The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-06

eleven schools II Is obvious that a four
house No. %.
IN the southern part of the city. very
near together, stand Schools p and 81
has no grade above 7B and p has no grade
above 6B. These schools need at least four
more rooms 10 accommodate the upper
grades and TO take care OF the natural in
crease in the school population
School No. So at the corner of State and
Lexington avenues. should be increased
Ing to accommodate the increase of schooi
population in that district, and TO take the
No. 20.
These recommendations are for an in
crease of thirty-four school rooms and this
is a conservative estimate of the absolute
needs of the district schools of this city.
The addition of these rooms will not make
an ideal condition, but they are the least
that can be done for the ordinary comfort
and a decent standard of living I'm public
schools. and they are. the least that can be
recommended if we keep in view the eff
added chemical laboratory for High
School No. ], if instruction in that branch
Is to further continue part of the curricu-
POOR SANITARY CONDITIONS.
The Indianapolis Sanitary Association
has turned its attention TO the city schools.
and in the report made to the board last
night by Mrs. Mary A McGregory. secre-
tary of the association, shows the annex
to school No. So, known the Oak Hill
School, to be in a very poor condition. The
report states that this annex is a small
frame building, containing two rooms, Is
by 13 feet, with ceilings feet high, which
are compelled to accommodate twenty
eight pupils each. The ventilation is worse
than none at all, there being strong
draughts on the floor all the time, while
some of the pupils suffer with cold and
others cannot be cool enough. Foul odors
are also noticeable and add much to the
discomfort of the pupils. The main build
ing is also considered in the report. The
roof is leaky and the building is damp. L.
j. O'Meara, superintendent of buildings
and grounds. informed the representative
of the sanitary association that when the
new Park-avenue building was completed
the Oak Hill building would be relieved of
the pressure. The association objects to
this on the ground that there are only two
streets opened east from Park avenue (old
seventeenth and Twenty-second) and that
1t is impossible for the children from the
Oak Hill school to reach the new build
ing in bad weather. The probability of the
annexation Of Br ghtwoo1 s also m ention I'd
and given as q reason why new building
or an addition to the old one should be
erected. The communication was referred
to the committee buildings and grounds.
There was considerable discussion on the
report of the committee on teachers and
salary, which recommended that the sal
aries of Miss Brockhausen and Miss Blach,
critics, should be increased to $1,000 year.
they were the first two beneficiaries of the
| Gregg fund. AT the expense of this fund
| they were given the advantage of a year
| in school abroad, and to get this they
| signed a contract to teach in this city for
| nVe years after their return from Europe.
| They We're receiving $500 year when they
| left and when they came back they worked
| one year AT that salary and then asked for
| an increase. The maximum salary for crit
| les is loo a year. 1t was agreed by the
| board that they were worth more than $500
| n year. but in consideration of the adj
VantageS gained from the Gregg fund they
were required to work six months of this
| year for the Old salary. after which they
We're to receive $1,000. 1t was to carry out
| this agreement that the report of the COM
| mittee was made. Mr.. Roth talked against
the report, but it was adopted.
| The report of the finance committee
| showed that warrants had been drawn last
| month as follows Special fund, including
repayment of temporary loan, Sl93, 1856 IS;
| library fund. s2.5S6.54; Industrial Training
| School fund, l.s00.74; tuition fund $25-
| i59.4S total, $223, 5S2. OF.
| set of rules reported by a committee
| governing the Janitors of school buildings
| was adopted without discussion.
| The committee on buildings and grounds
| was authorized to make contract for two
| new boilers, to be placed in school No. 2, to
| replace boilers that are not sufficiently
| large to heat the buildings The contract
| was awarded to the Atlas engine works
for $751; During the recent cold spell ii
| was necessary to dismiss ten of the twelve
| rooms because of insufficient heat. and at
| other times many of the rooms have been
| dismissed. The contract was awarded un-
| der suspension of rules, as the work could
| be done Immediately