The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-24
At THEIR WITS END
to Provide Room in the High
School Assembly Room for
All the Students.

Superintendent Hotf and Principal
Kramer have been trying for a week
10 solve the problem of getting a
couple OF hundred students into a
room that was originally planned for
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mathematical books they ever studied
LAID nc foundation for the solution of
the probleui.
Before the schools closed for the
holiday season, a system was tried
of dividing the students in the high
school SO that a portion of them
attended the morning session and
the rest in the afternoon, and the
studying vas done at home 1t was
tried as an experiment so that there
would be more accommodations in
the assembly room.
1t wasn't long before it was appar-
ent that there we're going to be some
failures among the students, and
when the time came for the mark
ings to he footed, the expected hap
%pened.and..a good percentage..of them
failed. The plan Of the half day day
session had to be discontinued.
Another change has just been made
to try and accommodate the pupils,
and still it comes short of what it
ought to be. The seats i'm the
assembly room, which have always
faced the east, have Eeen turned to
face the south. They were placed
closer together and by that means
fourteen additional seats were placed
in the room. After a few days of
this trial 1T was discovered that the
v%eAtilating system a. inadequate
for providing fresh air for the in
creased number of pupils in the room.
Principal Kramer moved his desk
down to the center Of the room and
on the platform several of the STU
dents ..are permitted to use it for a
place of study.
In the room off OF the assembly
rooms some changes were also made
to increase the seating capacity.
The platform was taken out, the
seats moved closer together, and as
a result about % more seats were
placed in that room. OF course the
question of fresh air could not be
considered when so many were
crowded into the small space, and as
at times the air gets pretty close
the students are forced TO complain.
That is about the situation which
the writer found at the school
house the other day when he calico
during the school session.
Under the circumstances it is not
expected that very much is going to
be accomplished in the studies.
Lacking fresh air in the close quart,
ers and crowded closely together 1T
naturally follows that che students
cannot work as readily and with as
much interest in their studies as
under more favorable conditions.
This brings the situation up to the
new high school building proposition,
and what the citizens of the city are
going to do about it. The board of
education has shown favorable action
by requesting the mayor to call a
special election to give the citizens
all opportunity to vote on tie propo.
Sitjon of ISSUING ago OOO i'm bonds for
the construction OF the new building.
AS yet the mayor has not issued the
call.
a special election now will give
several months advantage on the
matter of building, should the bonds
carry, and in oil probability the
structure could be ready for use
within a year from the present time
at the very farthest and perhaps hy
the latter part Of the year