The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26
Need of New High School
 Building.
PRESENT STRUCTURE TOO SMALL
Girls Are Crowded and Boys Are gs; in Poor Quarters.
Pxesident Baldwin and Secretary Sayre < of Board of Education Submits asl Elaborate Report on Nc-
 eessity far Improvements.

Dr. B. J. Baldwin. President of the Board of Education of Montgomery. and Judge A. D. Sayre, Secretary of the Board, have submitted report to the Mayor and Aldermen of the city upon the needs of the school system in inaMontgomery, in the way of repairs and new equipment for the schools, antf of urging the importance of the erection of new high school build ing, where manual training might be taught.
 Attention is called to the crowded condition If the Iirls High School and the dilapidated condition of the build ine~otcupied by the boys, and the City Council is urged to make proper pro vision at once for the erection Of new high school building for the &C., commodation of both sexes.
 Other matters are brought to the attention of the city authorities. in- xIuding need d repairs at some of the buildings of the city and the crowded condition of the negro schools.
 The importance of the erection cf new high school is urged. rom the standpoint of the possibility of teach ing not only the high school pupils, but those of lower trades. the various branches of manual training in rooms to be fitted up in the proposed struc- ture for that purpose.
 eHk Report on Conditions.
 
 ieMontgomery. Ala. May "A. 1907. gro the Honorable Mayor and City
 Council Montgomery, Alabama
 .sGentlemen:-Attache hereto Is a list of repairs and improvements need ed at the different school buildings. For the preservation of the property and, for the health, comfort and con- venience of pupils and teachers. we ask that the work be done before the onening of the next session.
 We would call special attention 10 the crowded condition at the Girls High School. Three years ago the library had to be taken tor a class room. The attendance has continued to sfncrease. During the current year the small dressing rooms attached to the stage in the auditorium and tne auditorium itself have mad 10 De used forsthe accompodation of classes. These roofhs could Not be heated properly durfffg cold weather and, besides, nave not the arrangement and equipment de- sirab1e for school worK.
 ssrhe indications are for larger num- hers still next year. and so the demand for at least two moro class rooms IS imperative. We peg to suggest mat two, rooms additional couia De crov'd- ed by adding a story to the eastern extension of the main building AS II is fhe intention of the board to con vert the present nlSn SChool ONiA~Aie into a grammar school, when the new high school is built, the addition re- commended would be in the nature o1 a permanent improvement.
 .sThe heating apparatus in the Sayre Street and the Capitol Hill Schools has never been efficient, notwithstanding fhe efforts made from time to time to improve the conditions. In very cold weather the proper temperature can not be maintained in some of the rooms on the north side, and classes have to be dismissed In view of this. the board would urge the importance o1 this matter.
 Defective Ventilation.
 'sThese buildings are also defective in respect to ventilation, and, if 1t be found necessary to put in new heating apparatus, some mechanical system for supplying the rooms with fresh air should be included in the plans.
 At times during the last three wears there has been much discomfort and inconvenience resulting from the accumulation of water, after continued rains in the furnace room at the West End School. We would ask that such steps be taken as will effectually rem edy this difficulty.
 The board would again ask that new toilet fixtures for pupils be pro vfded for Heron Street and Sayre Street Schools. The need is urgent.
 The crowded condition of the negro schools continues. The accommoda- tions are by no means sufficient, and