The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-04
THE SCHOOLS OF The CITY.
THE URGENT NECESSITY FOR
MORE SUITABLE BUILDINGS.
What Supt. Collier Thinks OF the
Matter-Sketch OF the Va
riOus Schools.

library lot, on the corner of Jefferson
aud Third streets, tothe public schools,
and a reporter yesterday called upon
ptrinIendent Collier TO know what
the prospects were for erecting a build
ing there.
THAT / cannot cay" Capt. Collier
replied; "but l do know that Mem
phis is very much in need OF a school
in the central potion Cf the city. The
location is an admirable one and the
lot, though not very large, is sufficient.
" spacious to accommodate q good
sized building. There would not be-
much left for a playground, however,
aud that is a consideration too often
neglected"
"Is the pressure on the schools
sufficiently relieved by the erection of
the new buildings on Auction and
Georgia Streets"
"Co 1siderably. But there are a
number OF applications nov on file
that we can not grant, and probably
there would be more except that it is
pretty well known that the schools
are pretty we'll filled. However, we
might manage well enough with the
plumber of schools we 10 have f)r a
little while If they were rebuilt - not
rspaired-but replaced bv new
and more connections structures,
especially designed f)r the purpose. II
the oIrd had the money they would
no doubt know wba; to do with II.
The Linden street building might be
torn down for instance, aud two build
ings, one for boys and one for girls,
erected instt ad. The lot is sufficiently
large. While the number nj pupils in
alter dance is very large, 3767this year,
il might be larger if we bad better
echoll houses. 1t is one of the first
thugs of which a stranger inquiries
when he visits a city with q view OF
settling. In the live West the neces.
sity for schools, and good ones has
long been recogniz cd. It's rapid growth
may be in a large aicribed to
the good sense of the pioneers. In
nearly every settlement the stone OF
brick facade OF q echool-house is reared
through the very smoke which cuili
upward from the log-hesp made n
clearing the town SITE"
There is no city in the United States
in which 90 much attention has of
late been given to sanitary EFF airs and
80 thoroughly AZ in Memphis; and,
even though there are still outlying
portions Of the city in which the
work is incomplete, the public mind
has been 80 thoroughly aroused to the
importance of the subj Ct thai consid.
erations Of hygiene enter into every.
thing that is done. In no department
OF municipal affairs has public opin-
ion acted more effectually in this
direction than in the management OF
the public schools, which In this re-
spect, VITA n or two exceptions in
the remote subui be-, take the lea
among the schools of Tennessee. But
more IS to be done yet, as will be seen
from the following sketch of the
yario N schools:
The Pope SchoolIis a two-story frame
building, originally a private residence.
The up stairs Dom are about 1880
f3et, ceiling eight feet high.
TIE Catharlne Street School was an
old church, about 50x30 feet, huilt Of
wood, and is divided by a removable
canvass.
The Merrill School on Alabama
street, is & long one-story frame build
ing with a passage running through it
longitudinally.
The Jefferson Street School was
originally built for a clearinghouse;
it consists of Two long, narrow rooms
on each floor. The ventilation might
be imp roved at q very small expense.
The Winchester Street School is a
%two-story ( anne, long and narrow,
with four rooms, the largest Axis
fee,-no play rounds.
The Smith School is a thTee-stOry
brick building, four rooms on each
floor, aSout 33x27 feet; the windows
well placed for ocl'ar hygiene; wa'lI
C, lored a cool gray; ventila ion by
fluSs in the walls, but insufficient
without opening the Windows; heated
by stoves; privieB kept clean bv Il
stream OF water running through, dis.
charging into the public sewer. Aver
age attendance, about lofty pupils to
. room. A very satisfactory building.
The Georgia and Auction Street
schools are new and very satisfactory.
They are 90x60 feet, and have SIX
rooms each.
The Monroe Street School is a one,
story frame building, with ground
plan of about 63x50 feet and
a passage running through l9ngi-
tudinally. Two good rooms on
each side of the passage, well placed
for light and ventilation. Good sized
Fairgrounds. A good building in all
respects, but much crowded for room.
TIE Lsa'h School, Linden street, is
a oDe-s,ory frame building, about l05
x50 feet, with ceilirg ~ feet
high, and an additional detached
building 30x24 feet. Longitudinal
Tasesge through main building,
which contains eight rooms, each
25x27 feet. Play-g Ounds ample;
would be much impi owed by shade
trees all aTouBd them.
The Kortrecbt School, on Clay
street, is a two-story brick building,
exterior dimensions 75x62 feet; four
rooms on a ficor. Average attendance,
$50. Water connection with sewers
An excellent building.
The Peabody School, Webster street,
near Main, is a two-story brick, seven
ty.two feet square outside, with wide
massage through and broad staircase.
Excellent internal EN- mt venti.
lators in the wall. Fairgrounds Of
fair sizs, and surroun ling commons
sufi GENTLY open to be available for
exercise.
The Seventh Street School is a one
story frame building, with two rooms
OF fair size, temporarily used ~ a pri-
mary school for colored children not
calling for separate description.