The Washington herald., 1907-09-27
Mckinley Manual Class to Be
Housed at Central.
TO MAKE ROOM
Central students Living within Ger
tain boundaries VIII BE Assigned
To Eastern and Western Eigh-In-
spect0r BIames Board of Education
for Delay TO New Building.

was found yesterday, following a con
ference between Supt Chancellor. Dr.
Meyers q principal of the &cKinley
school, and President Oyster, Of the
board Of education. It was decided to
transfer from the Central High School
to the Eastern and Western schools
enough students to make room for the
freshman classes Of the Mckinley School
This viii be done by removing from the
places Of residence come within new
boundary lines set around the Eastern
and Western High Schools.
BY this arrangement it is expected
there viii be enough room in the Cen
traf building to accommodate the first
year class of the Mckinley, whose build
ing is only a few squares distant. It Is
understood that these pupils are 10 have
their own teachers, and TO be IN every
way a part Of the Mckinley school They
are to use the class rooms and study
halls of the Central. and walk from that
building. al Seventh and O streets. to
the Mckinley building, at Seventh and
Rhode Island avenue, for instruction in
the machine shops.
The New school Districts.
The order issued by Supt Chancellor
Immediately following the conference IS,
in part, as follows.
To the High School priucipalx The following is
order affecting the entering classes in the high
schools.
The pupils residing to the east Of the following
line are 10 attend TIE Eastern High School. From
the tidal reservoir t0 the eSst along the Smithsonian
grounds % Sixth street. thence north TO u street,
thence along the line Of Indiana avenue % New
Jersey aveune and Baltimore and Ohio station,
thence along the Baltimore and Ohio railroad track
% Second and s. streets northeast thence east along
thence along c street 10 the Anlcostia River. and
north 10 the boundary line.
The pupils residing In the following section are to
attend the Western High School The territory west
Of Eighteenth street, including Georgetown and west
Of it.
Voluntary Transfers Desired.
Pupils who have good and seticisnt reasons for
attending school outside Of their district wiz write
such reasons and submit them fer the approval Of
the assistant superintendent Of white schools This
is not 20 be construed 70 mean that pupils from the
Central district attending the Western on Fasfem
High School are 10 be removed. since we desire 10
The principals Of schools in receiving classes from
the Mckinley School viii keep these classes organ
lied, as far possible, under Mckinley teachers so
that arrangements may be made later for their tech
nical work.
This order is 20 g. into effect inmedistsIv
Defeat for Principal Wilson.
Supt. ChanceIlor's order that the Nc
Kinley students while housed fin the Cen
tral building are TO maintain their iden-
tity as Manual Training scholars is re-
garded as a defeat for Principal Wilson.
of the Central, who is understood 20 have
ali along fought against accepting in his
school other than academic students.
Several years ago pupils Of the Mckinley
School We're accommodated in the Cen
tral. but under protest, it is SAID, Of Prin-
clpal Wilson. who finally succeeded in
keeping them out On Monday Principal
Wilson stated that he could take care Of
80 additional pupils in the Central build
Ing, but he made il plain that he did not
want them unless they became students
of the Central
That the arrangement Is not entirely
satisfactory 10 all Of the interested par
ents Of the Mckinley pupils IS evident in
the comments Of "a gentleman, who said
last night.
LAS the parent Of a student Of the Nc
Kinley school I would like to know what
Supt. Chancellors order means when he
says the principals of the schools viii re-
ceive the classes from the Mckinley, and
Keep them organized Does he mean
that the principal Of the Central will con-
troll the classes sent to Central, and I'm
this way Mckinley lose the right TO
govern these pupils? If SO. then Prin-
cipal Meyer, Of Mckinley. will not win
his fight, and these students. while tax
ing the technical course, viii be under
the direction Of an academic principal.
This we do not want Let the pupils
have the abundant unused space in Cen
tral and retain their identity and be un-
der direct charge Of Mr.. Meyer Divid-
ing the Mckinley pupils will decrease the
interest and hurt the school, and as for
the military part possibly break up Nc
Kinley Battalion"
While the plan adopted yesterday is
generally pleasing to the parents of the
800 or more Mckinley freshman students.
the question Of responsibility for the
awkward situation brought about by the
lack Of school accommodations is still the
subject OF much interesting comment.
Board Of Education Blamed,
According to a report submitted by
Building Inspector Ashford 10 Commis-
sioner Morrow, the delay in the construc-
ton of the extension to the Mckinley
Manual Training School was due to the
board of education. -Four sets Of plans"
says Mr.. Ashford. were made in an ef-
fort to secure the accommodations de-
sired by the board of education. and at
the same time afford keeping within the
appropriation, and three months time
was lost while the plans were in the
hands of the board on question relating
10 the seating capacity of the assembly
hail
Mr. Ashford calls attention to the fact
that but seven schools were appropriated
for last year. and that two Of them have
been completed for six months or more.
third is under roof. and the fourth and
fifth nearly ready for the roof ''But one
building. the Mckinley" he says, has
been delayed"
Time TO PrepHTe Plans.
The present appropriation" continues
Mr. Ashford. made the money available
for seven buildings on July /, or about
two and one-half months ago. The sites
cannot be acquired before July /. and
the most expeditions arrangements re-
quire several months for the preparation
of plans and specifications and contracts:
besides, consider it advantageous TO in
corporate as far as possible as the mea-
ger appropriations will permit, the ideas
and suggestions obtained in the inspec-
tion of schools in other cities.
mo one could reasonably expect that
the plans for large school buildings could