUTT, POST MASTER.
"BY 1960 STILLWATER SHOULD HAVE AN
APPROXIMATE POPULATION OF 20,000."
E. D. PRICE, SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
ST I LL Ai;rTE R
POPULATION
SCHOOL.
BASED
CAN
20
ON THE ASSUMPTION
BE ASSUMED
YEARS
UNITED STATES
IN
RATE OF
HOMA
THE
IS A
PAST;
INCREASE
IT
NEXT
OF
IS CONSTANTLY SLOWING
STATE,
LIMIT SET FOR
RATE OF
FACTS,
DURING THE
CONTINUOUS
INCREASE;
YOUNG
COLLEGE WILL
ABOVE
IT IS EVIDENT THAT THE POPULATION
OF THE
ITS
THE
THAT STILLWATER
WILL HAVE A
POPULATION.
OF
ALSO
INCREASE
HOWEVER,
SHE
WILL
THE NATION.
HELP TO
GRAPHICAL SOLUTION,
TO
UNDER
OKLAHOMA
A.
& M.
STABILIZE STILLWATER'S
THAT SHE HAS
THUS ACCORDING
OKLA-
SINCE
REMA IN
UP
THE
ENJOYED
USUAL
THE POPULATION
IN
THE
TECHNIQUE
OF
OF
STILLWATER
IN 1960 SHALL BE 20,000.
1 9
SCOO
BIDN
P RO
GRA
F O
00 10 20 30 40
50 60
ED-UCA
S
O BULDN
PR
I 0 N
GR
THE
OF
F'
ST
IL
FU T U R E
-EDUCATION
CHAPTER
I
PAGE
THE FIRST STEP
TRYING
ASK WHAT
OUT
FIGURE
TO
AFTER
ONLY
IN
SUCH
CAN
PLANNING
OUT
BE
DONE
OF
THE
IN
EDUCATION
OF TRANSITION
AND
WILL SEE
CHANGES
MANY
CURRICULUM,
SCHOOL
CONSERVATIVE
IZED,
AGO;
UNREST.
OTHERS
ADOPT
THE
AND
BEND
EVERY
LATEST
THE
TION
OF STILLWATER HAS
TAKEN
LOOK
ON
HOWEVER
IMPOsSIBLE
STORE
FOR
CHANGES
TAKING
IN
SCH
BI
FOR THE BOARD
THE COMMUNITY
PLACE
BUILDINGS
CHANCES;
EDUCATION
IN
SO
AT
RAPIDLY
STILLWATER
N
POR
THE
TO
IN
IN
YEARS
BY. TRYING TO
OF EDUCA-
VERY SANE OUTIT
WOULD
FORESEE
WHAT
THE FUTURE*
THE
THAT
THE
STANDARD-
THIRTY
BOARD
A
UNSTABLE....
CONDITI ONS..
OF EDUCATION
PERIOD
IN ADMINISTRA-
OPPOSITE WAY
FAD.
THESE
A
IN
NEXT FEW YEARS
DEMAND
OF
TO
ST ILLWATER.
IS
AND
EDUCATION
WITH-
THE KEY
DEVELOPMENTS
BOARDS
THE
IS
FOR
STATES
IN METHODOLOGY,
SOME
TION.
PROGRAM
WE
A THOROUGH
TRENDS
UNITED
HAPPEN.
A HOUSE
BUILDING
OF MATERIALS.
BUILDING
TO
PLANNING
IT.
LOOKING AHEAD
AHEAD,
IS AVAILABLE DO
ABOUT
EDUCATIONAL
A SUCCESSFUL
LIKELY
IS
IS LIKE
W ITHOUT A KNOWLEDGE
KNOWLEDGE
WHAT
KNOWLEDGE
TRENDS
KNOWING
IS LOOKING
PRESENT
MANY
OF
TIME
THE
BE
IS
IN
THE
ARE
SCHOOL
ARE OBSOLETE TODAY.
FO
-L
S
S
EDUCAT ON
CHAPTER
PAGE
CERTAINLY
TRY
OR
TO
IT
WOULD
DETERMINE
BE
THE
ADMINISTRATION
THEY
SHOULD
SCHOOL
ONE.
ALTHOUGH
CHANGES
FUTURE
PROGRAMS
THE
SHOULD
ARE
OF DEVELOPING
BE A CONTINUOUS
CONDITIONS
CONSTANTLY
BUILDING
TO
HOWEVER,
POLICY
SHOULD
BE RECOGNIZED
BOARD
METHODOLOGY,
YEARS;
EDUCATIONAL
OF THE
THE
CURRICULUM,
FOR
NEEDS
DEVELOPMENT
FOR
RECOGNIZE THAT THE
BUILDING
EDUCATIONAL
UNWISE
2L
CHANGING,
AND
THESE
THE CONTINUING
IN
PROGRAM
FOR
STILL-
WATER.
THE
FOR
NEED
OCCUPATIONS,
FREEING
THE
ADULTS
DESIRE
AND
CULTURAL ADVANTAGES
THE
IMPORTANCE
BILITIES,
ADULT
THE
REVEALS
AND
THAT
THE
WILL
BE MORE DEMAND
WILL
BE
NO
WILL
BE
FACED
BUL
PROGRAMS
FEDERAL
POPULATION
FACILITIES
SCOO
OF THE
HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT
STATES
IS
DECREASE;
FOR
ADULT
EXCEPTION
SG
COMMUNITY,
WITH
MANY
HOWEVER,
EDUCATION.
TREND
PROBLEM
FOR
OF
AGENCIES
THE FACT
BECOMING
PRIMARY
AND
RESPONSI-
GOVERNMENT.
TO THIS
THE
CIVIC
UNDER
FOR
EDUCATING THE
ADULT... ....
THE SOCIAL
THE GROWTH
STEADILY
DEMAND
OBSOLETE
CULTIVATE
TO
UNDERSTANDING
EDUCATIONAL
OF THE
THAT
OF
FROM
OLDER
EDUCATIONAL
THERE
WILL
STILLWATER
AND
BY
OF WHAT TO
-POR
1960
DO
6
EDUCATION
PAGE
WITH HER ADULTS*
FIVE HOUR
VISION
WEEK
AUTHORITIES
IS JUST ON
MUST BE MADE FOR
AND FOR THE CONTINUED
FOR
VOCATIONAL
USED
FOR
THE HORIZON.
ADULTS
THEIR
TO
MANY
EDUCATION OF ADULTS BOTH
ENDS*
BOTH
AND
IMPROVEMENT.
PLACE WHERE
MEET
THEIR
TRAINING
AS CENTERS
THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD
FOR THE
LOCAL
PROBLEMS,
FOR
MEANS
OF
STUDY
FOR
EXPRESSION
ARTS
A
BROADEN
WHERE
ADULTS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES
AND
FINE
AND
THE SCHOOL PLANT SHOULD
REGULARLY
THE
WELCOME
THE SCHOOLS SHOULD
OF AND CONSIDERED
CHILDREN
OPPORTUNITIES
UNDOUBTEDLY
SCOPE OF KNOWLEDGE*
BE THOUGHT
IN THE
SCHOOL PLANT SHOULD BE
OF WHOM
INCREASE
PRO-
EXERCISE OF THIS LEISURE
TO MAKE AVAILABLE GREATER
CHANCE
OF
SAY THE TWENTY-
AND RECREATIONAL
FUTURE, STILLWATER'S
3
OF
BE THE
GROUPS
CAN
GOVERNMENTAL
PLAY AND
IN THE
FOR
RECREATION,
SHOPS
AND
IN ALL
LABORATOR IES.
THERE ARE DEFINITE
INDICATIONS
THAT THE STILL-
SIX YEAR...
HIGH SCHOOL
WATER
SET-UP
RATHER
SENT
THAN THE
SEPARATE
ARRANGEMENT
FOREIGN
SHO
SHOULD HAVE A SIX YEAR HIGH
SUCH
LANGUAGES,
BUIDIN
COURSES
ETC.,
PROGR
3-3 TYPE.
AS
IN THE PRE-
BAND,
ARE REPEATED
AM
6
SCHOOL
SHOPS,
IN BOTH
STILWAER
*
EDUCATION
CHAPTER
PAGE
SCHOOLS.
TO
MARKS
BEGINNING
THE
MOST
PEOPLE
GRADE SEVEN SHOULD
AND
EFFICIENCY,
YEAR
SIX
OF THE
COMMON
INCREASINGLY
HIGH
GRADE
HIGH
PRACTICE
MARK THIS
HAS
STILL
SCHOOL,
BUT
INDICATES
THAT
POINT
ECONOMY,
CONVENIENCE.
SCHOOL
NINE
FOR
THE UNDIVIDED
THE
FOLLOWING
CHARAC-
TERISTICS.
IT
I.
INCORPORATES
INCLUSIVE,
IT
A
GRADES
7 TO
SINGLE
UNIT.
12,
2.
THE PRINCIPAL AND EACH OF THE
ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS (IF
THERE
ARE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS) ARE
EACH RESPONSIBLE FOR DUTIES
THROUGHOUT THESE SIX GRADES.
3.
