Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-12
MORE SCHOOL ROOMS NEEDED.
The Subject Referred by the School
Board to tho District Commissioners.

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THE URGENT NECESSITY FOB IMMEDIATE RI
LIEr-PRoPosRD BUILDING At THE CORNER OF
SEVENTH AND srRxHrs-A GEORGETOWN
BRANCH or THE HIGH SCHOOL SUGGESTED,
The necessity for additional school rooms
was brought to the attention of the school
| board at the regular meeting last evening.
Chairman Ross had read the following commu-
nication from N. p. Gage, the supervising prin-
cipal Of the second division:
In tardy fulAlment Of my promise to pre-
sent few facts to show the need Of new
school building to relieve the pressure in the
Henry, Morse and Phelps buildings I submit
the following: The % school rooms in these
three buildings are now occupied by IS schools,
| that Il 10 schools-two Of which are of the
third grade-are on the halliday plan. On the
Soth OF November last there we're In these 50
schools Its pupils, an average Of "a pupils to
teacher. Allowing 48 pupils to . teacher,
winch 10 quite above the average OF the schools
OF the city, these Its pupils would fill 81
schools. In fact there is needed in order to
comfortably organize the schools this year
four new classes in these buildings, one each in
the nrst, second, fifth and sixth grades, but for
which we had no room. Thirty seven schools
IN ~ rooms IL, then, not an extravagant state
consider that at least year will
be needed for providing new building the
need OF an immediate appropriation Ii seen to
be the more urgent. The location on the
northwest corner of the Henry lot is both central
and accessible. A building erected there would
better relieve the existing pressure than one
placed farther south. as was first proposed, and
there Is at present no undue pressure in any
other locality. With nine schools virtually
Owe actually needing accommodations it is
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ing would be filed as soon a. it could be built
IN the ordinary course of affairs. Nor would
there be any serious objection to having two
buildings in one yard. On the contrary there
would be advantages in assigning the upper
and lower grades to different buildings and, as
Tor yard room. ! think there would be more
there than could be obtained elsewhere"
STATEMENT OF PRESIDENT ROSS
Mr.. Ross said that he had introduced this
communication for the purpose OF securing the
Endorsement Of the board before it was sent to
the Commissioners. It was hoped that the
Commissioners would recommend to Congress
that an appropriation be made at once. The
site proposed was at the corner Of 7th and
streets. and the necessity for such q building
was clearly set forth In the letter which Mr.
Gage bad written at his request
Some OF the members spoke of the proposed
new building occupying portion OF the play
ground OF the other school buildings on that
square, but Mr.. Ross said that there would still
be room enough for such purposes. He was APP
prehensive that unless the 7th street front OF
this square was occupied for school buildings
that the District might sometime be tempted to
sell the property.
The communication was ordered to be re-
ferred to the District Commissioners with the
Endorsement Of the board.
PROPOSED GEORGETOWN BRANCH OF THE HIGH
SCHOOL.
A ID 10 ha 10 a. 4
over 1,400 pupils in the high school suggested
to Mr. Mitchell matter which he said he in
tended to bring before the board later on in a
more formal way. He said that new school
building would shortly be completed in George
town and he thought that then some of the
rooms in that building could be used for
branch Of the high school He said that
many OF the people in Georgetown and in
the section Of the city west of 18th street were
unable to send their children to the high
school on account OF the expense due to car
rare. The present school was too crowded and
he estimated there were between two and three
hundred children in the section referred to
Georgetown: That section OF the city was
growing rapidly, while the other sections were
practically all built up.
CAPITOL HILL WANTS A BRANCH.
This last statement prompted Mr.. Whelpley
to call Mr.. Mitchells attention, as we'll as that
OF the board, to the fact that East Washington
was not standing still and that its population of
$4,000 was receiving constant additions He
observed that when Mr.. Mitchell was ready to
bring before the board his proposition that he
would also ask attention to the advisability of
establishing branch of the high school ON
Capitol Hill.
In a pleasantly sarcastic tone Mr.. Mitchell
SAID that he spoke of present necessities, not
of what might be in the future.
But Mr.. Whelpley repealed the idea that he
was speaking OF growth in population as if it
was something in the future Of East Washing
ton What he referred to was the actual pres
emit
PROPOSED REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DIVISION
BOUNDARIES.
The direction which the discussion took re-
minded Chairman Ross to bring to the atten-
ton Of the board the necessity for some reor-
ganizatlon in the boundaries of the present
school divisions. Some divisions, he said, con-
tanned one hundred and more schools This
gave the supervising principals more work than
they could properly attend to. He thought that
another supervising principal should be APP
pointed. He offered resolution providing for
the appointment Of q committee to take the
matter OF the reorganization of the divisions
into consideration. This resolution was adopted
and Mr.. White. who was in the chair, appointed
Messrs. Whelpley, Mitchell and Thayer as mem
bers Of that committee.
rEAcHERsHIP CERTIFICATES AWARDED.
Prof. Gregory, from the committee on
teachers and janitors, reported as the result of
the examination Of candidates for teachers
certificates held on the 7th and 9Th instants
that certificates were awarded as follows:
Second class, Augusta X. Keyser; first class.
Margaret Lyddane, Alice E. Haslup, Lue H.
Brockett, Isabel Haslup, Jennie II. Spies and
Bertha NJ. Dove.
The committee adds that their recommended
tons for the award Of certificates is based on
the standard adhered to in corresponding ex-
aminations for several years past, namely
third-class certificates not less than 20 per
cent. for second-class certificates not less than
IS per cent, for a hrst-class certificate not less
than So per cent.
request was received from P. A. Auer, the
recorder Of the drill corps of Columbia COM
mandery, No. 2, Knights Templar for permits
sion to use the drill hall Of the high school on
the second and fourth Wednesday of each
month for drill purposes.
1t was decided that as the use of the school
buildings for other purposes than for the
schools is forbidden by the rules. the re-
quest could not be granted and the secretary
was instructed to inform Mr.. Auer Of that fact,
CHANGES IN rEAcHERsHIPs. ETC.
The committee on teachers and ianitors re-
ported favorably the following changes and the
report was adopted.
Second Division-Accept resignation Of Miss
NJ Gordon, 4th. and Miss s. A. Dalton, I'd
grade, to take effect February L. promote Miss
+. +. Towner from Sd to 4th grade vice Miss
Gordon; transfer Miss G. NJ Martin from tenn
pOrary to permanent appointment in the lat