The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-03-14
TO VOTE FOR BONDS
Proposed to Erect New High School
Building.
COST FIFTEEN THOUSAND
Sewell And Plimpton Re elected White
School to be Moved. Important
School Meeting

Sewell And Plimpton Re elected White
School to be Moved. Important
School Meeting,
Yesterday was Important in the his
tory OF our schools. The board asked
$500 with which to build an addition
to the high school building, and the
people just went 100 per cent better
and voted to submit a proposition for a i
new Sl5,OOO building and voted $4,000
for the purchase of a centrally located
site.
The proposition to build new school
house met with great favor for two
reasons, Ole was the faith which our
people have in Denison, and the other
was the fact that ma,y opposed build
ing an addition to the present high
school building which, it is claimed, is
not sufficiently we'll located.
The REVIEW believes the effort to
have better school facilities to be a
move in the right direction, and if the
proposition to be soted on is the best
that can be done we are heartily IN
favor of 1T. There are two weak points
| in the proposition which we feel could
have been bettered by more deliberate
judgment. In the first place we great
ly doubt if $4,000 is a sufficient sum
with which to purchase a suitable, cell
traly located site.
| The remembrance of our schooldays
4 ic fnv l.. ~
vantage of good play ground We
believe the school ground plays an i'm
portant part iu the education of our
youth. 1t is here that the first lessons
of self reliance are learned, it is here
that the little man gets his first ideas
OF competition and the struggle of life.
and it is here that the sons and daugll-
tiers of rich and poor meet in the de-
mocracy of play. They are under the
teachers eye. Their spirit vi fun finds
vent i'm the school ground and not in
the streets at night, nor ia the little
neiahborhood where cliques and caste
find their first nurseries. There is no
equality row" in the school ground
AS nation we grow old too fast. 1t is
all work and no play that makes Jack a
dullard, and gives him nerves. and
dyspepsia and weak eyes. We do not
like the $4,000 proposition, but ii it is
the best Denison can do we Shall not
oppose 1t.
The plan is to purchase two filled-in
lOrS pact nf tho Jlapt;et obr,.l,
fifteen thousand dollar building ought
to fill the lots completely. There would
hardly be room for a patch of green in
front or back of the building. The
Child goes from the street to the school
| room and from the school rooom to- the
street. We know of no central loca-
} ton of respectable size which can be
, purchased for $4,000. 1t would seem
that IT DenisOn is to build school
house it should bnild fine one, not
, one OF the homely barracks so common
ly erected for such purposes. Fifteen
thousand dollars will no doubt build a
3 good sized, plain structure No build
, ing for school purposes should be more
than two stories high, and it should it
, possible, be a pleasant .hospitable place.
We think therefor that it would have
, been better not to have limited the
board to $4,000 for the site, and to have
asked for not less than $4,000 for the
building. Our present school buildings
are over-crowded and inadequate;some
thing must be done, and as this prop.
osltion seems the best we can now get
we are in favor of it's adoption.
Another thing passed on by the cleo
tors meeting was that the white school
house should be moved to more suit
able location. the present site sold and
new location purchased. The carry
ing out of these provisions was left to
the board. The property owners in the
vicinity will be glad to get rid of it. as
a school house is rather a noisy neigh
Dor. The city park would make good
location, but we would hate to see the
park given up.
The election of school directors
created more than the usual amount of
Interest There were two tickets in
the field, one composed of the old direc-
tors, E. $. P.impton and l.. A. Sewell,
the other OF r. A. Romans and l.. A.
Sewell. As Mr.. Sewell was on both
tickets, the contest conferred between
Messrs. Plimpton and Romans.
Neither of the candidates made any eff
fort themselves Party lines were not
closely drawn, although as rule the
republicans voted for Mr.. Plimpton