The San Francisco call., 1898-06-15
TO AID THEIR
 ALMA MATER Plan of the Lowell High School Alumni. AFTER A NEW BUILDING. CALL FOR GRADUATES TO AID THE INSTITUTION. The Board of Education Will Be Asked to Provide for a Suitable
 Structure of Brick and
 Stone.
AFTER A NEW BUILDING.

An effort Is being made by the alumni of the Lowell High School, or the Boys High School, as it was known for SC long, to have erected a suitable build ing for the old school, and one that will make it compare more favorably with the buildings erected for the other high schools of the city.
 A petition is being circulated for sig natures and it will be presented to the board at the first meeting after the schools close. The petition is as fol- lows:
 To the Honorable Board of Education and the Honorable Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco: We. the undersigned residents and citizens of San Francisco, taxpayers and, for the most. pa irons of the Lowell High School. and we. the alumni of the school, interested in the cause of public education. and desirous of seeing the Welfare of our schools promoted in every pos orable boards the following petition:
 l. To the Honorable Board of Education: We would respectfully present that the build tavia, now occupied by the Lowell High School, built in 1875, is no longer adequate to the needs of that school in either size, plan accommo- dation; and we request you to forward this petition with your approval to the Honorable Board of Supervisors at as early a date as possible, together with whatever further state ment of facts may seem to you necessary.
 H. To the Honorable Board of Supervisors: Your petitioners, the undersigned. in behalf of the interests of our schools, respectfully present the following facts:
 l. That the building now occupied by the Lowell High School as indicated above Is no longer adequate to the needs of that school. This inadequacy is specifically shown in the overcrowded condition of rooms the lack of proper laboratories and study-rooms and the entire lack of an assembly-room.
 ?. That the school lot on which this build ing stands Ia fifty vara) is too small for the construction of any further accommodation. or for any building of sufficient size to meet the needs of this school.
 3. That the city and county of San Fran cisco is the owner and possessor of a half block of land on the north side of Sacramento street between Cough and Octavia, and that this half-block can be most advantageously de- voted to use as a school site for the Lowell
 4 That the premises now occupied by the primary or grammar school, and that such ac- communications are now very much needed in
 D. That since the Lowell High School is es- tabished in the midst of a well-settled and on all sides by long-established and we-at- tended elementary schools, at least twenty-two quire high school in that locality perma- nent building upon some site in the vicinity of the one suggested Is a necessity.
 Wherefore, in consideration of the above board:
 l. To set aside the half-block of land on the north side of Sacramento street, between Cough and Octavia for a school site for the use of the Lowell High School
 II. To place the sum of s200, GOO in the annual tax levy for the fiscal year of 1s9s-99 a spe- ciflc appropriation for the construction of a. substantial and commodious brick building for the Lowell High School and for furnishing the same.
 The alumni will go further than merely ask for an appropriation, how ever; they will help to raise the money, and to that end there Is a plan under discussion by which each alumnus may donate s1 to building fund which will be used in conjunction with any money the department may secure.
 The present building was erected in 1875. It is out of date and the rooms are all small and crowded. It cost originally s37,590, and there have been two additions built at a cost of s9108 55. There are at present nearly four hun dred and fifty scholars and the grad uating classes will average nearly sixty since the school was established in 1864 This years class numbers ninety grad uateS.