ADVISORY OFFICERS, DEPARTMENTAL
HEADS,
AND TEACHERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSIGNMENTS AT ANY OR
ALL GRADE LEVELS (7 TO 12).
4.
PROMOTION IS BY SUBJECT--RATHER
THAN FROM A SO-CALLED JUNIOR
DIVISION TO A SO-CALLED SENIOR
DIVISION.
IS
SIX
SAID
YEAR
JUNIOR
HIGH
SUCH
SUCH
A
AND
B
WILL
AS
SCHOOL
INDICATE
SHORTLY
AT
THE
SAME
D
N
BE FEASIBLE
TIME
FACILITIES
RECREATION
I
HAVE
INCREASE THE
P
R
AND
O
G R
THE
UNDIVIDED
DISPLACE
THE PREFERRED
WOULD
A CHANGE
EXCELLENT
COMMUNITY
O
C L H
SCHOOL
PLAN WOULD
CIENCY
TRENDS
THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES
THAT
WATER
THAT THE
HIGH
SCHOOL.
S O
AS
REORGANIZED
ALSO
IN
INDICATED
STILLWATER.
EDUCATIONAL
GIVE
FOR
THE
ADULT
THE
CITY
EFFIOF
STILL-
EDUCATION
AND
CULTURE.
A
F
O
-T
"1
4.
PREPARATION
SHO
BUILDING
PROGRAM
FOR
FO
THE
STILL
WA",
FUTURE
6
0
PREPARATION
CHAPTER
PAGE
PREPARATION
FOR
PLAYGROUNDS
INVOLVES
COMMUNITY
BETWEEN
POPULATION,
TEND
TO
AFFECT
PERIOD OF
MAY
UNLESS
BUILDING
FACTORS
CONSIDERED
THERE
PROGRAM
OF THE
HAS
WH ICH
COMMUNITY
COMMUN ITY AB IL ITY
CEEDED
TO BUILD
UNIFIED
BUILDING
PROGRAM.
PROGRAM
BUILDING
HAS
ITS
TO
TERMS
P'M
FOR
SHOULD
THE
OF THE
A
BE
LARGER
WITH
NO
PRO-
THE
SYSTEM OF
ORGANIZED
SCHOOL
IN THE
DEVELOPED
RECOGNIZED
IGNORE
TO
AND
A SCHOOL
THE MANY
GROWTH,
COMMUNITY
NEEDS,
PAY, AND
WH ICH HAS
PRO-
OF A COMPREHENSIVE
LONG-TERM PLANNING
IS
LIKE,
PROGRAM.
ADEQUATE
BEEN
THE
BOARD
FUNDS.
ANY
POPULA-
OF
ENABLE
INTERFERENCE
IN
CH ILD
WOULD
TERMS
SCHOOL
RELA-
STILLWATER
ADMINISTRATION
OF
BE
FOR
WOULD
IN
ADMINISTRATION
DISTRICT
FUTURE
IT
POLITICAL
IN
PROGRAM
TWENTY YEARS
AS
MANY
AND
BUILDING
UP A
A PLAN
OF SCHOOL
OR
COMMUNITY,
SCHOOL
PLAN
EXPENDITURE
SCHOOL
SCHOOL
TO
THE
OR
CHANGES
COMPOSITION
SETTING
SUCH
EDUCAT ION
PRIVATE
AND
OF
BENEFICIAL
POLICIES
PER
THE
FIFTEEN
RECOGNIZED.
OF
OF
AS
fm
e
JUSTIFYING A....
BUILDING PROGRAM
AND
FACTORS.
POPULATION AND
GENERAL
THE
NECESSITY
PROVE
SUCH
TOTAL
THE WEALTH
TION,
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
NUMEROUS
VARIABLES,
TIONSHIP
THE
FUTURE
I
ESPECIALLY
OF
ESSENTIAL
R
A SCHOOL
TO
-wa-
0Hl
PREPARATION
CHAPTER
PAGE
STILLWATER.
FORETHOUGHT
OFFICIALS
KNOWING
IN
THAT
TO
BECOME RESIDENTIAL,
IN
CHARACTER,
OF
CHOOSING
THE
WILL
THE LAND
A CERTAIN
IF
KEEPS
DEVELOPMENT
SITES
ONE JUMP
SAVING
MAY BE
DURING
THESE RECENT YEARS
IS
INDUSTRIAL
AHEAD
BY SELECTING
HIT PEAK
BROUGHT
OR
OF THE
AND
AREAS,
PRICES,
IN
TAKES
STILLWATER
AND PLAYGROUND
VALUATION
SECT ION
DECIDED ADVANTAGE
SCHOOL SITES.
RESIDENTIAL
PART OF SCHOOL
THE
BUSINESS,
BE A
INITIATIVE AND
THE SCHOOL
ON
2 C)
BUYING
BEFORE
A GREAT
TO THE COMMUNITY.
STILLWATER
HAS
ENJOYED
RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT
A BUILDING
SIZE
UNEQUALED
BOOM
THE STATE*
IN
RAPIDLY
TO
HAMPERED
COMMUNITY
THE WEST,
WHICH
HAS
LAST YEARS
THOSE
CITIZENS
DEVELOPMENT;
THE
THAT
PLANNING
OF
GROUNDS WERE
IN
@
-
0t
ON
THE
AND
ORGANIZATIONS
IT
IS
THE COMMUNITY.
ENTIRELY
IN
OF
TO
RECOGNIZE
SCHOOLS
OF
GIVEN
AND
THE
A
DURING
REGARD
SCHOOLS
LEFT OUT
PROMOTIONS.
SOUTH.
THE OPINION
THE COMMUNITY
VERY
WHO AIDED
THOUGHT WAS
HER
IT WAS
PROGRESS
SUCH
CERTAINLY DESERVES
VERY LITTLE
THESE RECENT
EXPANDED
NORTH.
AND
CREEK
MADE
HOWEVER,
INTEREST OF
COMMUNITY
CITY HAS
EAST,
BY STILLWATER
THESE
AUTHOR
THE
ANY
BY
THIS
THE
IN
TO
CITY
PLAY-
PICTURE
AND
PLAY-
I
PREPARATION
CHAPTER
PAGE
3
GROUNDS ARE AS
BOULEVARDS
PART TO A CITY AS ARE
AND HOME SITES;
BE DESIGNED
TO HAVE
INTEGRAL
WITH
REFERENCE
AND THEN
WILL FACILITATE
LIKE THEM,
TO THE
AND SAFEGUARD
HAVE
TO SCHOOL AND
BEEN
OF THE
ASIDE AT LEAST
PLANNED
OPEN
OF A CENTRAL
FOR
USE THEY ARE
THEIR
PLAYGROUND
THOUGHT WAS
NO
RESULT
SPACES.
AS
PLANNING
COMMISSION,
GOOD SCHOOL SITES AND
SIZE TO SET
OF THE AREA
THE
IT SHOULD
NEW RESIDENTIAL
SCHOOL DISTRICT
10 PER CENT
FUNCTIONING.
AREAS*
THE PURPOSE OF EVERY
SUB-DIVISION
THEY MUST
IN A LAYOUT THAT
EMBEDDED
IN PLANNING THESE SUB-DIVISIONS
GIVEN
IN
OF THE LACK
MOST CHANCES
PLAYGROUNDS WERE
SNUFFED OUT DURING THIS RECENT LAND BOOM.
NEGLECT WAS NOT DUE TO PURELY MERCENARY
MENTS
BY
SIONS,
INDIVIDUALS WHO
BUT
THIS
INVEST-
PROMOTED THESE SUB-DIVI-
IT WAS THE RESULT OF NEGLIGENCE OF
THE MUNICIPALITY
LAWS,
FAILING TO HAVE ZONING
FOR
SCHOOL PLANNING COMMISSION, PARK PLANNING
BOARD,
AND
OTHER ORGANIZATION
NECESSARY
TO THE
GROWTH AND
INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY.
STILLWATER
HAS AN
BOARD.
IN
VIEW OF THE FACT OF THE RECENT RESI-
DENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT
SCOO
P
BULDN
URGENT NEED
WHICH
PRORA
WAS
FOR
A CITY PLANNING
DESIGNED
FOR
ST
NEED OF A.....
COMMUNITY.....
PLANNING BOARD
FOR
S
PREPARAT I ON
CHAPTER
pm
PAGE
4-)
INDIVIDUAL
INVESTORS
THE COMMUNITY,
STEPS
TO
STOP
TION
OF
THIS
CITY
OF
MAJOR
ORGANIZATION
THE
STILLWATER.
PLANNING
IS
CONCERNED
AND
TION OF
ITS
ALL
ELEMENTS
DEVELOPMENT.
THESE
CONSIDERED
ARE STREETS,
ART,
IN
THE
AND
PRINCIPLE
PROGRESS
TION
AND
CONTINUOUS
OF THE
FUTURE CAN
SHO
PLANNING
CITY'S
PLAN
BE BUILT.
P
B
MEANING OF...
