Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-01-11
MORE SCHOOL ROOM NEEDED.

in view the present boa,d of educa- d
ton has decided to submit, in the b
naar future, to the qualified electors Il
within the district the proposition {
of voting bonds in a sufficient Q
amount-$15,oO 600 or 500, o00--with e
which to erect another school house :
at point as near halt way between /
the two buildings as it is possible to I
secure suitable building site. If {
there are any who doubt the need OF I
an additional building, they need
but visit our schools today in order
to have that doubt dispelled.
The Washington school Is now
crowded beyond its capacity, two
of the teachers having four more
pupils each than there are seats IN
the rooms and there is not space in
either of the rooms for the placing
Of more seats. Every seat in each
of the other three rooms in that
building is also occupied by bright
and industrious pupils.
What is true of Washington
building, Is also true of Lincoln
building, with the exception of pos
slbly one room, the Eighth grade,
In which we believe there are one or
two vacant seats.
In case the bonds are voted, the
building to be erected Will be known
as the High School building. It
will moi be used exclusively for
high school pupils, but the Eighth
grade pupils from both the Other
buildings would all probably attend
in the new building. Room woult
thus be afforded in the Washington
and Lincoln buildings to accommo
date the rapidly increasing numbe
of pupils, each year, IN the lowe
grades.
There will be some taxpayers j
the city who will "throw up thei
hands in horror" at the thought c
voting more bonds which must, c
course, be paid in due time. Br
it is "a condition and not theory
which confronts the people of Mon
pelier regarding the education {
our youth. We have the childrt
and we must provide them vii
means of securing an education-n
to do SO would be nothing short
a sin-a sin against which every pa
ent who would vote in opposite
to providing means for educatil
his child, St. Peter would record
bold, indelible print opposite thu
name on his great book.
Other towns in Idaho are proyi
ing additional school facilities f
their pupils. Only few weeks a
Caldwell voted $22, in bon
for new school house, and 9th
places are promptly supplying the
youth with the means of securil
that which is greater blessing
mankind than all of the gold in :
universe-an education. Why shou
not the parents of Montpelier
equally as considerate of their chi
rem as are the parents of 9th
cities? We believe that they al
and that when the time comes the
will not be a vote cast in OPPOSITE
to the contemplated bond issue.
The establishment of a HI
school in our city last year was
most glorious act upon the part
our citizens. While the class VIII
Is now taking the advanced cou
numbers only l6, IN couple
years we expect to see the mum
reach SO or 60 Next year there ,
be at least 25 young people step Fl
the grammar grade into the b
school. In Idaho Falls high sch
was established in 1897 and the
class that graduated therefrom IL
years later consisted of only
member Today the high schoo
that city has an enrolment of
students, and next June ten you
.aa,,la will graduate from The