The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20

is more urgent, especially N the city,
and is equally. SO at several points in
the country, and the new board that
viii assume control on the 5th of jan
gary next, viii certainly Be called
upon to make preparation for a large
increase in the number OF children
that will apply for admission in the
schools on October 1, next.
The school rooms in this city are
now badly crowded, and If the room
and teachers could be had. we could
easily fill from four to six large class
rooms the balance of this school year.
Tne pressure will be greater in an
other year and now is the time to be-
gin the planning for housing of the
coming host of school children that
will present themselves for admission
into the public school October i, 1908.
The old board of public instruction
some three years ago, purchased a
block of ground on East Hill. with the
intention of erecting a fine high school
and grammar school on said block,
and it went so far as to have plans
and specifications prepared for
twenty-four room building. These
plans were arranged so that this
building could be erected in sections
of eight class rooms each, and that.
too, without marring the building as
a whole.
The basement to the center section
of the building has been excavated
and concrete foundations completed.
sc that the original plan of erecting
this building in sections OF eight
rooms each with the other sections
to be completed as the demand for
same became urgent could still be car
ried out.
/ trust that the new board viii be
able to put the ball in motion early
in the next year and secure the need
ed additional room in ample time for
the next school term Provision Will
also have to be made for the children
in the extreme northwestern suburbs
of this city There is quite a colony
now settled in that section that need
school room and same should be pro-
vided if possible.
The board owns an acre of land that
is in just the right portion of this
Section and a two, three or four-room
building should be erected for the
children IN this growing portion of the
city.
The colored People.
Additional room IS also urgently
needed for the colored people in the
EOFLnNeSIeTn pOTtlOH OF tue city -
four or six-room building should be
arranged for these people by next
school term
/ feel that j, an ex-slave owner and
ex-Confederate soldier, can safely
advocate the building of a school
house for negro children without be-
ing unduly criticised. / couldn't if
would, and l wouldn't If / could, for
get the loyalty of the old slaves dur
ing the great war between the states
to their owners. ] recall wildly to
mind the actual condition existing in
my own home in May, 1866. / landed
at my home on the night of May 10Th,
1865, and found my wife and a young
lady who had kindly consented to stay
with her until the cloud should blow
away and some information could be
learned of my whereabouts, for wheth-
er l was in the land of the living or
not was totally unknown to my fam
lily, as not one message mad been re-
eeived from me since about the last of
September, 1864. My farm was one
and a half miles from Calhoun Sta
ton and the agep6 at that place was
our nearest neighbef. yet these two
young women were at home. sur