Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-25

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Il am very sorry he said. but see
no other way out OF the difficulty"
Many persons wondering why the
situation was not foresecn and why pro-
vision was not made for the overflow be-
fore the opening of school
DR.. Myers believes that II. his freshman
class IN disbanded the pronport Of bringing
The disbandod pupils back "a the Mckinley
Tor tho second year copfn" nhxt year will
be very slight, Ia many ways the fresh
men class In the life of school and In any
case IL In tho guarantee Of the schools
future. says DR. Myers
Result Of Congestion.
On account OF the Increased enrolment OF
pupils in the high schools this year the
engagements for accommodating CLASSES
which obtained last year have had 10 lie en-
tirely abandoned. number of pupils from
the business High School were transferred
with their teachers TO thu Eastern High
School last fall and remained there all
winter. This made room In the Business
FOR tn" overflow of the Mckinley. which In
nearby; but even then the pupils OF the Nc
Kinley had to double up In both their
own buildings and the class rooms given
them In the Business
This year Principal Small OF the Eastern
asked for the entire building for n s own
school, and Princil al Davis insis. ed that the
increased enrolment of the Business and
the return of the public from TIL. Eas ern
made 1t impossible for him TO accommodate
any overflow from the Mckinley There
fore. DR.. Myers, with his increased enroll
ment. was left out I'm the cold hgura lively
speaking. ..-
DR.. Chancellor is understood to have
said:
Let the trouble be dealt with where it
lies. meaning that IL the Mckinley School
could not take care, OF it's enro lment, let
1t suffer, rather than the other high schools.
Not Fault Of Commissioners.
1t Is declared that the much-needed ex-
tension to the Mckinley Manual Training
School. which was appropriated for more
than year ago. but upon which the work
Of construction has not yet been COM
menced. thereby causing 200 pupils to be
turned away because Of a lack of accom-
modations Is not the fault of the District
Commissioners. Capt. Morrow, Engineer
Commissioner said today that the extern
sion should have been completed by this
time, but, as matter OF fact IL Will mean
a case Of hustle to have the extension
completed in time for occupancy next fall.
The plans for the extension had to be
revised and they nave not been compl ,te d
by Architect E. Norris.
This undesirable condition" sad Capt.
Morrow. lis neither the fault or the Dis
trict officials nor the public school officials,
but is directly due TO the unsatisfactory
system of appropr!aIlng money. 1t takes al
least two years from the tine it is asked
for to have anything completed and in ship
shape. For instance, if the board of eduCa-
ton wants something. say a new school. it
Is included in the annual estimates to the
Commissioners before October l each year.
We approve 1t and include it in our estl-
mates to Congress. 1t is approved in Con-
gress and is included in the District APP
preparation bill when passed toward the end
of the session of Congress.
Very Slow Process.
Time elapses and it is signed by the Pres
ident, and then We go to work to secure 4
site This takes time and work. Generally
We secure the site only by means of
condemnation, and in most instances the
time for this action Is during the summer
months when the condemnation iures have
adjourned until fall. We have to wait for
them. and 1t is never earlier than November
or December before we finally secure the
site and get things In readiness to COM
mence the work.
This was the experience In the case of
the Mckinley Manual Training School ex-
tension. The original plans for this ex-
tension. however. did not meet with our ap-
prevail and had to be revised. In the first
place. the arrangement of the rooms did
not suit US. and the architect in making the
plans provided for something that would
greatly exceed the appropriation. and 1t is
likely that an additional appropriation will
have to be secured at the next Congress to
complete the extension in satisfactory
manner The system of securing appro-
priations should be changed so that the
money could be made available sooner, and
these delays could be avoided