CITY PLANNING
OR
THE
ELEMENTS
RECREATION;
ADAPTATION
MASTER
THE
COORDINA-
CONSTITUTING THE PHYSICAL
PUBLIC
AIM OF CITY
NO
FORCES
TOWN,
IS
ARE
PURPOSE
GENER-
A COMPREHENSIVE CITY
THE
THE
THE
PRIMARILY WITH
PRINCIPLE
SAY,
HAS
IS
TRANSIT, TRANSPORTATION,
AND
THE CONTROL
PARKS,
FACILITIES
OF THE CITY,
BASIC
IN THAT
TRANSPORTA-
COORDINATE
OF
ACT
CITY
IT
PEOPLE
VILLAGE;
WATER
TO
OF RESIDENTIAL
ZONING,
STREETS,
OF
IMMEDIATE
COULD
IMPROVEMENT
DEVELOPMENT
CIVIC
AS
BOARD.
PHYSICAL
ALLY
BOARD
RECREATIONAL
THE
INFLUENCE
THE
THE GOOD
MIS-USE
PROBLEMS
OTHER
CONCERNS
WHICH
OF
AND
FUTURE
PLANNING
FACILITIES,
SCHOOLS,
THE
ANY
SUCH
CAPACITY.
THAN
THE CITY SHOULD TAKE
A CITY
LANDS.
RATHER
G D
ZONING,
THAT
IS THE
PLAN
IS TO
CONSTRUC-
OF FRAMEWORK
DEVELOPMENT.
OR
FRAMEWORK ON
THE
COMMUNITY
F'O
FOR
STILLWHICH
CANNOT
0
0TILL
PREPARATI ON
CHAPTER
f
5
t)
MEANING
OF
PAGE
DEVELOP
PROPERLY
SYSTEM.
BUT
PARKS
MUST BE
SCHOOLS
WITH
WITHOUT A WELL-PLANNED
CANNOT BE
THE
CANNOT
RESULTS
BE
PLANNED
THE COMMUNITY
OVER-NIGHT,
OF YEARS
PROPERLY
UNLESS
OF
LOCATED
THERE
STREET
STUDY.
TO HARMONIZE
IS
A
DEFINITE
CITY PLAN.
ZONING
IS
ONE
OF THE MOST
FUNDAMENTAL
ELEMENTS
ZONING....
IN
CITY
PLANNING.
DIVISION
OF THE LAND
DISTRICTS
THE
CITY
BY
FOR
IS
ZONING
OF A
IS
MEANT THE
MUNICIPALITY
PURPOSES.
CERTAIN
USUALLY DIVIDED
THE
INTO
INTO
AREA
OF
THREE DISTRICTS,
NAMELY:
RESIDENTIAL
INDUSTRIAL
COMMERCIAL
EACH
OF THESE MAY
FURTHER
TYPES
INTO
OF
ZONE
OF BUILDINGS
ZONING
AT
BE
CONVENIENTLY
LEAST TWO
IN ORDER
AND
INVOLVES
THE USES
POLICE
POWER
THE
USE
BUILDINGS,
AND
GOVERNS THE
IS
THE
SCOO
DEFINITELY
SCHOOL
B
MORE
BY
WHICH
MADE
TIED
PLANT.
PG
UP
THE
CONTROLS
DENSITY
WHEN
DIFFERENT
OF THE LAND,
INVOCATION
ETC.
OF
GOVERNMENT REGULATES
THE
USE
OF POPULATION.
WITH
STILL
REGULATE THE HEIGHTS
THAT LEGISLATIVE
THE
OF
TO
OR
DIVIDED
OF LAND,
ZONING
THE DEVELOPMENT OF
A CITY
FO
DOES
NOT
STIL
HAVE A
0
0
PREPARATI ON
CHAPTER,
PAGE
WELL-WORKED-OUT
FOR
THE
THE
ORDER
THE
AN
SCHOOL
THE
TO
IT
IS
EXPAND
THE
TWO
DIFFICULT
NORMALLY;
BETWEEN
OF STILLWATER
SAY
THIS
UNDESIRABLE
ONE
IS
THERE-
ZONING
MUST COORDINATE
THE MOST SATISFACTORY
LAWS
TO
PLAN,
INTER-RELATION
AND
SECURE
TO
NEEDLESS
IN
IS
ZONING
FOR
SYSTEM
SCHOOL
FORE THERE
AND
ZONING
ARE
OF
LAX.
CHIEF
THAT
IN
RESULTS*
VERY
THE
CONDITIONS
6
REASONS
EXIST
TODAY
THE COMMUNITY*
THE DIVISION
OF STILLWATER
INTO
THE
NEIGHBORHOOD
DISTINCT
UNITS. ....
SUCH
UNITS
PARK
ADDITION,
MORE
LIKELY
ITSELF
OR
WILL
SIDES
CHILD
SHOP
SEE
BY
THAT
TO
HAVING
TO
HAVE
REACH
A BUS INESS
TO
TRAVEL
DIVIDE
THESE RECENT
PLANNED,
UNITS
STREETS
ARE
AND
OF
AN
SCHOOL,
CROSS
AN
UNIT,
THAT
PLAYGROUND,
ARTERIAL
NO
THAN
HALF
DISTRICT
THAT
WAS
FOR 0
BOUNDED
ORDER
IN
MORE
POR
AND
WISE PLANNING
THESE
REACH
AND
PRINCIPALS
THE
IN A WELL-PLANNED
WOULD
BULDN
THE
HEIGHTS,
MORE
SPREAD
WILL
HURRIEDOLY
UNIT.
ABLE
IS
IT
UNITS.
ARTERIAL
WITHOUT
HIGHWAY.
SCOO
BEEN
NEIGHBORHOOD
ALL
EVERY
THE CITY
HAVE
SUNSET
MAKING
IS
CONTRADICTORY TO
OFFIC IALS
ON
GARDENS,
NEIGHBORHOOD
DEVELOPMENTS
IDEAL
ETC.,
THAT
INTO
ARE ALL
COLLEGE
AS
RESIDENT
A MILE
TO
COMPLETE
*
S
•
PREPARATI ON
CHAPTER
PAGE
WITH
THE
A
FULL LINE
POPULATION
OF
TO
LOCAL
SHOPS
BE SERVED.
THESE SHOPS
PREFERABLY AT TRAFFIC JUNCTIONS
TO SIMILAR
THESE
ALL
A
FUNDAMENTALS
BEEN
MENT;
DISCARDED
THEREFORE
PLANNING
PROGRAM
FOR
THIE MEMBERS
AS
DISTRICTS
BOARD
OF
NE IGHBORHOOD
IN THE
CHARACTERIZED
IN
IT
FAMILIAR
GOOD
SCHOOL
PLANNING
SHOULD
GO HAND-IN-HANDO
AND
ADJACENT
UNITS
RECENT LAND
ATTEMPT
DESIGN A
STILLWATER,
BECOME
AND
ARE
OF ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOODS.
BEFORE ANY
TO
ADEQUATE FOR
IS
HAVE
DEVELOPMADE BY
SCHOOL BUILDING
IS
ESSENTIAL
WITH
VARIOUS
NEIGHBORHOOD
SUB-DIVISION
THAT
SCHEMES
UNITS.
PLANNING
SCHOOL
BUILDING PROGRAM FOR STILLWATER~ilmd A
7
AD P TA T 0
SCOO
B
N
P
0F
R
20 - YEAR
A
FO
S
PLAN
ADAPTATION
CHAPTER
PAGE
THE ADAPTATION
TO
THE PUBLIC
STARTED
BY
OF A
SCHOOLS
THE
MISSION WHICH
TOTALITY
THAT A
INCLUDES
TO
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
IMPLIES
BOARD ..... ..
INITIAL STEP
BE
COMIN
INTERESTS
EMPLOY TECHNICAL
NEEDS.
IT
A SUCCESSFUL
CLOSE COORDINATION
AGENCIES
TO
BE SUCCESSFUL,
IT MAY
SCOO
A
LONG-TERM
SUCH
IS HELD
20-YEAR
OF DIRECTLY
AS:-
BE,
PROGRAM
UNLESS
UNIFIED
OF
SCHOOL
HOWEVER
THERE
IS
PARTICIPATION
A WELL-ORGANIZED
PLANNING
GOAL
BRING
AND
A PLANNING
OF THE
ALL
COMMUNITY
NO
IN
OF
MAY
THE UNITED STATES OFFICE OF EDUCATION.
THE FEDERAL AGENCY OR AGENCIES ADMINISTERING FEDERAL FUNDS THAT AFFECT
SCHOOL BUILDINGS*
OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE VARIOUS DIVISIONS WITHIN
SUCH STATE DEPARTMENTS.
OKLAHOMA STATE PLANNING BOARD.
PAYNE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
STILLWATER BOARD OF EDUCATION.
STILLWATER PARK COMMISSION.
2.
AND
STILLWATER
IN
THE
MIND
CAN
DIRECTION
COMMUNITY
BULDN
BUILDINGS
WELL-PLANNED
A
CLOSELY
BY ALL
BOARD
ABOUT
OF
FOR
SOUND
THESE AGENCIES.
WITH
A
DEFINITE
RESULTS
RECREATIONAL,
NEEDS.
