The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-01-01

cur favored circumstances present
school department is 112 but 30 of these in the
Eighth A. grade work. the true high school
rollment is r. The eleventh grade numbers 16 in
regular attendance the majority of whom will probably
complete the work and graduate in May, 1898.
The present total number of pupils enrolled is 752 with
go in average daily attendance A nine months school is
maintained at total of $11.500
The corps of teachers is follows:
East Hill Primary SchoOlNIss n Cooper 1st and End
b; Mrs. K Roche, 3rd 4th and 9Th B.
Academy Park School Miss S. Phirman 1st; Mrs. E.
d. Baldwin and Miss NJ Finn, 2nd and 3rd A. Miss L..
Rintoul 6th Miss T. Rinou, 9th A and 18th B.
Union Street School-Mss F. E. Rowe, list; Miss f.
Cooper 2nd b; Miss L. E. Smell, 4th Miss c. NJ. Cheese
4th A. 9th B.
Union Street Annex-NIiss E. NJ Ball 9Th.
Court School-Aiss NJ. Michell 7th A and Sh B.
High school-Miss NJ. Hill and Mr.. J. s. Landers.
John Gavin, principal
AS will be noted above five school buildings
owned by the district. The Academy Park and Court
the which appear this erected
in 1880 and 1882 respectively the former present
implies, the Wasco Independent Academy, and
the latter public school Public opinion at that time
divided to the advisability of erecting the
Street school, and it claimed the Academy building
would provide suitable Accommodations many years
the future and consequently it needless to erect
public school to remain the proposition
met with aggressive and determined opposition the
Il
majority vote of the taxpayers Time has proved the wis
dom of that decision during the prosperous years
of the Academy the public school continuously
and rapidly increased although time
dents enrolled in the various departments of the Was
Academy and much thorough educational was ac-
cOmplshed by that institution.
When this property with it's eight grounds
passed to public school ownership in May 1894 sup
posed by that the building question
long PERIOD January 1895 every was
cuped So rapid has been the increase of pupils
rict authorized the board provide for the erection
Academy grounds of another brick schoolhouse This
building with furniture will $19OOO ready
for occupancy in September 1898 AS planned by c. J.
Crandal architect it is 94a feet by 69a ground
mensions. The first floor is divided rooms
the entire second floor arranged high school de-
partment This will be divided room two rec-
taton rooms laboratory and combined library prn-
cipals office The north side of the
fuel room and location for the Morgan furnaces
which will heat on the air principle also by
means of special stacks provide entire
building. The south side supplied with concrete
oOr and the Morgan system of closets unas Water
for the ordinary of the entire building to be supplied
from the Academy Park spring However has
been made with the city MAN, by means of stand
pipe water is carried to the floor to be used
as fire protection Hyopate blackboards placed
each
Brown Kocher have completed contract for the
basement work. and French & Sylvester planning ac
lively forward the supersructure upon the opening
of settled spring weather
The administration of school well looked after
by Chairman o. D. Doane S. B. Adams and G. A Liebe
directors, and George p Morgan school clerk.
Taken all in ALL the public The Dalles fairly ac
compsh their purpose in the community appreciated