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Père Gabriel Richard
Elementary
School
(1930 - |
Père
Gabriel Richard
(1767 - 1832) |
The Père Gabriel Richard
Elementary
School was dedicated on February 3, 1931. The dedication address was
given by the Rev. Edward J. Hickey, Ph.D., professor of church history at
the Sacred Heart Seminary, Detroit, who, by an extensive research here and
abroad uncovered interesting materials bearing on Père
Richard.
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From the dedication
program:
Père
Gabriel Richard
October
15, 1767-September 13, 1832
A
Frenchman by birth, an American by adoption and spirit, he was
a pioneer of the West, pastor of old Sainte Anne’s, and a spiritual
father to the Indians.
His
cultured mind and his eagerness to diffuse knowledge inspired him to propose
a public library, to become the first patron of printing in Michigan,
to become a founder of the University of Michigan
and of Detroit’s earliest schools.
Imprisoned for his patriotism in the War of 1812, he was later elected
delegate to Congress, where he promoted Michigan’s first highways.
In his
Master’s service he labored with the graciousness of a gentleman and the
bravery of a Frenchman, until he died, a martyr of
charity, ministering to the victims of the cholera.
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 Père
Gabriel Richard
(1767 - 1832) |
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Facts about Richard Elementary School
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Site
purchased: July, 1928-May 1929 |
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Construction began:
Nov. 20 1929 |
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Contract cost: $352,455.70 |
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Equipment cost: $15, 125.36 |
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Landscaping cost: $8, 961.10 |
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Total Cost of building: $376,272.16 |
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Site cost: $132,268.33 |
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Pupils enrolled Sept. 1930: 389 |
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Pupils enrolled Jan. 1931: 412 |
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Increase since Sept. 1930: 23 |
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Capacity, present unit (on
Detroit basis):
700 |
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Working Capacity, ultimate plant, 1225 |
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Number of teachers: Full time 15 |
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Number of teachers: Part time 4 |
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Pre pupil cost (contract cost), $463.75 |
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Per pupil cost (building complete) $495.09
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Kindergarten Room (1930)
A
beautiful room designed and equipped to stimulate many types of socialized
and individualized activities on the part of
kindergarten pupils. For this reason it has an attractive color scheme
interwoven in all its aspects. There is a
beautiful fireplace with special tile blocks depicting characters familiar
in childhood stories. There is a very attractively colored drinking
fountain with a background that is fascinating to
the minds of little children. This same color scheme is carried out in the
built-in aquarium which stands in the corner near the window.
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Classrooms
The classrooms of
Pere Gabriel
Richard School are of the standard size
capable of seating forty pupils. They are modern in every respect
and are equipped in such a manner as to make
possible the most efficient instruction.
Physically, the classroom meets modern requirements with respect to heating,
and ventilating is of the univent type, both the
heating coil and the ventilating ducts and fan being integral parts
of the same unit. Temperature is thermostatically- controlled. There is
a special humidifying apparatus. Lighting is
obtained through a series of large austral type windows
equipped with double roller translucent shades.
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Board Members,
Principal, Architects, General Contractor
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Presiding Superintendent: S. M. Brownell |
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President, Board of Ed: Fred Sutter |
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Secretary, Board of Ed: Charles A. Parcells |
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Treasurer, Board of Ed.: Charles A. Poupard |
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Other board members: John R. Watkins & J. Lee Barrett |
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Principal of Richard: C.J. Messner, M.A. |
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Architects: Robert O. Derrick, Inc. |
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General Contractor: A.W. Kutsche Co. |
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Samuel M. Brownell,
Presiding Superintendent |
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Teaching staff 1930
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Kdg:
Gertrude Slocum, Ph.D |
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Grade 1B: Mac Walter |
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Grade 1A: Ruth U’Ren |
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Grade 2B: Helen Wise, B. S. |
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Grade 2A: Marion Walker |
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Grade 3B: Ethel Eckstrand, A. B. |
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Grade 3A: Helen Spangler |
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Grade 4B: Nina Oldham |
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Grade 4A: Virginia Ward |
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Grade 5B: Mary Greenshields, A. B. |
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Grade 5A: Lucille Groff, A. B., M. A. |
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Grade 6 B: Katherine Richards, A. B. |
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Grade 6 A: Clara Blank |
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CoachingTchr: Olga Martin |
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Phys Ed.: Garnette Foster, B. S. |
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Phys Ed.: Louis Vedder |
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Art: Janette Adams, B. S.
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Inst. Music: O. Lincoln Igon, B. A., B. Mus. Ed. |
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Music: Elizabeth Dexter, B. M.
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