The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-16
HIGH SCHOOL NEEDS.
ore Room and Better Light
and Appliances.
TEMPORARY ExPEDIENT.
1nrss Dfrectors in Favor Of Taking
steps ImmediateIy -one Advises
4 Little DeIsy.

IS 600ru OF the central, WhefS sa.S - -
q. pupils are studying, has forced the matter INTO
.ssenarsi notice. The publication yesterday
rnorninx Of the annual reports OF superintenu p.
at Frank ]. Barnard and Principal John w.
4 Hesson. Of the High school. both urging imme-
dfafe action. has excited much discussion
among parents and taxpayen
Superintendent Barnard ssys IN MS report:
The crying need now 81 High scnooi oui s,l-
1n4 The present rooms ars Dut storerooms, llly
s Ventilated, with scarcely any iigns, ana In every
Way utterly unfit for High school purposes
Parents aud pupils become ossrguasgsa. hng
ma ruin their eyesight and general health II
& g % Be hoped that the tlrns Is not far distant
yhsn we .ha have eqn sns snproyaS
nIonx. with SPACIOUS halls md assembly rooms,
well arranged Laboratories; well lighted heated
md ventilated study and e, .allonfooms com
seuIn.: pracf1csl ard conyenient rooms for
workers IA word and iron and rooms especially
Designed for drawing, noaei.hg ana carving.
building wouid do. not only our High school
but our entire city e vel, can not be oyeresti-
mated.
He added yesterday in the course OF a CONVEX
sation new High school would bring to
4 this city people from I'll over the surrounding
counfry who would spend the winter here as they
- IA Eastern cities, 10 give their children good
ex3ucafIonmi sdrsntaeex This, of course, would
nfraurfhen the city and Increase the amount of
money spent here Then, too, the possession of
Z such school would render Seattle attractive to
newcomers who aIe boxing for place to set
lie The school 4 magnet to draw people with
lsnaiiiee--sud aIso those without them.
Principal Heefon declares In his report "No
I other need Of th6 city is 30 imperative. We cam
not DO Justice To sur work situated as we now
are: some lines ennnot be developed at all and
III questions % dIscipline and government are
coEnpl1eated and made more difficult than If we
were On the ground floor in separate build
Ing z
The members Of the board of education are al
znost unanimous in their support of the plan.
Their views are - follows:
President Wnliam II Hughes: .T want to see
new High school, and good one 1t would
& please me n We could In some way manage TO
ohxain part Of tha.present state university site
5or tho purpose That Is well situated. central,
md easily accessible BY many street car lines l
also favor good hQilding. costing, say s10o. 000
5nrnished with ample equipment in the way of
chemical and physical laboratories, and manual
Z Raining department The Central school is
veil located, but 1t was mot built for High
nca1ooi. Tomskc i over aud put in the labora-
foEjes would cost considerable, and after all
That Was done NJ should have to put up another
q buifdlpR 70 sceommodate the primary aud
1 grammar pnplle
S. NJ. J. b Msedoueall: CAT present we have
10 pupils crowded into rooms really unfit for
4 studying and recitation. Add to that a lot of
1oUog grade pupils are in the same building,
md thero must b, / suppose, more or less fric-
4 1<on between the two schools. The time has
otCofiy come when We need good building for
= ~ High school, and separate building. I
Uont Seattle to hare the best there is under the
GEcumssancez, tor the best is none too good for
0o1ky like this. A hne High school will bring
fotple here, viii keep them here after they
11no. viii make our citizens better and will be
= Monumenf 70 our enterprise and public
M. ". 81 Colkett: awe must have a high
6@1ooL Them are no two ways about it. In all
e 11elinOo4 tie city cannot go to the expense of
11{tng part 81 the old state university tract,
fNQu2h that would. OF course, make an ideal
1Q14fteus but no doubt we can get good
& NOOK Elsewhere much cheaper. The
1koeent Central school offers a good To-
cation, but that building is not in all
ways httod for High school Ny idea is that We
ca set block It reasonable rate, and erect
{ plain but Substantial aud well-arranged struc-
IRE that vii answer all needs for years to come
~ viii Hot bedificult to sell bonds to cover the
oN1ount neceeeary A point to be remembered
N conuectlun With the courses of study is that
the prcparatofy department. OF the state univer,
sity has been sboliahed; and the standard there
Viii be raised 80 the High school will be link
between the common schools and the univer-
oityn
1T. Thomas ". Prosch: at seems hardly ad-
HiSapic 20 20 70 the expense of putting up a
High school Just now. The city is already IN
der large financial burdens, and further oxpendi-
sure, uniess the need isimperatlve.is unwise Not
more than 21< per cent of the school population
goes TO the High school here, and understand
that about that proportion obtains in other
efsies on the Coast. Do we really want TO invest
20 much money Tor 30 few pupils? To my mind
the central school win make good high school
Tor years to come The children OF the lower
grades can he crowded out into other schools TO
make room tor the High school as fast as that in
stifuffon grows Then If the High school finally
needs whole building to. itself. it can have the
Central However, shaIPnot act as an obstruc
ZIONIST and II the school board votes to raise
money and erect the school. shall do INV best
" zee thst The plan is carried to successful
eosnrletion. II the people want it. shall do all
] can ~ help"
NJ ID A. spencer: "There is no doubt that a
High school huilding Is very greatly needed
The scholars IN their present quarters are much
crowded; are without proper light and yentila.
uon. and without any convenient places for the
necessary appliances TO make the school com.
rlete success
inc opinion OF citizens is generally in favor Of
uhe new school Mr. f. 0. Graves, vice presi-
uent VI me thslnner OF Commerce, said: "As l
have boy In the High school, and az I have
TIE light Is poor, the ventilation bad ana the
facalties inadequate. city OF this size and
prominence can certainly afford a good High
fenooi without too great tax upon its re-
sources"
hr John H. McGraw: al, for one, am heartily
for it,
Mt N. X. Maddocks: "seattle already has n
school system ahead of the rest of the town
WeEontd do better to catch up in other resnectS
peiare building a High school What we now
have wsll answer present needs"
Aaeof James Il. Hayden, president of the ex.
ecnsise committee of the state university re-
SEATS: "a high school cannot be built too
1ulSky for my part | should like nothing
oetfer tnan some arrangement whereby the CITY
mlEhf procure part all of the old university
usrt TOT site. Seattle must keep up her edu.
eaflcnal facilities and make them as perfect az
possinis II she il TO hold her emiuence Good
scneot go Tar toward making good citizens and
good cities"
Dean George Herbert Watson: al have ex-
sslned this matter of the IIigh$ehool. and have
MiAeo with those who are trying 10 use the
present facilities, and l am convinced
tnat we cannot have the school too
quickly. u we have no good High school par
snss VIII begin to send their BOYS away 20 pre-
psrstory schools elsewhere. aud Seattle Will
ivss considerable amount Of money. Then
700. u We have the school, boys viii be coming
nes trom elsewhere. A city like Seattle is not
weu equipped unless her schools prepare boys
ana girls for business or for college The
meney Tor such an institution will be well in
vested and the returns will be large morally.
mentally and materially,
NJ A. r Burwell: seattle must have
ssoaer on aater High school, school to At
boys and girls Tor COLLEGE. and 10 prepare them
for successful business career. The city owes
sacn an eaacation to It's children, and so l am
postmaster Griffith Davies: at seems 70 me
snas II sne city provides good common schools.
nothing more Ia 10