PRORA
HOPE
COORDINATED
EXCELLENT
OF EDUCATIONAL,
CAN
AND
STILL
I 1~
THE PLANNING
PROGRAM
DETERMINE SCIENTIFICALLY THE
PREREQUISITE TO
INTERESTED
BUILDING
EMPOWERED TO
OF THE
PROGRAM
I,
OF
APPOINTMENT
THE COMMUNITY,
SPECIALISTS
20-YEAR
(a
ADAPTATI ON
CHAPTER (
PAGE
2
THE SCHOOL
CLOSE
PLANNING BOARD
COORDINATION WITH
SHOULD
THE
HAVE
SCHOOLS AND PARKS
PLANNED TOGETHER
VERY
PARK COMMISSION.
IT WOULD BE TO THE ECONOMICAL ADVANTAGE OF THE
COMMUNITY
HAND
IN
WATER
HAND
HAS
ADVANTAGES
PARKS
CITY
ADVANTAGES
SCHOOL
NO
THESE
ORGANIZATIONS
AT
PARKS
WITHIN
OF
THE
PRESENT
THE
AND
BE OVER
ECONOMIES
THE
AND
TO WORK
TIME
STILL-
CITY LIMITS.
COMBINING SCHOOL
CANNOT
IN
TWO
SINCE
PLAYGROUNDS
SUMMARIZED
O
FOR
PLAYGROUNDS
EMPHASIZED.
EFFECTED
BY
NEIGHBORHOOD
THE
COMBINING
PARKS
FOLLOWING:
I.
ONE SITE
TWO.
2.
SCHOOL HOUSE SHELTER AND TOILET
FACILITIES CAN BE USED FOR BOTH
PARK AND SCHOOL.
3.
BY SHIFTING THE WORKING DAY OF THE
SCHOOL PHYSICAL TRAINING STAFF FURTHER INTO THE AFTERNOON IT COULD
BE MADE TO COVER ALSO THE WHOLE
PLAYGROUND PERIOD, THUS OBVIATING
THE NECESSITY OF A SEPARATE PARK
DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL FOR SUCH PLAY
S PA C ES.
4.
IN SEPARATE PARK PLAYGROUND SYSTEMS
VERY LITTLE USE IS MADE OF THE
BUILDINGS,
SPACES OR STAFFS DURING
SCHOOL HOURS.
THE PEAK OF TH EIR
LOAD COMES
IN THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY MORNING AND ON SATURDAYS-JUST AT THE TIME SCHOOL FACILITIES
ARE IDLE.
B
IS
PURCHASED
PG
INSTEAD
FO
AND
OF
ARE
ADAPTATION
CHAPTER
PAGE
3
PROPER COOPERATION
AND
MENTS
GREATER
SCHOOL
USE.
YEAR
PLANNING
BUILDING
PLOTS,
WILL
FACILITATE
SCHOOL
FOR
BE
PLANNED
BOARD
IN
DEVISING
FOR
CONSIDER
AND
JOINTLY
PARKS
EDUCATION,
LIKE
WIDER
20-
THE
PROGRAM SHOULD
ECONOMY,
BOTH
PLAYGROUNDS,
SHOULD
PLAYGROUNDS,
INTEREST OF
PARK DEPART-
ACCOMMODATIONS
ADULTS.
BUILDINGS,
THE
CITY
AUTHORITIES
RECREATIONAL
CHILDREN AND
SCHOOL
BETWEEN
b
SCHOOL
FOR
THE
AND SOUND
CITY
PLANN ING.
BASED ON
HAVE
THE ASSUMPTION THAT
OF 20,000 BY
A POPULATION
OBVIOUS
THAT
THE CITY
RESIDENTIAL
AREA;
THE
HAVING
WRITER,
ZENS
AND
OF THE
HOWEVER
STILLWATER
OCCURRING
TION
CREEK
IN
OF THE
IT
A
IS
EXPAND
THE
OPINION
VARIOUS
MORE
OR
THAT
ITS
THE
OF
CITISURVEY
FUTURE
NOT BE SOUTH-
LESS
BOUNDED
ON THE SOUTH.
MOST
IS
WILL
THE LATE SPRINGS,
CITY
TO
IT
BRIEF GEOGRAPHICAL
COMMUNITY
IS
1960,
WITH
OF THE CITY,
OUT-SKIRTS
STILLWATER
HAVE
CONVERSED
HAVING MADE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE
WARD.
WILL
RESIDENTIAL
EXPANSI ON..
SOUTH......
STILLWATER WILL
DAMAGING
MAKE
UNDESIRABLE
THIS
FOR
BY
FLOODS,
SEC-
RESIDENCES.
ADAPTATION
CH APTER
PAGE
4
ALTHOUGH
BOOMER
EAST ARE RETARDING
THE PROGRESS
THERE ARE GREAT
TION,
DENTIAL
OF A GREAT
BOOMER CREEK,
BECOME
EXCELLENT
TH IS
FUTURE
FOR HOME SITES.
SOUTH
TO
SECTION
TIME;
ZENS
OF THIS
HOWEVER,
REMOVED
IN TEN
METHOD
IF SUCH
ITS
OF BOOMER
THE
MENT
WILL
STIMULATE
DESIRABLE
BE SUBSTITUTED.
POSSIBLE,
WOULD
DEVELOPMENT
THE
WILL BE
REMOVAL
THE LAND
GREATLY
INCREASE
OF THE BOTTOMS
OF THE RAILROAD
THE RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOP-
IN THE EAST.
GOING NORTH
WEST AND
6Slr\my
IT
A MORE
AND
VICINITY
CREEK AND
WILL GREATLY
AT THE PRESENT
OF THE UNSATIS-
IMPROVEMENT WERE
IN VALUATION.
RAIL-
THAT BECAUSE
YEARS
IMMEDIATE
THE
WILL
OF SOME CITI-
OF TRANSPORTATION
AN
LOWLANDS
IS ALSO A HINDERANCE
OF THE RAILROAD
ROUTE
THE
IS THE OPINION
OF STILLWATER
FACTORY
IN
IT
EAST. ......
BECOMES A
THE DISTRICT
ROAD GOING NORTH AND
EXPANSION
IN THE
DREAM
RESIDENTIAL
EXPANSION..
FOR RESI-
CONTEMPLATES
CITY PARK
IF
AND
IN THE
REALIZATION
CITY
ON THE
IN THAT DIREC-
POSSIBILITIES
THE
EXPANSION.
DEVELOPMENT
OF
AND THE RAILROAD
CREEK
1
THERE WILL BE SOME EXPANSION,
EAST,
S
BUT
IT
WILL BE LIMITED
-*
BOTH
BY THE
RESIDENTI AL
EXPANSION..
NORTH......
r
2ADAPTATION
CHAPTER (b
PAGE
5
STILLWATER WATER SUPPLY, BOOMER LAKE,AND
COLLEGE PROPERTIES.
ALTHOUGH
A MOVEMENT
THE CITY LIMITS
LAKE,
IT
TO
EXTEND
IS THE OPINION
THIS AREA
WILL
BE BUILT
THERE HAS BEEN
UP OF HOMESTEADS
WHO WISH TO LIVE
BABLY LIVE
TO BOOMER
OF THE AUTHOR THAT
THAN THE USUAL SMALL LOT DEVELOPMENT.
CITIZENS
THE
ON ACREAGES
RATHER
THOSE
WILL
PRO-
IN THIS SECTION.
THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT WEST OF COLLEGE GAR-
RESIDENTIAL
EXPANSI ON..
IEST ......
DENS WILL PROBABLY HAVE THE GREATEST DENSITY
OF POPULATION OF THE CITY
IN FUTURE YEARS;
HOWEVER TH IS AREA WILL BE LIMITED BY THE COLLEGE
PROPERTIES.
EXPANSION
AN
INDICATION OF RESIDENTIAL
IS THE BUILDING OF THE NEW CITY HOS-
PITAL ON THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF THE CITY.
THIS
COMMUNITY
OF
PROJECT
THESE LANDS AND
INCREASED THE VALUATION
FUTURE YEARS WILL SHOW GREAT
EXPANSION WEST, JUST SOUTH OF STATE HIGHWAY No.
THERE ARE TWO FACTORS THAT WILL AFFECT THE
51.
COMMERCIAL
EXPANSION
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF STILLWATER
FUTURE; NAMELY, THE HIGHWAYS
IT
IS THE OPINION
BUILDING
AND THE RESIDENCES.
OF SOME AUTHORITIES THAT
THE OFFING STATE HIGHWAY No.
SHO
IN THE
PROGRAM
51
FOR
IN
WILL BECOME A
STIL
ADAPTATI ON
CHAPTER
PAGE
TO THE WEST.
GREAT ARTERY LEADING
THE COMMERCIAL
THE CASE,
WATER
WILL
PROBABLY
AREA
EXTEND
THIS BEING
OF FUTURE
FACTOR
ANOTHER
LEADING TO THE BELIEF THAT SIXTH AVENUE
HOUSE A GREAT NUMBER
IS
BUSINESSES
MOVING
IS
WILL
1960
BY
VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THE GREAT
IN
TION
OF THE
STILLAVENUE
ALONG SIXTH
AS FAR AS WASHINGTON STREET.
