Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-09-20

A rxxsslNG WANT rxumrrLr NET.

NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.
A PRESSING WANT rkOmPTLY NET.
The Beard Os lSSrectOss Decide To Purchase
Ground a"ss rect Thsrsoa . SchOol
HOuse-lrOc eesltDgs Of the MeesloG.
A special nl,etin. Of the board Of di-
rectOrs Of Lancaster school district was
held last cveniD. to consider the expedi.
ency Of purchasing lot Of ground and
Immediately erecting thereon four room
school house.
The following named members were
present
. Messrs. BreuemaU, Byrue, Cochran, Eb-
erman, Erismau, Evans, Haas. Hartman,
jackson, Johnston, LevergOOd, Marshall,
Morton, Obj n Ter, Reimensnydcr, RhOads,
RingWalt, Richards SaEsOn, SchwebCl,
Slaymakcr, Sneych. SnylcI A. j.. SDy-
der, E. g., Warfei. WcsthaelIer. Wilson,
Zecber, Christian, Zrehcr. Geo. w., Baker
president.
Mr.. Warfel, chairman Of the superin
tending committee, offered tho following
resolution
Rls0lsed, That the property committee
be directed to purchase u lot Of ground in
the northern part Of the city and imme-
diately ereot thereon twO-stOry four
room building, suitable fOS lower grade
secondary and primary schools.
Mr.. Warfel said tho experimenting
committee had previously reported to the
board the necessity of additional school
accommodations in tho northern section Of
the city, and had been authorized by the
board to rent building until such time
as . new school house could bO built.
The committee had endeavOred to
rent room, but could find none suitable
for tho purpose. 1t WAS absolutely neces-
sary to have additional accommodations.
Miss Shirk's primary school on Lemon
street had d names ON the roll !; Miss Cliff
TONS 81 names, and Miss Sener's James
street school - names and thcre wero
many applicants for seats besides. The
school rooms Damed arc only calculated to
accommodate 6O pupils each. 1t was
owing to the over crowded condition of
these schools that the present special
meeting had beeu called and the above
resolution offered for consideration.
DR.. LevergOOd thought the resolution
too sweeping iu its terms. 1t authorized
the committee to select y site and erect a
building. The committee might select
property which tho owner would refuse to
soil. He thought tho better plan would be
for tho committee to select site, ascer
tain tho price and report to next meeting
of the board. He proposed the following
amendment 10 Mr.. Warfel's resolution
That tho property committee bo author
lied to select site and report tho price
Of tho same to an adjourned special meet
ing Of tine board and il they sec site
they think desirable. and ut y fair price,
they be authorized to purchase the same
Mr.. Hartman stated that there was a
property advertised to be sold at public sale
within y week that was eligibly located.
BY tho adoption Of the resOlutiOn or tho
amendment the cOmmitte would be pre-
vented from buying it.
Mr.. Byrno had full confidence in tho
judgment Of the property committee and
was willing to leave the matter in their
hands.
!. A v,te being taken DIR. Levergood's
amendment was adopted, IL yeas to IL
nays, and the resolution ~ amended was
agreed TO by . unanimous vote.
Mr.. Warfel offered the following resOlu-
tiOn, which was unanimously agreed to
ResOlred. That until accommodations
can he provided for all primary school
pupils in tho northern and northeastern
parts Of the city the superintendent be di-
rected tU organize tho two primary schOOls
in the Lemon street building, and Miss
Sener's school in the James street build
ing, 30 that one portion, Or half Of the
children. shall receive instruction in tho
forenoon Of each school day. and tho other
portion ~ the afternoon; thus in effect
dividing those pupils into two classes-the
one to reeeive instruction during tho fore
noon aud the other in the afternoon of
each school day.
MIR. Sneych wanted to know why q
schOO! could not be opened at once in the
Clay street chapel.
Mr.. Warfel and Mr.. Slaymaker replied
that they had looked ut the building and
it would not do 1t was too small, was tOD
far north, was badly lucatsd and had no
conveniences.
Mr.. Evans asked what objection there
was to renting tho Lancaster cemetery
chapel.
Mr.. SIay,nsker (sviiently misun'ler
standing him) said tue committee had
looked ut the GOtwald chapel ON James
street, and the trustees had agreed to rent
it to the bOarl for u per week, on cOndi-
tiOn the board wOukl eventually buy tho
property.
MIR. Byrne said tho cemetery chapel
would not do for u school house unless
the pews were removed and benches and
desks substituted, which tho trustees
would not allow.
The question being called On the adop-
tiOn of MIR. WarfePs resolution, dividing
the schWDls and giving halliday sessions,it
was unanimously agreed to.
Adjourned.
inIARID Or MISSIONS.