The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-16
MORE SCHOOL ROOM.
It Is Now Proposed to Enlarge
Existing Buildings.
THE SEARCH FOR NEW SITES.
Proposai to Use Ola University Grounds
for High School and Library
Belatod Roll Of Honor.

a special meeting OF the school board was
held last night, mainly for the purpose of con-
Acering the new school in the Lake Union dis
trict Considerable discussion was INDUCED In,
put no definite conclusion aas reached.
William H. Hughes and Thomas W. Prosch
presented the following report on the Queen
Anne school building and the proposed site in
the Lake Union district:
IN compliance With your instructions we have
recently visited the Queen Anne s.hoolhouse
and grounds We have arranged with George
~ alexander, street commissioner, to close the
roadways over the school block ard put them on
tne plated streets where they belong. If this
house - 70 be continued, we recommend the APP
plicafion of two coats of white paint inside dur
Ing the coming summer vacation, for the pur-
pose OF rendering more cheerful and brighten
Ing the rooms. The wood on the block can, we
think. be cut a. comparatively small cost and
disposed OF TO people near bs-, or used for kind
ling in the school buildings OF the city. The
secretary can attend TO this to the benefit of the
school, the property and the district
''We have looked at and priced various sites
for schoolhouses in the section to which our at
tenfion was directed at the last meeting. Mr.
George w. Hall offers his residence, block No.
10, of heirs of sarah A. Bells addition 256 by $50
feet for $4,000. The PRUDENTIAL brothers offer
an unplntted tract in D. 7. Dennys claim, 'front.'
Ing on Lake street, of about 100 by so feet,
equivalent to nine 60 by 10 feet lots, or three
fourths OF an ordinary tweive-Iot block, for
$6.oo Mrs. Margaret Pontius offers block Is,
OF Ponfius addition, 256 by 800 feet, for $Io,u00
Geographically the Poutius block Is the best,
but geographically the worst, being from six
TO twelve feet below the probable grades OF the
four streets surrounding 1t. In price. ALSO hers
is nearest the wants and ability OF the district.
We looked at a number of other blocks in the
ncighborhood, but the owners were out OF town,
or the ownership was divided among many in
xo1rx
upon them, compelling REIMBURSEMENT Of their
consideration"
There was good deal of talk, and the general
sentiment seemed to be that, were is possible to
utilize some of the vacant lands in the present
school sites by adding rooms to the buildings
now erected, the cost of new site would be
saved.
The committee was finally directed to in
yesfigate the cost and general dcsirability of
adding four rooms each TO the Mercer. Rainier
and Denny shoots. II this is done the limits of
the existing school districts win DO somewhat
changed, so as to give each district the proper
proportion.
The question OF high school also entered
into the discussion, and the members of the
board were generally agreed that the present
university site would be most desirable for
high school, were there possibility of obtaining
this site.
superintendent Bernard said that the present
state university building could be used for some
years for the high school, and there would also
be room in the front for q public library, a
MAMMAL training school and district school as
well. He thought that. were the city to buy the
whole ten acres, the land could be obtained at a
reasonable rate from the university site COM
missioners.
Mr.. q. A. Spencer suggested . combination
between the school and library interests of the
city for getting possession Of the site, which was
the most desirable in the city for q public
library and high school as well. The pupils of
the school would be greatly benefited by having
the library near.
In accordance with the report of the commit
tee. printed above, Secretary Whitney was
directed to have the wood cut from the Queen
Anne school grounds
Secretary Whitney reported that windmiils
for pumping water could be erected at the Co
lumbia and Minor schools for $50 each, ana he
was instructed 10 have one put at the Columbia
school. Consideration Of the other was de-
ferred, because II was understood that the city
was about to extend the water system into the
Renton addition.
The trustees voted to buy for S95 q copper
plate from which would be printed the diplomas
for the graduates of the high school, One hun
dred diplomas were also ordered at a cost Of
$50.
The following list of honorary pupils OF grade
l, Minor school, Miss C. S. Hyatt, teacher, was
read: Eugene Butler, Gottfricd Casterson.
James Culley, Roy Eddy. George Helm. Frank
Rigby, Francis Runnels, Raymond West, Gus
tavc Zipser. Gussie Noble. Doilie Brevort, Mat
tie Brown. Dora Durham. Mabel Holt, Eva
Lund, Pearl Mccartney, Maggie Sellers, Mary
Stroud and Edith Wenxler. Bya mistake these
names had been omitted from previous reports