The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-29
NEED MORE ROOM
Congestion In City Schools Not
Entirely Relieved.
New One Required in the Fifth
Ward.
TO ENLARGE OTHERS.
Euclid and Washington Schools
Are Crowded.
Gymnasium Equipped by High
School Students.
o ENLARGE OTHERS.

Even with the new school buildings
that have recently been erected by the
board of education, many of the schools
are crowded and already the members
OF the board are discussing new school
buildings.
A new school building is contempla-
ted IN the Fifth ward at Sixteenth
and Topeka avenue.
The enlargement of the Washington
school. colored. is under discussion.
The charging of rebuilding of the
Euclid school will have to be decided
upon soon
The Douthitt tract. Orchard Place
and other vacant tracts in the Fifth
ward. south of Twelfth street, have
built UP so rapidly in the last two OF
three years that there is a demand for
q school building centrally located in
that part of town. The board has been
negotiating for six or eight lots some
where near Sixteenth and Topeka ave-
nues-
The Euclid school. near Washburn
college. has been enlarged since it was
built but has not sufficient room to ac-
commodate the pupils. Euclid is
frame building and the board favOrs,
as soon as possible, abandoning the
frame building and erecting a modern
eight room brick building.
The Washington colored school is
building and the board of education
has under consideration the plan of
giving the old Parkdale school build
ing TO the Washington site. The Park
dale building has six rooms.
The Lafayette school was built to
supplant the old Parkdale building and
already the Lafayette building is
crowded with so and more pupils in
The board of education intends to
follow the policy hereafter of building
school houses only when the regular
three mill building levy will supply
brings in about $4,000 a year to be
used for buildings. This year but a |
mill and a half levy was made for
buildings and a mill and a half was
added TO other funds but probably next
year the full three mill levy will be re- 1
stored and then each year the board 1
will be able to erect a new eight room 1
school building if needed
The brick layers on the new Quincy |
school building finished their work to-
day. The building is to be ready for
occupancy by the September term next
year When ii is opened the old Quin-
cy building in North Topeka. which
has been condemned, will be abandon
ed
One building which is giving the board
a good deal of worry is the Lane color
ed school in North Topeka. 1t was
planned to build IL in the west part of
North Topeka, south of the Grant
school. but the food made such changes
in the population that the board doubts
the advfsa bility of locating the building
where it was first planned to build and /
now the board is left with six vacant
lots paid for and not in use
An improvement to be made in the
high school is the equipping of a gym
naSium in the attic. The scholars of the
high school have raised about 81. 900 by
giving entertainments and that fund is
to be used for a gymnasium The high |
attic. which is not in use. affords an
excellent place for a gymnasium. It is
spacious enough and well lighted.
In the manual training school pro-
vision has been made for a gymnasium /
in one of the basement rooms. The |
room is large and we'll lighted and was
planned especially for a gymnasium.
The high school scholars have asked the /
board for permission to equip the gym
nasium in the attic.