61
POPULA-
IN A WELL-PLANNED
WESTWARD*
CITY NO RESIDENT WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL MORE
THAN HALF A MILE TO
THE AUTHOR
HAS
AS
IN HIS
EXTENDED
HIS
WASHINGTON
BY THE TWO
ALLOWING
ACCESS
CIAL
EACH
COMMERCIAL
IS
AS THE PLAN
WHILE TRADITIONALLY
WEST
INDICATES,
1960
THUS
TO HAVE DIRECT
DISTRICT.
ON THE
30
AREA
PLAN
THIS COMMERIS BASED ON
FEET OF BUSINESS
100 RESIDENTS
EVERY
SCHEME
GROUPED AROUND THE CROSS
BUSINESS
AREA
DISTRICT.
ZONING AS FAR
OPPOSITE HIGHWAYS,
THE ASSUMPTION THAT
AGE FOR
DEVELOPMENT
RESIDENTIAL
TO THE
ZONING
FUTURE
STREET.
COMMERCIAL ZONING
FORMED
REACH A BUSINESS
FRONT-
IS NECESSARY.
THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC SCHOOL
SIZE OF.....
SCHOOL SITES
HAS HAD A PART OF
SCHOOL YARD,
ERED
S
O
PLANT SET ASIDE
IT HAS BEEN
ESSENTIAL
BUILDING
ITS
TO
FOR A
ONLY RECENTLY CONSID-
PROVIDE SPACE SUFFICIENT
-P.
FO
I
FOR
*
ADAPTATION
CHAPTER
PAGE 7
A
PLAYGROUND
REN
OF
THAT
THE AVERAGE
PLAY
MEET THE NEEDS
IN
DIFFERENT AGES.
COMPARING
STANDARDS, WHICH
CALL
SCHOOLS,
SCHOOLS,
AND
THERE
A
IS
FOR
PER
PUPIL
THIS WITH
AT LEAST 5
10 ACRES
20 ACRES
IT WAS
FOR
IN
AREAS
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
100 PER
CENT.
PLAYGROUND
IS
LESS
PLAN SHOULD
FOR THE
STANDARD 5
FOR
1930
IN
THAT HAD
PASSED
MENTS
FOR
EDUCATION
THERE CAN
BECAUSE
LAWS WHICH
EACH
SET UP
PLAYGROUNDS.
GOVERNING
BE NO DOUBT
SCHOOL
BUIDIN
SCHOOLS,
LARGER
THAN
21
PROVIDE
ELEMENTARY
STATES
MINIMUM REQUIRE-
STATE BOARDS OF
THE SIZE OF SCHOOL
OF THE TREND
PLAY SPACE FOR PUBLIC
PORTION OF
O
FOR
IN 20 STATES HAVE ADOPTED RULES AND
REGULATIONS
ADEQUATE
ACRES
THERE WERE AT LEAST 8
SCHOOL
NEW
THE AVERAGE
A FUTURE 20-YEAR
SCHOOL.
THE
10 TO
INCREASE THE
ACRES.
ACRES
ESTIMATED
IN ORDER TO SATISFY
STILLWATER MUST
PLAYGROUND
CHILD-
WAS
SENIOR HIGH
THE FUTURE*
STANDARDS,
OF
FOR JUNIOR HIGH
DEFINITE TENDENCY TOWARDS
PLAY AREAS
THESE
1908
SPACE
20 SQUARE FEET.
ELEMENTARY
S
PLANNED TO
BUILD INGS
PUBLIC
FO
MORE
SCHOOL CHILDREN.
CONSTITUTE A
BUILDINGS AND
PRGA
TOWARD
SITES.
LARGE
ESTHETICAL
VIEWPOINT
BECAUSE THEY
STL
SWAT
ADAPTAT I ON
CHAPTER
4
PAGE
8 1)
ARE PERMANENT FEATURES
TION
TO
PLANNER
THE CITY
CITY
PLAN
S1 OF GREAT
PLANTS
AND
SCHOOL
SITES
THE PLANNING
TURAL
LIFE OF
COOPERATE
THE
THE
IN
COMMUNITY.
ORDER TO
THE LOCA-
IMPORTANCE
PLANNER
THE SCHOOL
POINT
OCCUPY CENTRAL
OF
IN THE DEVELOPMENT
PLANS
ITS
RECREATIONAL AND
THE BOARD
AND
COMMISS ION
FOR
SHOULD
LOCA-
EFFECT ON
CONSIDERED FROM THE ESTHETICAL
VIEW.
CITY
A
CONSIDERING
SCHOOL
BOTH
WHEN
IN
IN
OF
CITY, THEIR
DESIGN HAVE A MARKED
AND
BEAUTY.
TION
OF A
OF
PLACES
CUL-
THE CITY PLANNING
SHOULD
EDUCATION
OF
BOTH SCHOOL
SECURE THE MOST
AND
PLEASING
ESTHETICAL RESULTS.
IN THE 20-YEAR BUILDING PROGRAM FOR THE PUBLIC
OF STILLWATER,
SCHOOLS
THE RESIDENTIAL AREA
AS
INDICATED ON
SPOND TO
SCHOOL
THE RESIDENTIAL
SUFFICIENT
UNIT HAS
S C
EASY ACCESS
EACH
UNIT
THAN
BROKEN
OO
B
TO
IS
BOUNDED
DIVIDED
INTO FIVE GROUPS,
DEVELOPMENT
NEIGHBORHOOD UNITS.
HAS
THE AUTHOR
A,B,C,D,E,
THESE CORRE-
PLAN.
AREA AS
RESIDENTIAL UNITS
IN 20-YEAR PLAN..
DISCUSSED UNDER
EACH CONTAIN AN ELEMENTARY
SERVE THE DISTRICT.
TO A
BUSINESS
DISTRICT.
BY ARTERIAL STREETS
BY THESE THOROUGHFARES.
GM
F
EACH
EACH
ST
RATHER
UNIT
*
*'L
0
ADAPTATION
CHAPTER (a
PAGE
9 )
HAS
PLAYGROUND
USE
OF
THE
EXISTING
PART
BOTH
OF
A BAD
BEEN
BETTER
THE
90 DEGREE
TO
SCHOOL
S ITE
IT
CROSS
IS
WHICH
IS
THERE
WILL
BE
CATED
THE
PLAN,
ELIMINATION
MENT
OF THE
CITY
PARK
PLACE
SCOO
IN
BI
WHICH
N
BUT
GO
TO
FOR
MAKE
TO
SCHOOL
THE
ALLOWS
WITHOUT
PRESENT
TO
GIVE
ADDED
DISTRICT
IN
THAT
THIS
TEN YEARS.
AND
AREA
SHOULD
A PREVIOUS
OF THE
RAILROAD,
THIS
ALSO
MUCH
PLAN
ALTERATION
SITE,
14TH
THE UNSATISFACTORY
POSSIBILITY
THE
AND
THE 20-YEAR
BLOCK
THIS
MENTIONED
OF
IT
HIGHWAY.
DIVIDES
SCHOOL
WILL
MAIN
20-
PRESENT
NOT ONLY MAKES
SQUARE
THE
AT
THIS
ELIMINATED WITHIN
ON
PROPOSED
WHICH
FIVE ACRES.
A GREAT
THE
ON
EXCELLENT
As
ELIMINATED.
IN
RESIDENTIAL
UNIT A.....
FAULTS--THE
TURN
A MAJOR
THE REQUIRED
THE
SOUTHEASTERN
MAJOR
TWO
UNIT A TO
ADDITIONAL
RAILROAD
OF THE
CONDITIONS,
OF
FOR
ADULTS.
RAILROAD.
MOTORING
AN
HAVE
ADEQUATE
STATE HIGHWAY
THE STUDENTS
WITH
AND
ELIMINATED.
HAVING
IS
CONDITIONS
PLAN THE
MAKES
HAS
AND
THAT
CHILDREN
THE CITY
HIGHWAY
YEAR
AREA
THE
THE
CHAPTER
MENACE
AS
INDI-
HIGHWAY,
ENLARGE-
ADDITION
A MOST
BE
OF A
DESIRABLE
LIVE.
PRGA
FO
R,
0
ADAPTATI ON
CHAPTER
PAGE 10
THE
PRESENT
WOULD
THE
NORTHEASTERN
BE DESIRABLE
PLANNING
TION
THE
FOR
BOARD
THE
ELIMINATION
AND
THE
OF
THE
DEVELOPMENT
OF
TAKE
UNDER
RAILROAD
CONDITIONS,
BOOMER
CREEK.
BECAUSE OF
THE AUTOMOBILE HAZARD.
PLAN REMOVES
THE
RAILROAD
WILL
YEARS
THE
ALTHOUGH
LENT
VICINITY
UNDESIRABLE
LOCATION
DISTRICT
AND
BE REMOVED
HAS
OTHER
FOR
S ITE
THIS
CONTEMPLATED
DEAL
TO
TO
THE
BE
PUBLIC
ESPECIALLY
FOR
IF
USE DURING
PLAYGROUND,
ONLY TOO
SCOO
SAID
BIDN
CITY
IS
FOR
FOR
ON
EXCEL-
S1 AN
PARK.
THIS
SUCH
THE
WILLOWS
A PARK.
