The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-02
Members Hope to Soon Be
Able to Begin the Construc-
tion of Handsome New High
School Building.
WILL ERECT BUILDING
OF THIRTY ROOMS.
This Will Be Modern in Every
Respect, Permitting the Ad-
dition to. Neglected Sections
Of Present Curriculum.

If the present plans of the Ricn-
mond school board materialiZe, the
city will have a new high school build
ing of thirty rooms including an up
to-date manual training department.
The purchase of the Starr property
has been made, and the board is now
negotiating for tne Kolp property
which lies directly south of the Starr
residence on North Ninth street. IT
the negotiations result in the sale of
the property-and it Sc ems reasonably
certain that they will-the board will
erect the new building during the com
ing wear and have it ready for occu-
patton at the opening Of school in the
autumn of 1909. The alley east OF the
Garfield building will be closed. the
two buildings connected and the high
school moved into the new quarters.
The present Garfield school, together
with all the 7B pupils of the city. will
be transferred to the high school
buiIding. There a splendid gymnas-
ium will be furnished, and a greatly
enlarged manual training department
installed.
These are the definite conclusions
of the board after much sitting of the
numerous plans presented. When the
new buildings are completed, and the
manual training department establish
ed which will include a course in do
mestic science, Richmond will have
two of the finest equipped secondary
schools in the west.
The school officials emphasize the
two secondary schools for it is one of
their favorite policies to provide a
school where all the seventh and
eighth grade pupils of the city will
have departmental instruction the
same as the high school. Superinten-
dent Mott was one of the earliest edu-
Gators in the field who advocated that
the seventh and eighth grades be or
ganized on the departme ental plan and
given the same opportunities as pupils
get in the high school,
To carry out his ideas, twelve years
ago. he organized the Garfield school
to which he brought the "A. SB and
SA children. But he had no room for
the TBS and consequently there are
today over a hundred in this class
scattered throughout the schools ot
the city who will be Accommodated by
the new ARRANGEMENT.
Today the most progressive cities
of the state, Indianapolis, Anderson
Muncie, Marion and Charlottesville
are establishing schools modelled after
the plan in vogue at Garfield.
The board seriously discussed two
plans. First it thought of building ad
ditions to the high school and to Gar
| field. But when it took the measure
OF the task they found that condition,
required at least twelve rooms TO th'
| present high school building and a
| least half as many more to the Gar
field school. It also figured that thi
would necessitate large outlay 0
| money and Wnen Ine 1oD was done !
would not give satisfaction.
The other plan was to purchase
suitable property and erect a. new
building. The Starr property present
ed such an opportunity, and the boar
did not lose much time in securing il
Now when it gets the kolD grounds
it will be in a position TO carry ou
its ideas to the fullest extent. Accom-
odations will be provided for nine hur
dred pupils. four hundred in the sex
enth and eighth grades and five hur
dred in the high school. AT least 81
large rooms will be fitted up i
the new building for manual trainin.
an enlarged gymnasium will be fitted
a domestic science course will
created aud laboratories provided,