The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-14
10 BABES N EASEMENTS.
THE GREAT WORK STARTED M
THE BOARD or EDUCATION.
Have Light, Pare Air anA Roo0
90 Move, Money or No Money
Getting Rfd Of the Isserest Debt.
ssHAvE you noticed In your work

seldom the s1stitc SCHOOLS OF S<Ht-
tie are ever mentioned or considered
In this deliberations Of such bodies as the
Chamber Of Commerce. the real estate
heard, etc. said Superintendent OF City
Schools r. J. Barnard yesterday. And
yet" he added there II no one taing IN
or aisou. city which Is so great an In
duceraens TO n capitalist or "a homeseeker
~ the schools of the city town or dis
trfct la which he expects to invest and
20 live. You show me q city. town or
county with few public schools. or with
the public schools below the high stand
ard 81 which they are supposed TO be
maintained. and will show you that peo-
pie with money to invest. people seeking
20 make new homes for themselves. even
n they are without families. keep away
from IL.
1T used 10 be that q community WAS
Judged by the number OF its churches.
but II IL so no longer. East or west. north
or SOUTH go where you will people today
many churches have you in town. but
How many schools have you, and are
they good schooisg
Now do not understand" continued
Prod. Barnard. that I am accusing our
citizens Of either lack Of pride in or APP
probation Of our schools. They have both.
and every good citizen takes an interest
IN the schools. but the trouble In that It's
latent pride. People come to look upon
the public school they do a county Of
nee, A. something that must exist by law
and IL provided for BY law. but how welt
provided for they do not take the trouble
20 inquire until ths matter Is brought d.
rectIy home 10 them. The business man
kisses his boy goodby and goes to his OF.
ice, the boy to school. The first thing
the man does when he reaches the Of
nc. II To ask for some papers sent the day
before To be- placed on record. IL his clerk
should tell him that the papers had not
been recorded because the recorders Of
l3cs was short Of clerks and behind In its
work, the business man would immediate
~ become anxious to aid the recorder in
securing additional help from the county.
and In tho same way. II his boy should
come home and say there was no room
for him AT school he would at once be-
came interested In seeing that more school
room WAS provided bat until hts very own
deeds and boy were affected by the over
crowdins. he read OF the recorders office
being short OF helu and the schools being
short Of rooms for pupils and took no per-
sonai interest In either matter except 10
wonder why tho supervisors and the board
OF education did not remedy tho troubles
In tie respective DEPARTMENTS.
"A gentleman told me, and he Ii n con.
sentative man. who has spent many years
dealing In real estate. especially with new
eomers. that the exhibit made by The
schools OF the state OF Washington ut
the Worlds fair did more 90 bring set
tiers 70 this portion OF the Northwest than
anything else In that exhibit that por-
tion contributed by the public schools OF
Seattle was the wonder az all who saw
II and tho pride and boast OF every citizen
OF our state. Al that time the schools
werc In excellent shape 50 far as money
and sufficient accommodations were con-
cerned. Special teachers were provided
classes were smaller. giving teachers
better opportunity Ia reach their pupils
and more time 20 devote 10 them. Every
pupil had sn abundance OF room 10 work
in. an abundance OF light 10 work by. and
an abundance OF fresh air TO breathe.
''But things are changed. This city has
outxrewn its schools. improvements and
appropriations have not kept pare with
the tremendous increase In the number of
pupils I'm attendance upon tho schools
Hard times had something TO do with II.
but mistake economy aud bad school
laws have had more. until today
We md ourselves confronted with some
grave situations in our school manage
ment situations that refuse to be longer
put aside until we have more money. but
must he met and met now.
This thing os requiring the school de.
partmcnt In keep continually going before
the people and asking them TO vote in
teresf~hearing bonds fer improvements
that were sorasesn and should have been
provided for ny taxation Is. In my opinion
wrong. Until this year ". OF the schools
In Seattie could only espena yas.0so "a year
I'm improvements without issuing more
bonds. ny hard work We got the las,
legislature to Increase this amount to
GAan. II shesnid have been So an and
that SUM per annum would ne; - more
than enough for a year two The reo-
pie OF Seattle are paving Sa.1o year In
Interest Oh tho school bonds and over
. 40 n year in rentals for rooms that
could hav. hsea ssvsd had proper pro-
vision hcen made each year 60 keep the
schools abreast cf the growth os the
city And In scattering this expense over
many years inssead az allowing the needs
20 accumulate and grow the burden OF
expense would never have been felt by the
peopla while now that a large sum IL
ssreste,i and mas. be Forthcoming all at sasse
'lrne We are afraid II is going 90 create
more interest -tsearing t,eas that viii make
people sruallsie until they fully realize the
necessity - the expenditures.
the incest serious n~~,l ~ oar schools
today " said the superintendent ''is room
the right ksnd az roasi, for tks Pupils Let
N. lock fer an instant NJ tas situation as
II IS Commencing with the Central d!s-
isic; thc Central building Is entirely &C.
.urss>, .sy ;ssr Hish sshooi and ono room
Ia the t=ssri II education hstilatng IL used
sor n part 81 the overflow Resides In t9e
Central District r~a; th4 sslA university
building a. 81 per us0rta. eight vsso,raz IN
s. Francis hAlf 81 Sixsh ana Spring
streets az sA q month. thrive easement
rooms in the synagogue. al Eighth ard
Seneca streets. 81 e. 3 Essnsh eno rysera
In the Trinity s0t33, AZ Eisafh ana tysa.y.
r.. az So s7snnta. unS F~oal in &rnsory
hall. az So per Hsoats. AMI enc rss>sn In
the Young >atural~ts Aalt. A. ts gs~v
sssan.h Ans Vet VIZ need rsssus and iass ~
Is We need iset airy. AealtNEul Scoras
ard s,at dark re iseatx>
'sfsa ga on Ia tire nas district we rpns
n star~reeen4 yar SIS ger msaesh FI~ss-s us.
fitted zer sssssei purposes. Assi & MAS etts-
~r that rSssFss os ~ <csssvst fGs tas CHI
ssrsr ard although isht only come IN
al ssas end ~ ssse r~ens- ~e aaSo managed
Go get slens
s.Ea sh, SostA district we rest "a
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