OF
EDGE
THERE
IS
A
PUTTING SCHOOLS
IN
PROXIMITY
GROUNDS
THE
PLAYGROUND
SCHOOL
AND
AND
SCHOOL
LOCATED
A
FO
FIELDS,
AVAILABLE
PUBLIC
BUILDINGS
QUITE
GOOD
PLAY
IS
OUT-OF-SCHOOL HOURS.
P
TEN
CREEK,
RECREATION
BEEN
ABOVE,
OF WEEPING
LOCATED
AREA.
SET-UP.
NEXT
RESIDENCES,
ENTOURAGE
PLAY
PARKS,
OFTEN
FOR
THE
BOOMER
QUANTITIES
DESIRABLE
SCHOOL
THE NEW
AROUND
NEW
THE
MENTIONED
WITHIN
A GREAT
LARGE
AS
ALREADY
SITUATED
DANGEROUS
THIS
HINDERANCES,
PROBABLY
IS
SITE,
AS
BADLY
JEFFERSON
IF
CONS IDERA-
SCHOOL
DISCUSSED,
DEVELOPMENT
UNIT
OF A NEW
SCHOOL
RESIDENTIAL
UNIT B.....
OF STILLWATER
A NEIGHBORHOOD
WOULD
POSSIBILITIES
PART
HAVE
WITHOUT
S
W
ADAPTATION
CHAPTER
PAGE II
REFERENCE
RECENT
THESE
CHANGES
THREE
SCHOOL,
GROUNDS
A PARK
SINCE
IN
AND
AS
BE
TH IS
CASE
SCHOOLS
PRIMARY
OF
THEY--
PLANNING--ARE
FREQUENTLY
RELATED.
TO
BASES
FACILITIES,
PLAYGROUND
COMB INED
IN
IS
PUBLIC
OF
INTIMATELY
CAN
THE LIGHT OF
IN
THE THEORETICAL
TYPES
PARK,
BECOMING
ANOTHER.
ONE
TO
A
GOOD
SCHOOL
ADVANTAGE
OF RESIDENTIAL
UNIT
B,
A GEO-
DEFINITELY
SERVE
WITH
RESIDENTIAL
UNIT C.....
GRAPHICAL
THE
DISTRICT,
PRESENT
HOWEVER
THE
IN ORDER
SO
AS
OF
THE
MAJOR
OCCUPIED
PLAYGROUND
SATISFY
TO
EXTENSION
ON THE
SITE
IS
MADE
TAKE
CARE
ARTERY
TO
OF THE
BECOMES
NECESSARY
IS
MUCH
TOO
PLAN.
THIS
IS
OF THE
EXPANSION
TO THE
RECENT
SMALL.
REQUIREMENT
AS
WILL
CHANGE
ELEMENTARY;
THE NORTH
GET
BECAUSE
BY NORWOOD
THE 5-ACRE
NO CHILD
CITY.
TO
UNNECESSARY
AREA
TOWARDS
DEVELOPMENT
TO
IS
IT
SITE
HAVE
TO
TO
INDICATED
SITUATED
THE
CROSS
NORTH
A
PLAYGROUND.
BUILDING
DEVELOPMENT
IT
RESIDENTIAL
UNIT D.....
TAKE CARE
OF THE
COO
20-YEAR
B
PLACE ANOTHER
COLLEGE GARDENS
HEIGHT ADDITIONS
THE
TO
OF
THE CITY.
DEVELOPMENT
N
P
R
PLAN,
AS
SCHOOL
AND
TO
SUNSET
INDICATED
THE AUTHOR
ON
ADAPTATION
CHAPTER
PAGE 12
SELECTED
GROVE.
A
SCHOOL
ALTHOUGH
CENTER
OF
TH IS
SITE
LOCATED
IN A
IS
NOT THE
GEOGRAPHICAL
IT
DISTRICT,
TAGE OF
POSSESSING
NATURAL
SETTING MAKES
A
SCHOOL
PLAY AREA
A
IT DOES
DOMINATING
IT AN
AND
BEAUTIFUL
HAVE THE ADVANSPOT.
EXCELLENT SITE FOR
AT THE SAME TIME LENDS
ITSELF TO FIT THE RECREATIONAL
NEEDS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WILL
SINCE THIS
BE THE FIRST TO
SCHOOL
THUS
OTHERWISE GO TO
THAT THERE
DISTRICT
AN
SCHOOL
IN
SUCH
PRICES.
WHICH
WOULD
EVEN BUILDINGS
THIS
TO SAFEGUARD
THE CHILDREN.
A STATE HIGHWAY THROUGH
OF
JUSTIFY SUCH AN
EITHER
MAJOR
INVEST-
AUTHORITIES TO
STREETS
IN
IT
BUILD INGS
NECESSARY
F
RESIDENTIAL
UNIT E.....
ARE TO BE
THAT
ON MAIN THOROUGHFARES
THAT MAKE
P
A
STILLWATER.
PART OF SCHOOL
SCHOOL@
BUILDING
THE SITE NOW;
IN
FREQUENTLY RESULTS
SITES
NEW HOMES,
NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL
OF
CITY
OR
PROBABLY
ESSENTIAL
ORDER
ARE SITUATED
ON
DOLLARS
THE
IS
IN ADVANCE WHERE
LOCATED
PURCHASE
OF
IT
DISTRICT WOULD
BY THE
WITH
PURCHASE LAND
BE A
FAILURE ON THE
KNOW
OF
SPECULATIVE
ELIMINATION
MENT
SHOULD
SAVING THOUSANDS
AT THE HIGH
AREA
BE OCCUPIED
OFFICIALS
THE
FOR
T
OR
THE
,SmT-tiA
ADAPTATION
CHAPTER (
PAGE 13
CHILDREN TO
CROSS HEAVILY TRAVELED
THEIR
BETWEEN
WITH
TRIPS
THE
PRESENT
DEVELOPMENT
IT
WILL
SAME TIME
REMOVES
THE
BE MORE
INASMUCH
PROBABLY
EXTEND
STILL BE
CHANGE.
AS
MORE
IMPORTANT
PLACE
SINCE
THIS AREA
IS
ESSENTIAL
IT
ON THE
SCHOOL
RECREATIONAL
AND
IN
THE
MAKING
IN
THIS
RESIDENTIAL
FROM
PLAN AS
THIS
ONE
ARTERY
B
D
P
G
EXTREME
PLAN,
HIGHWAY
AN
PARK,
PLAYGROUNDS
TO
FILL THE
THE
No. 51
SHARP
INTER-
BEEN REMOVED ALSO
THE STATE
OF THE
GREAT
THE FUTURE.
SCHOOL
AN
AREA.
VICINITY.
WASHINGTON STREET, HAS
DEVELOPMENT
THERE
THE CITY
SUFFICIENT
WHERE
WILL
PLOT HOLDS
SITE THROUGH WHICH
TURN,
THE
AT
AREA
STREET
SCHOOL
OF THAT
WHERE
DEVELOPMENT
REMOTE
HAVE
IS
AUTOMOBILE
FOR SUCH
THE
THE
IS SO
TO
AND
COMMERCIAL
REASONS
FOR
NEEDS
DANGEROUS
SECTS
THE
INDICATED ON
THE NEW LOCATION
LOCATED
WASHINGTON
TO
DISTRICT
THE ATROCIOUS
AS
IT
E-UGENE FIELDS
NEIGHBORHOOD
ELIMINATES
So
HOME.
ON
THE 2 0 -YEAR
THE
CENTRALLY
HAZARD.
WOULD
AND
CONDITIONS.
PLAN
SCHOOL WITHIN
SCHOOL
STREETS
FO
S
CONTEMPLATES
HIGHWAYS
OF
ADAPTAT ON
CHAPTER
PAGE
IT HAS BEEN STATED ALREADY
THAT
THE
PLANNING
BOARD
HAND
IN
THE
COMMISSION.
4
14
PROPOSED CITY
SCHOOL
PARKS........
PARK
SHOULD
ASSIST THE
PARK
SUGGESTING
TO
TIONAL
MIGHT
THEM
POOLS,
OR
TIONAL
FACILITIES
LAND.
THE
UTILIZED
NEWLY
THE
TO
IS
BOOMER
ONE
AND
SCHOOL
OF
IN
THE
WOULD
LESS
SCOO
B
SIMPLY
ELECTED
NO
BED
AS
FAR
THE
AS
THE FAIR
A
SUCH
COMMISSION.
THE TRUE
SOME
PROGRAM
OF
GROUNDS
REALIZATION
IS
AN
EXCELLENT
OF
THE
CLOSE COORDINATION
COULD
THROUGH
OWNERS
HAS
DEVELOPMENT
THE BENEFIT
CITIZENS,
PARK
PROGRAM
FOR
MUCH
RECREA-
FOREST
DO
IN
G
OF
DEFINITE
THE
OTHER
WILD
MEMBERS
MAY
AS
BE
MARKET
CASES,
STRENGTHEN
THE
SUCH
THE MUNICIPALITIES
ILDIN
AS
OR
WHICH
SWIMMING
SCHEME
THAN
PROPERTIES, OR
TO
BOATING
OR
THE
COMMISSIONS,
RIGHT
OR
OFTEN
REPRESENTATIVE
ACCEPT
FISHING
ORGANIZATIONS
PROJ ECT.
