Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-07

neither assembly hall, armory nor suitable
rooms for the work for girls. There are
836 pupils and only 3O3 seats, and there ts
every reason to anticipate large increase
in the membership of this school next year.
"Eght-roOm building in the sixth dtvi-
sion, $3O,OOO. This building is needed to re-
lieve the Webb and Pierce schools and to
accommodate the two kinderEartens now
occupying rented quarters at 9th and Mary
land avenue and 18th and Maryland ave-
nue. northeast. respectively. There are in
the Webb eleven schools, six OF which are
halliday schools, in eight rooms, and In the
Pierce twelve schools. eight of which are
half day schools, in eight rooms-making a
total Of fourteen halliday schools.
"Elght-room building in the fifth division,
$50. COO. In the Curtis. Threlkeld, Corcoran,
Addison and jackson schools there are
thirty-six school rooms, in which are forty
three schools-fourteen of them being half
day schools. This item is for the purpose
of relieving the crowded condition of the
schools in Georgetown. The building should
be near the Curtis school.
New Normal School Site.
Purchase of site for a building for
Washington normal school No. l, $4,000.
The purpose of the board in making this
estimate Is to secure an ample site for a
normal school in a growing section Of the
city, where it would be question of only a
few years when an abundance of pupil ma
terial would be at hand or near enough to
afford a solution of the practice school
problem. We should secure at an early
day for this purpose a piece OF ground
fully as large as the site Of the Western
High School, even If the erection of the
building had to be- postponed for several
years. Such site should be large enough
not only to accommodate a normal school
building, including elementary practice
schools, but should furnish ground for
carrying on the work In school gardening,
which has already become a part of the
{n1r lrYYo n nd n
developed under the personal care Of the
head of the bureau Of plant industry. and
with the approval of the Secretary of
Agriculture. 1t Is entirely feasible not only
for our normal school students to be trained
in the essentials of school and home garden
ing. but to supply from propagating plots
of ground. prepared. planted and cared for
by pupils. much of the material needed for
plant study in the graded school, together
with hundreds of cuttings and potted plants
for schOolroOm decoration. A site of the
character desired need not be sought in the
central portion of the city. where prices
are so high as to prohibit the requirement
of a large tract. but could be located to ad-
vantage in one of our rapidly growing
suburbs where land is relatively cheap. A
portion of such site. If of the ample size
indicated, might be held in reserve for the
demand that is sure to come in few years
for another high school to be located some
where in that part of the city north of
Florida avenue.
DulluluS III Tie III 81 NlN lSlOH,
$50, OOo-Toward construction of one eight
room building north of Florida avenue to
relieve the Hubbard and Johnson schools
$4,000 1t is proposed to place this building
which is needed at once, to accommodate
the increasing school population of Column
bia Heights and Mount Pleasant and vicini-
ty on a portion of the lot to be purchased
as a site for Washington Normal School No.
], with a view of using the same as a prac-
tice school for the normal school when COM
pleted.
For Purchase of Site.
Purchase of site for Washington Normal
School No. 2, $GO,OO0-'rhe normal school for
colored pupils. like that for white pupils, is
without permanent home, occupying rent
ed quarters Provision should be made for
securing ground on which a building can be
erected suited to the purposes of a normal
school, with sufficient space for the erection
of necessary practice schools.
Four-room manual training school,
School street southwest So, GOETHE cree
ton of this building will provide for
manual training school, a cooking school
and cutting and fitting school, one of
which is now in a basement, another in a
grade school room, and a third occupying
rented quarters. The ground is owned by
the District.
For lot % and part of lot p adjoining
Petworth School. $1,000. For lots % and Is
adjoining Magruder School, $9713. These
lots are desired for the purpose of enlargine
the play grounds of the following school
buildings, Petworth and Magruder."