The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-09
PETITION FOR new SCHOOL
EAST wAsHINGTON-sTREE CITI-
ZENs BEFORE SCHOOL BOARD.
Children Have Too Far to Walk and
Endanger Lives by Short Cuts
Other Business.

committee of East Washington-street
citizens. OF which John Healing was chair
man, attended the monthly meeting of the
School Board last night and presented a pc
tition. signed by about 800 residents of the
eastern part of the city, asking for new
school building to be erected for the benefit
of children living between school No. 10 and
Tuxedo. The complaint is made that the
children not only have a great distance to
walk before reaching school, but in their
efforts not to be late they resort to climbing
over the freight cars standing on the Belt
road, taking such a route as a short cut to
the schoolhouse. The petition suggests
that the school building be located some
where between Gray and oxford streets.
this being the center of population of that
locality.
This is not the first time citizens of that
part of the city have made efforts to secure
new educational facilities for their children
Several weeks ago a meeting was held in
that district at which number of the men,
bers of the School Board were present, and
it was then that plan of action was out
lined. The petition has been in circulation
for some time. The School Board took the
matter under consideration and conditions
will be investigated. 1t is probable that ia
vorable action will be taken. and some
means provided by which the children will
not have to go to school under the difficult
ties that exist. The members of the
board seemed favorably inclined toward the
petition for a new school building. and
stated that although at present the finances
were not such as to warrant the erection of
a new schoolhouse in that part of the city,
something might be done in the near future.
The board received a recommendation last
night from Miss Browning, librarian, that
the hours of the six branch libraries OF the
city be changed. AT present the hours OIL
these Libraries are from p. m. to p. m.
Miss Browning recommended that the hours
be changed to 1890 p. m. to p. m. on week
days and p. m. TO p. m. on Sundays.
LIBRARIANS APPOINTED.
The appointments of the librarians for the
Bona Thompson library at Irvington were
formally made last night. Miss Retta Barn
hill was appointed librarian and Miss Mar
garet Carlisle was appointed assistant libra
rian. The new library will be completed
and open by Oct. l, and will be one of the
finest in the city. The public library will
make an addition to it of 5000 volumes,
most of them fiction. 1t will contain in all
about 1900 volumes.
The board appointed the same corps of
assistants in the public library to serve dur
ing the next term. 1t also gave permission
to citizens living in the neighborhood of
schoolhouse No. IS to hold nOnSectarian
Sunday schools in the building on Sunday.
Superintendent of Schools G. n. Kendall
announced to the school commissioners the
following appointments:
Mr. George w. Benton, principal of the
Shortridge High school; Robert Promberger,
in the wood working and foundry depart
ment Of the Manual Training High School;
Mabel Morgan, to have charge of the Ii
brary in the Shortridge High School.
District Schools-Henry n. Bodden, assist
ant principal; Mary f. Reardon, Maria r.
Mcclellan, Mabel Bishop, Webster school;
Mary Il. Kopp, Walter King, supervising
principal of school No. 8; Hannah Middle
mental position in school No. IL: Mary Ma
gee, assistant principal Of the Lowell
school No. IL.
Superintendent Kendall also recommend
ed the following leaves Of abscene to be
granted for one year: Susan Todd and Edna
O'Dell; for one-half year, Kate Robson,
Mary Altland, Augusta PAYER, Blanche
Stultz, Claska Tacoma and Mabel Walters.
The following designations were an
nounced: Gertrude Ewbank, Arda Noble,
Harriet McCauley, Louise Royal, Adolph
Mols, Ella Early, Hattie Tutwiler, Millicent
Mills, Katherine Fuller, G. II. Colburn,
Bessie Simpson and p. n. Hiser as direc-
tor of the truancy department. Mr.. Ken
dali recommended that Dorcas E. Hiser be
placed temporarily in charge of the depart
ment, with the same compensation that p.
| N. Hiser has received
At the close of the meeting last night an
| executive session was held in which the
| board discussed probable sites for school
| buildings