Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-14
A NEW HIGH SCHOOL.
The Present Building Unable to
Accommodate the Pupils.
LOOKING FOR A SUITABLE SITE.
The Fifth Avenue Market House Suggested
for the Purpose.
TWO BUILDINGS MAY BE ERECTED.

The Pittsburg High School building is
too small Last evening the Central Board
of Education considered the pressing ne
cessity of increased accommodations.
DR.. R. Terrence introduced the subject
by referring to the increasing attendance at
the High School, and said more room was
needed. They have three rooms for the
commercial department in the Franklin
School, and will have to get more, and
the academical and normal departments
are full, and it is only a question
of time until they will have
to get other quarters. A suggestion had
been made which he repeated, that the
Central Board secure the Fifth avenue
market house. At small expense they
could accommodate there the normal and
commercial departments, the board offices
and have hall for institute meetings,
commencement exercises, ETC. They could
sell the Miller street property and get an
appropriation from the city to erect another
story on the present market house building
and fit it up To this end he moved that
committee of five be appointed to confer
with the proper officials toward getting the
Fifth avenue market house for school pur-
poses.
An East End Addition Suggested.
Mr.. Holmes said he had found the same
crowded condition in the school, but as
remedy he moved to appoint committee to
secure site for High School addition in
the East End.
Mr.. Terrence said the idea in getting the
Fifth avenue market was that it was easy of
access from all parts of the city. The pro-
posed new bridge would bring it close to the
Southsde and it would be handy for all.
Mr. Terrence said further that it would be
saving to the city of over s. 900 per year in
rent now paid for the Central Board rooms
and the rooms in the Franklin school, etc.
If they took this place the city would not
be at the expense of buying a new site.
Mr.. Holmes thought the market house
would not be large enough and the time was
near when they would have to get High
School in the East End and one on the
Southside, too.
Mr. Keller favored the market house plan
but at his suggestion Mr.. Torrence's motion
WAS amended to have the committee, in ad
dition to the market house matter, inquire
into the feasibility of securing sites in the
East End and on the Southside.
A Committee TO Hunt Sites.
The amended motion was adopted and
President McKelvey appointed on the COM
mittee Messrs j. o. Brown, d. R. Tor
renee, John Bentz, William Holmes and
George Wilson.
At Mr.. Keller's suggestion commit
tee Of six was appointed to arrange for
suitable exhibition of educational work of
the Pittsburg public school at the Worlds
Fair. Those appointed were T. ID. Keller,
Hugh Adams, A. E. McCandless, Samuel
Harper, George Bradley and John McKain.
The report of the High School Committee
was received recommending the election of
Miss E. c. Minor and Miss NJ. A. Lewis as
teachers in the High School The recon-
were adopted. The tuition tor
on-resident pupils of the High School was
fixed at 800 for ten months
The Committee on Industrial Schools re-
ported that the school kitchen in the Knox
school will be ready to receive pupils Mon
They named it the Terrence
kitchen in honor of d. r. Terrence, chair
man of the committee. The school kitchen
in the Grant school was named the Phipps
kitchen in honor Of Henry E. Phipps, Jr.,
who established it. The report of the COM
mittee was approved.
Secretary Reisfar reported that the war
rants drawn since the last meeting of the
board in June amounted to S43 .673 27.