The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-14
CRUSH OF THE SCHOOLS.
EVERY PUBLIC SCHO oL BUILDING
IN TIE CITY ovBRCRowD ED.

Marv ppn,1s IJnprovided With Desks
and Compelled to Sit on Benches
Ra4waen 500 and 600 Children
Turned = way from the Coiored
schools for Lack of Room-The De-
wand for Increased Facilities Urgent.
Thu crowded condition of the public
SCHOOLS is causing considerable comment
among those acquainted with the facts.
Probably a great many people, even
many parents of children attending the
schools. are not acquainted with the
fact that there is hardly a school building
in The city that is not overcrowded, and
many of them very badly.
Sunt Baker was seen yesterday by a
MORNING NEWS reporter in regard to the
,natter. "Thsre is no doubt" he said,
"that the beard Of education will have TO
devise some means Of meeting the demand
for additional school facilities. There is no
question that the school accommodations are
MOI enusl to the wants of the community,
and we are not able TO extend scnool tacll-
tiles TO all that desire than"
ALL THE SCHOOLS CROWDED.
All tho schools are crowded, some. of
course more 40 than others. At the High
school. in the first grade OF girls, there are
fiftv-eight pupils, when there ssouid not De
over thirty-five or forty to grade.
AZ the barnard Street school the second
and third grades have seventy-four pupils
each, when torty-fve to City pupils Is con~
sidered the maximum for good work.
In the first grade Of st. Patrick's school
there are sixty-six pupils; IN the thlrd CRAZE
6f the Masse school there are eixty-seven;
in the fourth grade of the Cathedral school,
sixty-four; in the third grade of the
Chatham school, SUPPLEMENTARY twice as
many in every instance as there should be.
1.-THE school rooms are greatly crowded,
many of the pupils the SUPPLEMENTARY
saws, being without desks and compelled
to sit upon benches alongside the walls"
"Will not the Henry Street school house
meet the demand for more room when COM
pletedg Supt Baker was asked.
s4'I hardly think So" he replied THE
Henry Street school house will just about
accommodate the pupils now using rooms
hired for school purposes by the board
of education. 1t will hardly lessen the de-
mand for room in the schools in the north
ern part of the city,
THE COLo9ED SCHOOLS.
1.-THE East Broad Street and West Broad
Street (colored) schools are very badly
crowded. They have received ali the pupils
they can possibly accommodate and from
500 to 500 children have been turned away
for want Of room. The question OF a new
school house for the colored people
in the southern or southwestern portion of
the city came before the board of educa-
tion at its meeting Monday nights, and is
now under consideration.
~ had no ideR.n said Supt. Baker in con-
clusion, ''that the attendance upon the
schools would be 80 large this year. To
judge by the schools Savannah'S population
must be rapidly increasing"
The overcrowding of the schools is a sub
ject deserving of very serious consideration.
Not only is it unpleasant and uncomfortable
for the children, but it is impossible for the
teachers to accomplish satisfactory results
with twice as many children in their classes
as there properly should be.
DANGER IN CASE OF DISEASE.
In case an epidemic or contagious dis
ease should make its appearance the
crowded condition Of the schools would
facilitate Its spreading. Provisions for the
proper accommodation OF all tho children
that apply are now the crying need o. the
schools.
special meeting of the board Of educa-
tion has been cal ed for tomorrow night to
make preparations for the opening of the
night sch ol
Chatham Academy will probably be used
for the school as during the last term.
Whether teachers from the day schools can
be secured for the night school is not
known. The day school teachers are much
preferred, but a sufficient number may not
be willing to undertake the extra work. Ar
engagements will probably be made to run
the school regularly every night. The
school is expected to open Nov. /.