The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-30

i'm the occupied rooms OF these three build
ings there are 125 empty seats available
for Feb. Sth. On that date there VIII
enter from the primary schools 1869
pupils. and there wfll graduate 40. leav-
ing ese pupils 10 be cared for
Could every seat I'm the II buildings,
whose rooms are all In use be utilized
there would stili be 80 pupils without
seats: but because OF the varying num-
bers an the different classes and because
districts do not furnish Just pupils
enough for the seats, there Is always
some shrinkage In the use OF a school
building.
Omitting the three named above as
having vacant rooms, on the opening OF
the new Branch. Federal. Peace. Point
and Roosevelt will be In comfortable con-
dtion Brigham will have five spare
seats, and Candace, four, Academy VIII
have 143 more pupils than seats; Doyle.
lOS, Messer. SO. oxford. 81, Vineyard, 70.
These pupils are taken care OF by using
ward rooms and school hatls, undesirable
and unsuitable places for school work.
This is the minimum condition. IL
might be added that 100 pupils between
! Public and Blackstone streets, belonging
| to the Oxford street school, are sent to
| Point In spite of the vigorous protests
| OF parents that their children should be
| sent so far. The same IN true OF the
upper end OF the same district where
children from Gladsten street and some
| even as far down as Thurber avenue are
| sent to the Broad street building.
TO RELIEVE CONGESTION.
| To relieve this congestion In A growing
residential part of the city a new gram
] mar school building should be construct
ed in the upper part OF Ward Z, between
| Broad street and Elmwood avenue BY
| changing district lines this building
would relieve the congestion of Messer.
| Vineyard and oxford, and allow chill
| dren to be sept to school with reasonable
| distances.
In the second ward the crowded section
is represented by Camp Graham. Mon
tague and Doyle avenue schools In these
buildings there are 1452 seats. on Febru-
airy Sth there will be 1890 children, plus the
new ones who will enter. After placing
! two rooms in Doyle hall, should the enter
! ing class be as large expected, II will
be necessary 10 rent outside rooms. There
should be built I'm this ward new ten
! room building suitable for primary and
lower grammar grades. situated some
! where near the centre Of the ward. TO re-
leve present buildings and meet the new
growth.
In tn ninth ward the crowded section is
| represented by Africa, Atwells, Courtlaud,
! Federal primary Grove and Ring street
4
! seats. on February Sth there Will be 1872
! pupils plus the new ones who Will enter.
! n large number I'm this section. There VIII
| be at least 100 more than the seating ca
/ pacits OF the district. These are taken
care OF by putting 100 In the fire station.
not a fitting place. and i'm using two
/ small rooms at Grove street. seating -
children each In this section the Court
/ land street school should be made into an
! eight room building. and new ten-room
! building should be built.
The congestion in the Tenth ward
/ should he relieved by a ten-room building
! built where tho children are. not far from
| the junction OF Regent avenue and Harold
I street.
/ In the upper part OF the Eighth ward
/ the condition is becoming crowded. In the
! district represented by Roosevelt. Daniel
| Knlingly. Ralph, Webster and Kelly there
are 1872 seats emitting the two small
. rooms at Killingly, which should not he
used as schoolrooms. There are now 1897
! pupils. plus the new ones who will enter
I In February.
SMALL MARGIN FOR GROWTH
The margin for growth is very small
! and with the rapid growth or this section
some 60 new houses having been built In
the last 1--WE years. with new sections re-
Gently placed on the market near Webs
/ ter avenue, and with the rapidity grow
ing settlement at Silver Lake. new rooms
will be needed about as soon az they can
be provided The present grammar build
ing r. not large enough for the grammar
pupils, part OF them now being retained
at Killingly. IL is well located 20 take care
! OF the growing number OF primary chill
! dren. This building should be used for "a
primary building and a new twelve room
grsmmer building should be built near
the centre OF the district
These suggestions call for two new
| twelve-room grammar buildings. ten
room primary buildings and the addition
OF four rooms 10 a present building. max
! .ng IA All an addition OF 81 school rooms.
/ In the past Ave years the enrolment
/ has increased 1918. and the average mem
\ bership. 2653 y yearly average ~ 762 I'm
/ enrolment and % so I'm membership This
\ means that each year there have been
present ~ school every day $50 more pI-
4 pits than the year previous hut average
membership does not give the largest
! number which Al some time In the year
demands seats That IL too small. just ss
/ the enrolled number IL too large The