The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-15
OPPOSED TO AHIGH SCHOOL.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED PERSONS AT
 MEETING AT WARNER HALL.

A Highly Exciting School Msotin .-Ao-
 ton Deferred on tho Project for Now
 High school Until the .'cxt Annual
 District Meeting.
 Fully fifteen hundred persons, several Of whom were ladies, were present at the adjourned meeting of the New Ha- ven school district. held in Warner hall last evening. The session. though briefer than had been anticipated. was at the same time one of the most ex- citing in the history of the district. The hall was packed from stage to door, every available space of breath ing room being occupied and several hundred being unable to even gain admittance. '
 Promptly at 8 o'clock Moderator Hil- Ter called the meeting to order with three raps of his gavel and the husi- ness of the evening proceeded. Clerk Benjamin R. English read the minutes of the previous meeting and there he ing no errors or corrections. they were unanimously approved. Next he read the majority report of the hoard of education, which has already been printed In substance in the Journal and Courier" The report in full Is as follows: Ft
 In compliance with the order of the district, the board of education respect fully submits herewith preliminary all fnr tnh hnn a n approximate estimate of the cost, viz: Not to exceed s275,0OO, including equip ment.
 Report of the Board of Education
 TO THE NEW HAVEN CITY SCHOOL DIs- TRICT. F'
 This plan Is subject to such altcrass tjcns in details as may be deemed ne- visable on further investigation. ..t.
 While appreciating the overcrowded condition of the present high school building and the annually Increasing demand for admission to it's privileges. the board hesitates, in view of the pl.eent financial depression. the in- creased rate of taxation, and tke im- mediate demand for new grammar and prlmsry schools. to recommend to the district the large outlay iniolp"d In the erection of new high school buik:- ing. es... .l.,.
 Tine Boardman Manual Training school which Is virtually a new high schc,l. Is but just opened and it is i'm possible. TO predict It's future devel- opment. but as there are now nearly two hundred pupils in this school 1t ts safe to say that in two yeAl sS sS; Wien a The school is under full headwRys Sha is. when the present claus enters cn its third year and there are two classes below it, there will be n de- maud for an additionsto the, Boardman building. w ,@ef:se i:
 This iscIioof has already. added largely to inc crrrent expenses of 7tha district and will necessarily add more each: year as it develops. t ts
 Tn view of these facts, the board submits the plans and estimates as De ing substantially what is required 1T YOU decide to build new high school at once. but feels that 1t IS m outy bound to recommend that the building he postponed for the present.
 Respectfully submitted on oehai or the Board of Education, ..s HORACE DAY. Secretary. Nov. g, 1894. As soon as Clerk English had finished reading the report Colonel N. G. Os- horn jumped to his feet and moved that the majority report be adopted. This motion was numerously seconded. Al this point President Avis of the board of education arose and stated that there was a minority report. which in all fair ness ought to be read. Colonel Osborn thereupon withdrew his motion, and the minority report was read as follows: THE MINORITY REPORT. To the New Haven City School Dis trict: Tn compliance with instructions of the district at the last meeting, of which this is an adjournment, the majority of the board submits question of the erection of new high school building. With that report cannot entirely agree and therefore beg leave to submit the following minority report, setting forth the points of disagreement and the req sons therefor.
 pre.iate with the majority the over- crowded condition of the high school and the annually increasing demand for admission to It's privileges, but disagree with them in the recommendation to postpone the erection of the new build ing for the following reasons: W <
 1st. By erecting this building now the district can have the present high school building for grammar school, there by avoiding the necessity of the large expenditure for new grammar school in the immediate vicinity of the Web ster district, for which the district made an appropriation in September.
 2d. By the erection of this building and the use of the present one for a grammar school, every sub-district ex- tending in toward the center of the city can be relieved to a greater or less extent.
 3d.. To erect this building now would enable the district to dispose of the present building in the most economical way-simply by using 1t. But if the erection of the new building is postpof,. ed until. other buildings are elected in the vicinity of the old one; the dis- trict will have this building on its hands as an economic obstacle to com plicate the high school situation h the future.
 4th. By the erection of the new build ing on the lot purchased for 1t on York cc,,ora tho annrphenfiad r,v,nssss,,n 5,,v.Sx,,