The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13
ron COMFORTS FOR HIGH

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 A call was made few days ago by the Montgomery school Improvement Association for q meeting to be held at the ciris High school Tor the purpose Committee and the mothers of the boys who attend the High School on Clay tos, street were requested to attend.
 Mrs. Gayle. president of the School Tnaprovernent Association. and Mfe Lewis Cobbs, chairman of the Boys Hirh school District Committee to be formed, were at the place of meeting to receive the mothers, who were ex- pected to respond with interest and enthusiasm to the call. and who were expected to form the membership of the district committee. the work of which would be to improve the condi- tions at the Boys High School.
 There was no necessity to Come early to avoid the rush." The meeting was attended by only two of tho moth CTS of the boys who spend the greater part of their waking hours under the miserable conditions and in the unde- sirable environment that exists there.
 The mothers were appealed to to come to the rescue and assist the board of education and teachers in bettering these conditions. The call met with no response. Are the mothers indiffer- ent to, unmindful of, or ignorant as to the discomforts and want of proper equipment. 1t is asked, under which their boys are struggling for knowl- edge that the State provides free for them7 Or do they regard 1t as unne- cessary that the boy life should be spent in attractive, comfortable or even safe surroundings. while the girls are cared for beautifully during their school days?
 The patrons are invited to visit the Girls High School building on LAw- renee street and note its almost thor ough equipment, its cleanliness, it's sanitary conditions, it's general attrac- tiveness and then visit the Boys High school building on Clayton street, and mark the conditions found there.
 Some little while ago there was some pIastering and calcimining done and since then the floors. the books. the desks, arc full of,s the Grippsngs and dirt left there by the workmen. The school rooms have not even been cleaned cup: the boys are using paste boards blackb oafds; there is no lavor- atory; the stoves are in such rusty state of dilapidation as to render them unsightly, disagreeable, almost useless and somewhat dangerous. Smoke pourf through the cracks and live coais fall through the rusty crevices.
 Why should this difference be made it ts argued, between the school quar- ters of the girls of the city and those of their brothsrsf This is the regfrrt of many Q home; dainty and attract. i've apartments are provided for the in, while the boys are domiciled fir unattraetive and unsightly rooms they are left with little or no educa. ton on lines of neatness, order, oI cleanliness. And often the parents in such Q home wonder why the boy budding into manhood finds his pleas. ures elsewhere.
 on the part of mothers who are pat rons of the Boys High School to as. sist the Board of Education and teach. CTS in the task of equalizing gne con. ditfons of the two schools; and the burden on each individual would bs very light. All is done by the Boart of Education that can be done wisl the funds provided; all is done by tn. teachers which could possibly be re. uuired of them. Do the City Father. do all they should for this department of the public schoo Couldn't ths City Council, as well as the mothers be persuaded to help a little more?
 Women as @ rule are too prone tC think it necessary to secure in ( roundabout way the funds they de, vote to phiIanthropic, charitable anC religious purposes; hence entertain ments are given. Mrs. Jones, Mrs Brown or Mrs. Smith will spend yI from her pantry and in the purchase. .ol necessary things" with which to mak, e2, and she feels that she has worked hard and successfully for a good cause The cause gets the $2 and the heat of the family is minus the e5.
 Why. not in the first instance donate