two in the morning
The work of erection was commenced next day . Neither plans nor specifications were supplied , and every contributor was his own architect . Timber of all sorts and shapes came in from fifty sources . The men of the day shift at the mines worked at the building in the evening ; those on the four-o'clock shift put in an hour or two in the morning , and mates off the night shift lent a hand at any time during the day , one man taking up the work where the other left off . Consequently -- and as there was no ruling mind and no general design -- the school when finished seemed to lack continuity , so to speak . As an architectural effort it displayed evidence of many excellent intentions , but could not be called a brilliant success as a whole -- although one astute Parliamentary candidate did secure an overwhelming majority of votes in Waddy after declaring the schoolhouse to be an ornament to the township . The public-spirited persons who contributed windows , it was tacitly agreed , were quite justified in putting in those windows according to the dictates of their own fancy , even if the result was somewhat bizarre .