BOTH
INTO
CREEK
AND
RECREA-
OFFING
PLANNING
THESE TWO
TH IS
BEDS
ALTHOUGH
BOOMER LAKE.
FAR
AS
FOR
CAN
DISCOVERING
SUCH
CONTEMPLATE
CREEK
PLANNER
FOR
ALTHOUGH
SET-UP,
BEEN
BY
HAND WITH
POSSIBILITIES
DEVELOPED
COMMISSION,
THE SCHOOL
COMMISSION
DEVELOPMENT
BE
WORK
TO
FOR
FO
OF
INFLUENCE
THE MEMBERS
INDUCED
TO
VALUE FOR
DEED
OF
THEM
SUCH
OUT-
RECREATIONAL
ADAPTAT ION
CHAPTER
PACE
PURPOSES.
MENDOUS
A GIFT FOR
STIMULUS
ALTHOUGH
STILLWATER
INDUSTRIAL
SAID
CONCERNING
THE
SCHOOLS*
IF
IT
A
THE
SCHOOL
PLANNING
THE
FUTURE
IN
THEIR
IS
THE
AIR
OFTEN
VERY
THEIR
VICINITY.
BY
THE
IS
RESOURCES
COMMISSIONS
TO
FUL
SHOULD
INDUSTRIAL
FLEXIBILITY
AND
UP
ADVANCE
INDUSTRIAL,
IN
ON ACCOUNT OF
DUST ANO
SMOKE THAT
NEIGHBORHOODS
PLACE
IT
IS
SCHOOLS
IN
OF HOUSING
AND
AND
DEPENDENT
OF THE
CITY
IMMEDIATE
PLANNING
PROPER
FUTURE
REQUIRED
VITALLY
CHARACTER
SEE THAT
FOR
IN
ZONING
YEARS
IN
ORDIN-
REGARD
EXPANSION.
PLAN
BUILDING
KIND
THE SCHOOL
ARE DRAWN
A 20-YEAR
THE
INDUSTRIAL
EXPANSION
AN
OF THIS
ADVANTAGE
TO
PECULIARLY
SURROUNDINGS.
ANCES
THESE
A TRE-
FUTURE
TO BECOME
AND
UNSATISFACTORY
CHILDREN
UPON
IN
TO
KNOW
PROGRAM.
'D
BE A WORD
DEVELOPMENT
REGARD
a
PROGRAM.
SHOULD
DEC IDED
BUILDING
IS
CONS IDERED
OFFICIALS
THE DISTRACTING NOISES
PERMEATE
BE
THERE
SECTION
BE TO
PURPOSE
PLANNING
CANNOT
COMMUNITY
CERTAIN
WOULD
THE
COMMUNITY,
PHASE OF
THAT
TO
SUCH A
15
IN ORDER
TO
PROGRAM SHOULD
AS
SCHOL
THE MAJOR
P
G
CARRY
OUT A
SUCCESS-
BE DESIGNED WITH
FACTOR.
FO
NO
S
LONG-RANGE
FLEXIBILITY IN
A 20-YEAR.....
BUILDING......
PROGRAM.......
SADAPTATI ON
CHAPTER
PAGE
BUILDING
LETTER,
AUTHOR
THE
PROGRAM HAS
AND
TO
IS
NOT THE
PROBLEMS
IS
A
FACTORS
A FLEXIBLE
OFTEN
SITES
AREA
A
MAKE
AS
MAY
CHANGE
AND
MORE AREA AND
IT
THE
THOUGH THE
PLAY SPACE
NEEDS
OF
BUILDING
@0SCHOOL
BILDING
THERE
OF SCHOOL
IN THE
MAY
ARE NOT NOW
THESE
DEMAND
THE SCHOOL
EXPANSION
APPARENT;
INCLUDED
MAKE
EDUCATIONAL
IMPORTANT TO
FUTURE
BE
GENERAL
UNFORECAST
FACTORS
OR
FOR
THEREFORE,
FLEXIBILITY SHOULD
SCHOOL
OR OTHER
POPULATION
POSSIBILITIES
THE
THE ATTENDANCE
RESPONSIBILITIES;
IS,
IN
PLAN NECESSARY.
CHANGE*
EXPANDED
IN THE
SOLVE THE
EXPANDING THE S IZE
CONDITIONS
OFFERINGS
MUNITY.
FOR
THE
THE SCHEME
POSSIBLE SCHEME*
A NEED
BE
WHICH TO
SUGGESTION
DIRECTION OF
THE
PRESENTED AS
OF STILLWATER.
MERELY A
TO
INTENTION OF
ANALYSIS THROUGH
PRESENTED
IS
CARRIED OUT
ANTICIPATE THE SCHEME
FINAL
FUTURE
IT
BEEN
OR
COM-
CONSIDER
EVEN
THUS
IN STILLWATER'S
PROGRAM.
PR
GRAM
FOR
Si
S
16
1
REALIZAT
SC
OO BU*L*IN
o F
I ON
-P
A
FOReOGA
COM
STIL
uN
I T Y
SCH 0 OL
REALIZAT ION
CHAPTER
PAGE
REALIZATION
COMMUNITY
OF A
CONSTITUTE
THE
CHIEF
SCHOOL
PLANNING
SUCH
SCHOOL WOULD
A
COMMUNITY
TO
AS
FULFILL
CIVIC NEEDS
WOULD
THIS
FOR
SOC IALS,
FOCAL
FOR
THE
AND SOCIAL
SCHOOLS
FROM
IN
18 TO
PUBLIC
STILLWATER
20
SERVE
THE
PLANT
BELONGS
IT
FEW
IT
USEFUL
PER
OF WAYS;
ENTIRE
FOR
TO
THEIR
FOURTEEN
B
EXPENDITURE
P
PLANT
OPPOR-
THE CHILDREN.
BE THE
FOR
CENTER
COMMUNITY
AND
SCHOOL
FOR
WOULD
THE COMMUNITY
ADVANCEMENT
OTHER
BE
WOULD
OF
CIVIC
PRESENT THE PUBLIC
ARE
CONSTANTLY
THE TOTAL
THIS
NEW
COMMUNITY.
THE
CENTER
AND
SCHOOL
WELL AS
AND
THE
GREATER
WOULD
CENT OF
ADMINISTRATIVE
SLIGHT
THIS
THIS
AT
TO
RECREATIONAL,
FUNCTIONS,
PROMOTION
YEARS.
A COMMUNITY
FORUMS,
TO WHICH
IDEALS.
A VARIETY
EMPLOY
S
OF
AS
POINT
ATHLETIC
INSTITUTION
LOOK
ACT
TO MAKE AVAILABLE
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES*
THE
GREAT ASSET
STILLWATER.
FOR
FOR
STILLWATER
THE NEXT FEW
THE ADULTS AS
CULTURAL
OF ACTIVITY
FOR
BE A
WOULD
SCHOOL SHOULD
OF THE
CULTURAL,
OF
BE USED
TUNITIES
BOARD
IT
THE
AIM
HIGH
SOCIAL
HOURS
A
CHANGES
IT
POPULATION
SCHOOL
AS
PEOPLE
SERVING
WILL
THE SCHOOL
IS
PROPER
ACTIVITIES;
DAY WOULD
AND
OF MONEY.
TO
MAKING
INVOLVE
A COMPARATIVELY
A PROPERLY
FO S LT
M
1
COIIVMMUi` ITY AND
THE SCHOOL...
REAL IZATI ON
CHAPTER
2
PAGE
DESIGNED
COMMUNITY
HIGH
EXCELLENT
COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY
CENTER
CENTER,
ACTIVITIES
THIS
PROJECT
CONSIDERED
AS
AND
HAVE
ADULTS
THE
THE MOST RECENT
WOULD
AS
IT
ARE
WOULD
CENTER
WOULD
WHERE
BOTH
FOR
OF SCHOOL
AN
SINCE
IN
GREATER
THE
BENEFIT
BE THOUGHT
OPPORTUNITIES
SURVEY
MAKE
PARTICULARLY
STILLWATER
OUT-OF-SCHOOL HOURS.
FROM
SCHOOL
0
4f
OF
AND
CHILDREN
IMPROVEMENT.
CENTERS
SCHOOL COMMUNITY
IN
CENTERS....,....
1924 SHOWED THAT THERE WERE AT THAT TIME
CENTERS
LOCATED
TOWNSHIPS.
OF CITIES
CENTERS
OVER 5,000
AVAILABLE SHOW ING
THE
OF
EXISTING JUNIOR
TIONS HAVE ALREADY
EDUCATION;
SCHOOL
SCHOO
BUILDIN
107 TO 240, A GAIN OF
ARE NO
OF SCHOOL
UNITED STATES.
OVER
HIGH
SCHOOL
CONDI-
AND
HIGH
BEEN DISCUSSED
O
FIGURES
SCHOOL
CONTAIN
PR
SCHOOL
SIX-YEAR HIGH
THEREFORE
SHOULD
HAVING
THE PRESENT NUMBER
A
AND
1924 THE NUMBER
PRESENT THERE
THROUGHOUT THE
THE ADVANTAGES
VILLAGES,
POPULATION
INCREASED FROM
AT
CITIES,
1919 AND
BETWEEN
124 PER CENT.
CENTERS
722
IN
1,569
THIS
UNDER
NEW COMMUNITY
THE SIX
GRADES,
7
HIGH
TO
12.
