Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-18
NEED OF A HIGH SCHOOL!
An Addition to the Present BuIldIng
 Only a TemnnrnrY Exnedlent.

An Addition to the Present Building
 Only a Temporary ExpedIent.
 Chairman J. A. Mulcahy presided at the | joint meeting of the board of education | and the district committee last night. All | the members were present.
 Chairman Wolff of the committee Rp- pointed to provide temporary school room accommodations reported that the rooms in the Moriarty building were fitted up in good shape and that school would open there to-day. The report was accepted and adopted.
 Superintendent NJ. S. Crosby submitted the following report
 At joint meeting of the board of cd Ccation and of the district committee, held on Thursday evening. March 25, a joint committee was appointed to formulate a plan to provide increased accommodations for the high school propsr, and report at A future joint session.
 This committee have held two meet ings, one of them on the high school grounds, aud present the following report:
 ''The best interests of our whole school system demand a hew high school building, devoted entirely to high school purposes. so erected and furnished as to meet the modern requirements of advanced edu- ltion. The committee. therefeoe, recom- mend that suitable lot be obtained for the purI ose.
 "The committee recommend that pub lie meeting of the legal voters of Center school district be called to consider the above proposition. If this public meet ing should not see fit to vote in favor of the above plan. the committee present a second proposition which they cosider far less desirable. The second proposition is l as follows:
 ! l. T high school building on the east side of said building. this addition to be three stories in height. each story to be continu- ous with the corresponding story of the present building. making twelve additional rooms or their equivalent All of the seccnd floor of the present building and the second and third floors of the addition could be devoted exclusively to the use of high school pupils. This would pro- vide high school accommodations for some years.
 There are several strong reasons which mako 1t better to build such an addition than to erect a new building on that part of the playground facing Scovlll street. The addition would be much less expensive and would occupy less important part of the play ground. It would interfere less with the light and ventilation of the pres ent high school building. and being con tinuous with the present building would be much better adapted to the require ments of the high school
 "Tha heating system now employed could be directly connected with the ad- dltlon, making another saving of expense. The open space on Scovill street is very valuable as a playground It Is used by about 500 school girls whose healthful re- creation at recess would be almost entirely cut of by placing a building there. All the arguments based upon light, ventila- tion. health. convenience and expense are strongly in favor of putting up the ad- dition and against erecting structure on Scovill street.
 The committee earnestly reccommend. however. that no more buildings be placed upon the high school ground. that the present large number of pupils be not in creased, but that on some other location a
 high school building be erected which . shall do justice Co the school children of : Waterbury and give them the advantages enjoyed by the children of other cities oi
 the state
 After an hours talk as to the nesl oi additional accommodations at the high school and in other buildings in the center
 district the report was adopted and the
 following resulu;I n was passed:
 'EOtt d. that ,' special joint committee be continued ,: authorized to obtain esti , mates If the ., t Q the various available sites for :.. ,h rroul builiinS.
 Alter the J tut ing adjo"rnrd thu
 board of education II '' a b"let s,'s>l Dn. IL | was reported that tn" condti 'S rn th' , high school rtn 'r ,le cIr..tIru of al additional seventh .i,' net' s-ary. MI>
 Janet E Arthur w.s prom tel from thu
 sixth grade to he new seventh grade. Nils
 Elizabeth G klnc, as 'lstant principal a the Locust street school. was appointed t
 the vacancy cansed hy the promotion Q d Miss Arthur Miss Josephine Coyle. al
 assistant teacher m Miss Charters room II :. the Locust street school. was promoted t It the assistant principalship. Miss Haiti Is Kershaw was appointed to Miss C9yle' IS old place. Miss Marie A. Morrot was ap IS pointed an assistant at the Melton stree ,f school to succeed Miss NJ. O'Connor wh e has been transferred to the Sperry stree n school
 d The board voted that Hyde Book c l. Language. No g." be discontinued and tha -s Conklin's "Grammar" be substituted l l. grades 5, 6, and $. It was also vote n that the consi iteration of the crowded COT
 dition of the high and Elm street schoc h buildings and the appointment of add ,s tional teachers be referred to the commit tee on teachers.