The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-01-09
SNYDER ON
BABY SCHOOLS
City Superintendent Says
They Are Necessary if
All Children Are to
Enjoy Full Ses-
sions.
ROWLAND MAKING PLANS
Special Committee of the
Board OF Education Ap-
pointed 70 Investigate
the System.
ROWLAND MAKING PLANS


night 10 proceed with the work of erect
ing dozen baby school houses in the
yards of the public school buildings. 4
On motion of Director Ridgway COM
nittee of three was appointed to investi-
gate the temporary schools in other
cities and report their findings to the
Board. AIessrs. Lewis. Moran and
coyle were named as the Investigators.
Architect John T Rowland was in
strueted by resolutionto proceed with the
preparation of plans for the buildings.
Mr.. Rowland explained that he had
drawn sketches providing for frame
structures containing two class rooms,
23x2S feet, and 1915 feet higli, each
room having seating capacity of 90.
The exterior of the buildings will be
of white pine and the interior of North
Carolina pine with heavy weather paper
between The structures viii rest on
concrete and the floors viii be twenty
inches from the ground. He said the
buildings can be constructed at a cost
of 81 400 or 81 500 each.
Mr.. SNYDER'S VIEWS.
Superintendent Snyder said:-'sI pre-
fer to call the proposed buildings tenn
porary instead Of portable school houses.
/ reported in October that there were
6.000 children in the city who were in
the halliday classes.
.0ne-quarter of the school children OF
the city attending school have less than
full day In November the Mayor
asked me to present the facts to him
and ] gave him a similar statement.
Y0u snrsf relieve tie eoaditiolis Which
face the city, If bonds were issued for
4 new school, the building could not
be finished before September. Last Sep
teuiber 1000 more children We're enrolled
than at the opening Of fhe fall term a
year before Next September we will
have a. still larger increase. With the
High School project on yoar hands. yon
win have no means with which to make
provisions for the construction of per-
manent school buildings.
SYSTEM NOT NEW.
ssThe temporary school system is not
new. ii IS not my idea. l simply sug-
gest the plan. as a geod. one 70 pfosiae ,'i'
day school aecomniodat tions lor ah the
chisdren Of the city. St.Leuis had the tenn
porary schools flrsf; then 'hiiwahkee'
Brooklyn, Boston and Newsrk-
The class roesas will be exactly like
the rooms in any Of the model SCHOOLS
Nos. II, 20, or %. for instance
The only objection which could be
made to the plan is that It might be
sostly But what can be considered cost
II when the education of children is at
stake?
T1'he class rooms in the proposed
schools will be Just as well ventilated
and lighted and will be as healthy as the
class rooms in the larger schools. There
will BE no danger in case of fire. There
smaller children VIII Be placed in them
a sas eaeos s0,zVa m @ T. + sss Sara
ne sehoois WIZ pe sleeteu III LIE Saiu -
which are. large. There win be no res
fr;rfion oe tho play grounds
r,'oa nisaetor q p c,nts -s snssssts that tbs A.
AeS'oi Na"se susssslsu Sllat iAe a.
ehiteet study the temporary schools of
1.DssOn. There are so many little
aarses ara,,nd some ST tie ala Boston
4'lNes = ioHna so = rug o1u poss
ssheqls- ! he said. that they look like a
sro6d OF chickens around the mother
ssp.,
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