SIX-YEAR...
HIGH SCHOOL
REAL IZAT ION
CHAPTER
P
PAGE
ESTIMATION
OF THE
COMMUNITY
HIGH
SCHOOL
THE ENROLLMENT
BE
SECURED
OF
STILLWATER
BY
PROBABLE
DATA
AND
SCHOOL
ENROLLMENTS
AN
INDICATION
BEEN
AND
FOR
AGE OF
TOTAL
IN
CENT
ERAL,
THE
STILLWATER
AT
HAVE
IT
PLAN.
ALREADY
20,000
AND
CENT
CLOSE
PERCENT-
12.68
PER
21.67 PER CENT IN SOUTH
TO
THUS
TO
STATES
THIS
OVER
UPON
AS THE
FOR
AS
AGE
A
A WHOLE,
GROUP
ONE-FIFTH
LOCALITY.
UNITED
THE
PROGRAMS
P
2,076
THIS
VARIED FROM
THE UNITED
AS WELL
IS
OF THE POPULA-
FRACTION ONE-SIXTH--THE
G
PROPORTIONAL
GROUPS,
PRESENT
16 PER
POPULATION
BUILDING
BUI
PREDIC-
THE SAFER
POPULATION
DEPENDING
SUFFICIENTLY
FUTURE
AGE
TRENDS
ONE-EIGHTH
POPULAT ION,
POPULATION
IN
1920 CENSUS FIGURES
WHILE
FROM
CHANGES
VARIOUS
IT MAY
FOR
POPULATION
16.72 PER CENT.
TUTES
BASE
IS
CALIFORNIA
CAROLINA,
THIS
ENROLLMENT
BY THE
FUTURE
THE LATTER
APPROXIMATELY
IS
OR
FROM
1960 WAS THE FINAL CONCLUSION.
BY
TION.
SCHOOL
OF
THE
CURRENT
DISCUSSED UNDER
STILLWATER'S
WAS
OF
THAT
INHABITANTS
PAST YEARS;
USING
BECAUSE
BELIEVED
FOR
OF THIS
1960 MAY BE MADE
ESTIMATING
TION.
IS
IN
ENROLLMENT
AT
FR
OF
IN
RATIO
THE
GENFOR
STATES-8S
PURPOSE
THIS
CONSTI-
OF STUDY
TIME;
SR
FOR
HOWEVER
3
SCHOOL....
ENROLLMENT
REAL IZAT ION
CHAPTER
PAGE
1960 ALL
BY
DECREASE
INDICATIONS
IN
FRACTION
THIS
WILL
PERCENTAGE,
PROBABLY
THIS ASSUMPTION,
PUPILS;
HIGH
THUS
SCHOOL,
AROUND
THE
THE
SCHOOL
OF THE
INDICATED
ON
WILL
SITE
BE
WILL
BE
IT
AND TWELVTH
SIZE
BE
BOTH
BULDN
WILL
SCHOOL
ON
OBLIGED
GROUNDS
STREET,
THE
BETWEEN
AND
THEN
THAT
THE
PRORA
FOR
HAS
SOUTH
EAST AND
INCREASE
COMMUNITY
RECREATION
ADULTS.
As
OCCUPY 24
IS
AND
HIGH
EIGHTH
WEST STREET,
ESSENTIAL
PROVIDE
PRESENT
AUTHOR
THIS
TO
CHILDREN
AND
FOR
SITE
THE
ENLARGED.
NORTH
PLANT WILL
REASON
OF
PLAN,
SITE.
COMMUNITY
IN
SCHOOL
BE MUCH
STREET AND
THE SCHOOL
THE
HIGH
IT IS
A DIGNIFIED
STILLWATER
THE SITE
GOV-
COMMUNITY.
NEW
JUNIOR
FLYING
CONSPICUOUS
THIS
STREET
ACRES.
ONE
FOR
DEVELOPMENT
DUNCAN
STILLWATER,
DESERVES
THIS
WEST.
THE
IS
PLACED
BETWEEN
SCOO
OF
IN
AND
HOWEVER
SCHOOL;
FOR
1960
IN
IN THE
CAPITOL
LOCATION
WILL
FOR
OF A COMMUNITY
FOUND
CONTEMPLATED
THE
USING
ENROLLMENT
12,
SCHOOL
FLAG,
EDIFICE
THE CITY
IN
THIS
1960
1,500 STUDENTS.
ERNMENT
HIGH
IN
ONE-SEVENTH.
TOTAL
7 TO
GRADES
NATIONAL
THE
A SLIGHT
AND
ENROLLMENT
A COMMUNITY HIGH
THE
BE
TO
12 WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 3,000
I TO
GRADES
POINT
4
THE NEW
STLWTR
SCHOOL
SPACE
SITE
OKLH
W
4f
REALIZATION
CHAPTER
PAGE
HAVE SPACE
MUST ALSO
BE ADEQUATELY
STREET
AND
TROUBLES
PLAYING
SO
THAT THE
LANDSCAPED
NEIGHBORS.
HAVE
GROWN
CHILDREN
AND
OUT
BUILDING MAY
SCREENED
OF
MANY
THE
FROM
FOR
THE
SCHOOLS'
OF DIFFICULTIES
PROVIDED
M
5
THE
THAT
NEIGHBORS*
NOISE AND OTHER ANNOYANCE OF THE SCHOOL SITE
MAY
OF
BE
PLANTING
PLANNED
FOR
USE,
VALUES
RATHER
WILL
WHERE
BE
ALSO
ACT
AS
OTHER
AND
TO THE
CIVIC
EVENINGS
FOR
SUCH
SCHOOL'S
WILL
IN
THAT
CULTURAL
MUSIC
PROVIDE
SCOO
BULDN
TO THIS
THE
BRING
PART
THEIR
PRESENTATIONS
PRGA
AND
SITE
WILL
INTEREST.
ADULTS
SET
OUTDOOR
5TILLWATER'S
BY
OF
FOR
APART
THE
THEATER
PAGEANTS
SUPERVISED
FOR
OF
INTEREST
PROMOTED
AN
TO
DIGNITY
INSTRUMENTS
OF THE
MAY
INCENTIVE
COMMUNITY
ACTIVITIES
FOR
PLANTING
GARDENER
CHILDREN
CONDUCTOR.
MEANS
THEATRICAL
THE
TO
A STIMULANT
MUSIC
AN
ADDING
COMMUNITY MAY
GOOD
AS
SCHOOL
SCHOOL
CONSERVATORY
THUS
A BOTANIST OR
PROPERTY
THE
DESIRABLE
STILLWATER
EDUCATION
SUMMER
THE
BY
GARDENING;
THEREIN.
AND
AND
THEM.
AND
FOR
DESIGNED
SURROUNDING
A GARDEN
USE
A WELL-
TYPE,
DIMINISH
HAVE
PROPER
BY THE
PURPOSES.
OF THIS
INCREASE
THAN
FLOWERS
PUBLIC
ON
WILL
PROPAGATED
HOME
SCREENING
INSTITUTION
PUBLIC
SITE
ELIMINATED
COMPLETELY
BY
LLWA
SSTI
REALIZATI ON
CHAPTER.
IA
6
O
PAGE
SCHOOL
OFFICIALS.
COMMUNITY
PUBLIC
AFTER
HIGH
HAVING
AUTHOR
COMMUNITY
BASED
MENT
65
INVESTIGATED
CLASSROOM
IMMEDIATELY
IS
OF
ADJACENT
HIGH
ON
DATA
AS
IN
ERATION
MINIMUM
THE
OBTAINING
FOR
THE
SUCH
INDOOR
THIS
FROM
COMMUNITY
JUSTIFY
THIS
THE U.
TEMPERATURE
FOR
S.
TAKEN
SCHOOL
THIS
DEPART-
HOLDING
CHART
THESE AVERAGES.
AN
AREAS
ASSUMING
FOR
ACCOMPANYING
SUCH
IN
WAS
CONSID-
THE CHART
WEEK,
TWELVE
INVESTIGATION
HIGH
SCHOOL
TYPE
OF
OUTDOOR...
CLSSR OO MS
CONCLUSION
BUREAU.
WEATHER
OF
CLASSROOMS,
A PROCEDURE
A FIVE-DAY
OF THE YEAR.
FUTURE
TO
PRECIPITATION WAS
DESIGNED
WOULD
FOR
THE POSSIBLE USE
OF SEGREGATED
OBTAINED
SESSIONS,
ORIGINATED.
A
BE DESIGNED
IN STILLWATER,
AGRICULTURE,
OUTDOOR
MONTHS
SPACE
ADVOCATES
DEGREES
WAS
SCHOOL WILL
STILLWATER'S
USE.
OUTDOOR
THE
THE SITE FOR
FOR
SHOWS
STILLWATER.
CLASSROOM.
23
SHO
BUILDING
PR
A
FO
S
O
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