, 1907-05-01
CITY
SCHOOLS
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~lation, such as prevails in the basement
rooms of our East Side building, the
amount should be larger. Allowing
225 feet Of air space per pupil, in the
East Side primary room, taught by Mrs.
Whiting, there is air space for 35 pu-
pills. The actual attendance in that
room last week was Sc, while the av-
erage attendance the past year has
been 42.4. In the second primary
room, presided over by Miss Mabel, the
number Of pupils permitted on the
same basis is 81. The average attend
ance in that room for the past year has
been "a and the highest enrolment for
any one month AZ. Owing to the loca-
ton of this room, it cannot be ventilat-
ed properly without placing every child
in the room in a draft of air. 1t would
make al excellent store room. 1t ought
to be abandoned as a school room.
Repairs Helped Some.
Since the repairs made last summer,
the corner basement room taught by
the Misses WEIGH, Rice and Miller, and
by Mrs. Whiting are in good condition
for basement rooms, but owing to the
fact that the air space Is less in them
than in the upper rooms, and the ven
tilation poorer, not more than 35 pupils
should be placed in any of them. The
largest enrolment in the three rooms
not before indicated was As, 40 and 40.
The average attendance in them for
the past year has been A, 40 and 35.
The upper rooms are entirely adequate,
so far as floor space and air space are
concerned, except in the case of the
room occupied by the ninth grade.
There is really no place in this build
ing for the high school classes. The
room o occupied could well be made
into a library and reading room.
Enrolment and Average.
Considered from the standpoint of
the number of pupils a teacher can
successfully instruct together, it will
be seen that the number in each room
is as DR.. Chancellor says, large" the
largest enrolment for any month in all
the rooms below the high school being
as follows: Sc, AZ, 4S, 40, As, As, So, 40,
AT, 40, 40, 90, %; while the correspond
ing average attendance in these rooms
since last May is AZ, "a, A, 40, 35, As,
80, 81, 38, -, 80, 10 and 23. 1t is i'm
perative that the number in Mrs. Whit
ing's room be reduced. The rooms on
the West Side are good, but the pri-
mary room, presided over by Miss Klee-
man, is badly crowded, the largest en-
rollment being So and the average at
tendance for the year being 3S. Not
withstanding the fact that the numbers
would be rather small II the room were
divided, an additional teacher is need
ed here. A good vacant room is avail
able for use.
Need New School Building.
Assuming without argument that We
should have a kindergarten, manual
training, and an ungraded school, l
submit that we need another good
school building at once. When we add
to this the need of a good four-year
high school, the necessity seems ever
more imperative. Just a word about
the Importance Of a high school and
the best way to get it. The presuppo-
sition Of our educational system is that
every town of sufficient size and wealth
should establish and maintain a high
school that shall prepare students to
enter the state university. Other
towns in the state have done this OF
are doing it. We have not done SO on
account of the presence Of the univer-
sity. Is it not time that the school dis
trict should share the burden with the
university and the state and establish
a high school Of its own? Is there not
here a chance for cooperation that
shall prove advantageous to both the
district and the university? By its o
stitution the university must necessari-
ly place the greater part of its effort
and expenditure upon the distinctly
university work. 1t maintains a pre-
paratory department only because the
high schools of the state are not suf-
ficiently numerous to provide prepare
tory training for all who want it. But
the necessity exists of maintaining a