Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-20
SCHOOL WORK DRAGS OUT
Only One New Building Will Be
Ready for Opening.
NO ANNEX FINISHED BY THEN
Because of ThiS Fact Manual Train
ing VIII Have Go he ELIMINATED
from some Of Ia Cur
FicuIums.

only one OF the new schooi buildings
and none Of the additions to present build
ings will be ready for the opening Of school
on Tuesday, September s. This Is the opin-
ion Of Duncan F1nlayson. superintendent
Of buildings for the Board Of Education.
Three new buildings are being erected
and additions are being built to three other
schools, but with the exception of the
Ninton school, they cannot possibly be
ready for the opening of school in the
fall Work is being rushed on all Of them,
but the contractors acknowledge that they
cannot finish until late in the fall. Tenn
porary arrangements will be made, how
ever, for holding school in all the districts,
but the accommodations will be cramped
and manual training will have to be clint
mated from the curriculums in some OF
the schools until the completed buildings
are ready for occupancy.
The new Vlnton school is the nearest to
completion of any, and 1t is thought II
will be ready for occupancy by the open.
ing OF school. This new building will be
one of the largest and most modern in the
city. 1t contains twelve rooms and a large
auditorium.
The new Forrest school will not be ready
for occupancy until late In the winter. Old
annexes have been located on rented
ground across the street from the school
site and school will be held in these until
the new building is completed. The Omaha
View school building will probably be lone
by the Christmas holidays. the contractor
says, and the fall term OF school will be
held in the old building.
At the Farnam school 1t Is thought the
addition of three rooms will be ready by
October l. With the addition, the Farnam
school will contain twelve rooms.
October for FRANKLIN.
October 1 Is also the date set for the COM
pletion of the addition to the Franklin
school. The slate roof will be put on this
week and then the plastering will have to
be done. An addition of six rooms Is being
built at Franklin, making a school build
ing of sixteen rooms altogether.
The Lothrop school Is farther behind
and the addition will not be finished until
some time in November. With the addition
OF the eight rooms Lothrop Will be tho
largest ward school in Omaha. The orig
inal building contains ten rooms. The old
building will be in shape for the holding
of school when the term opens, but 10 &C.
commodate all the children manual train
ing will have to be dispensed with and
the manual training room DIVIDED into two
study rooms.
John Latenser, the architect, has been
instructed by the buildings and property
committee to hurry up his plans for the
south wing to the high school and It Is
hoped that it will be possible to build the
foundation this fall.
Manual training will be installed this
fall in the Vinton, Lothrop, Franklin and
Farnam schools, but the Vinton schoo,
will probably be the only one where the
course can be taken up at the OPENING
of the term on account Of the uncompletec
conditions OF the buildings, As soon a.
the buildings are ready the course will b,
installed, however. Manual training is nov
a part OF the regular course in the high
school and the following ward schools
Monmouth Park, L~eavenworth, Mason, Pa.
cific, Columbian, Windsor Cas-, Comenlus
Saunders, Lake and Walnut Hill,