The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-10
WILL NOT BE RECOMMENDED
POSTPONEMENT OF THE BUILDING
 OF .f HIGH SCHOOL DHsIRED.

l NoW hish schooi huiidinH, But VIII Not
 Recommend to the DistIict Meeting It's
 Erection.
 | The regular fortnightly meeting of the board of education was held last evening. all members of the board be- ing present except William E. Morgan and Walter J. Connor.
 1 The building committee asked for authority to go on and erect tem- porary building not to exceed 5000 in cost on the Webster school lot to ac- commodate pupils who are now poorly accommodated in the basement of the present building. This was intended to be temporary arrangement until the new grammar school is completed. After some discussion 1t was voted to lay the matter on the table for two | weeks
 The matter of what report to make to the district meeting next week con- cerning the high school then came up. Plans for a new high school building had been sent to the board by both Architect L. W. Robinson and Architect W. H. Allen. Mir. Aliens plans call fot, an outlay of about S2O0,O00 without equipment; MT. Robinson's call for about $260,000. MT. Robinson came be- fore the board and explained few points concerning his plans He said he had estimated the cost of the buiid- Ing at 16 cents per cubic foot, which Is 50 per cent. more than the average cost of buildings built by the district during the past ten years. Welch school had cost 12 cents per cubic foot. The aver- age cost had been 10 cents per cubid foot. He had put his estimate high enough, he thought. to cover any cons tingencies that might arise.
 A lengthy two-hour discussion then followed. MT. Betts and Mr. Moran were of the opinion that $225. .0O0 would cover the cost of the high school. Messrs. Hooker and Whitney thought 1t was too low. Tt is an 8 guess, any- way" said Mr. Whitney. we cannot get at anything definite or accurate. { do not believe in deceiving 8 district meeting into thinking we can do any-. thing we are not prepared to do."
 Principal Thomas and MT. Marble of the high school were present. Principal Thomas made few remarks on the plans, comparing them. He said that Architect Robipson's plan was for only 1000 pupils, while MT. Aliens was for 1900, and he thought plan for 1000 was too small and that the arrange ment of the corridors was much better in Architect Aliens plan. He also said that some were surprised at the num- bers who went into the Boardman man. I fvof fpi, vxyt,o "But, The said, "the matter resolves ft< self into simply this-tfiat you have enlarged your facilities for high school work. For the Boardman manual training school is practically g. high school"
 MT. Whitney had prepared a recom- mendation to be submitted to the dis- trict meeting, in which he recommended g. postponement of building g. new high school and suggested three ways to relieve the pressure on the present building: G) By transferring the EnA glish department to the Boardman manual training school building; @ by raising the standard of admissionj (3) by limiting the number of those who can be admitted, choosing only the highest in examination. These sugA gestions were omitted from the recOrn- mendation that was finally passed, but they awakened considerable comment.
 President Avis said that this marking up so that only few would pass would not meet with the popular approval MT. Whitney thought that 1t would meet with large share of the public approA I Ny<S< vryik hot rf af ho approval which can the least afford to pay tuition." answered MT. Avis Prin, cipal Thomas said that 1t would be ab+ solutely impossible to change the En- glish course to the manual training school and that they could not raise the standard without at least a years no4 tice. and then they would study up on it just the same. .-. -....,
 AS a result of the discussion the folA lowing recommendations will be subnit- ted to the district meeting next Wed- nesday:
 In compliance with the order of the district the board of education respects fully submits herewith preliminary plans for new high school with an approximate estimate of the cost, viz.s not to exceed $275, 1000, including equip- ment."
 These plans are subject to such alters ation in details as may be deemed ad- visable upon further investigation.
 While appreciating the present over. crowded condition of the high schob building and the annually increasing de- mand for admission to its privileges, the board hesitates in view of the pres- ent financial depression, the increased rate of taxation and the immediate de- mand for new grammar and primary schools, to recommend to the district the large outlay involved in the erec- ton of a new high school building.
 "The Boardman manual training school, which is virtually 8 new high school, is but just opened, and it Is im- possible to predict its future develop ment. But as there are now nearly two hundred pupils in this school 1t is safe to say that in two years time. when the school is under full headway, that is, when the present class enters on its third year and there are two classes below 1t, there will be demand for an addition to the Boardman school building.
 "This school has already added large- ly to the current expenses of the die- trict and will necessarily add mora