Putnam patriot., 1909-12-17

for school porpcses. The Nightingale ios l. well located for sach purposes. is on the inc ot the str~et rsiirosd, ts level. therefore nscessitatine very little sx. pence for grading, aud thers is ample room on that lot for sli sorts ot aamss end athletic sports and plenty of room for additional schocls. trade schoois or any other school. rhis lot nov Hes in open condition, unused. and withoSt buiidinse thereon, sud H is the only lot of lts kiud available In the whole city. We believe that t would be . profitable investment tor tho town to purchase it, as h probably could usver be obtained at lower prtce than st pressat and it buiidings shouid bc added thereto the ex. pense ef acquiring s would oe largely In. crsased. We have sndesvorsd 10 obtain . price upon thts land. but having no shortly to purchase we have been un- able to do % and the owners have refused us the option. We believe that when the town votes to build ( High school the proper committee will be able to obtain the iot at reasonable price. and we are so strongly af the opinion that the town ia In need of this land. which can he ae- quired much cheaper now than later when it is built upon, that NC recommend that in any event II he acquired by par chase if possible, II not, by condemna. ton.
 3. We recommend the erection ot s new High school building. We do this not only tor the reason that our present. building Is inadequate ana upsu able for the purposes for which it Is used but also fpr the reason that the town can use part of the new building to relieve tho situation at the Israel Putnam school. If some such arrangement as this Ia pot made, . new building will have to be built almost immediately tn connection with the Israel Putnam school.
 In view of the fact that the etate hoard of Education has called to tho at. tention of our School Committee, in writing, the necessity of providing better accommodations, and considering that it is conceded by all that we shall bc forced to have . new High school building ia tho near future at any event, ws thiuk we would fall to do uur duty it wc did not absolutely and unqualldedly recon. mend tho erection. so soon as may he, os new building to be ursd tor High school purposes and . 10 tor tho ninth snd probably tho eighth grsdes of our Grammar sci Q ,ls.
 As in wsy emphasisIng this com. mittees opinion that relief should bs given 10 the Israel Putnam school, we wish to call the attention of the vutcrs to tho fact thst the matter ot placing chli. drsn of . tender sge in the third sieey oi any school building has been taken ID by our State Hoard of Education, and st
 the last scssion ot tho Lew islaturs an act
 was passed absolutely prohibiting the building oi any school building by auy town or school district, In waieh the children Of grammar school should be either compelled or allowed to use . room ss school room abe ve the second story, and we cell the attention of the voters to tho fact that sixty four of the very youngest little folks In our Isrnel Putnam school are forced to use . garret room in the t6ird story, poorly lighted, sixty four steIs from the lavntorias, and | sixty steps from the ground, each and every day in the school year We wish to state further that the namber of scholars in tho lsrsel Putnam school is rapidly increasing. and we have to state that the proper repairing of the smith street school sad . division of the | scholars between the two Grammar schools will not cara for tho situation unless at least one of the grades is placed in smother building. Much has been said about sending too young children to our schools, but ws find in our Israel
 Putnam school practically only three children under ths sgs Of Ave years, the age at which the town is compelled to admit them to schools.
 In regard to the new High school
 building. we have recommended the plans and specifications ss drawn and submitted by Mr. Edward 1. Wilson of
 Boston. A number of the members ol this committee hays made . trip to Re.
 we're, Mass, where . building of tho same character as the one we recommend has
 been constructed. Though tho building is much isrgsr In sixs. it is Of the same vonstruction and of the same general sp- pesrnncc. and this committee believes that the method ot e,nstructton snd the
 material srs satisfactory and we ars glad to have bsen able to scc . building sub
 staniisiiy ike the one we recommend and dssigned by the architect who hss pre- psred the pians for this commlttss.
 Fsrthsr than thst, tho plans ano spscia. cations tor tho new building hsvs been ssbmitt<d to the same builder who buiis the school at Revere, and ws have hss signed agreement that hs will b0ild los us building, iu accordance wtth khc plsps and specifications which havs been submittsd t0 ss and which us havs sp. proved, tor the sssa of Rifty-two Thou. sapd Three H0ndssd uollass. which.
 with the fees of the ssehitsct, wiiI bsing the cost of toe nsw boii6ine Co . littje under Ft1ty Eve Thousend DoiisSs. Ths people se Revere, ineisding ths principal ot shs schcoi, ars very mech plsased wlth thsts boiidfsg and ies mspsss of eoe. stsuctio0, end ws cossidss thst ws are very tostenats is bsing sbte e sebmie pians spo epeet0cstions whteh base ben O thoroughly investigated sp1 eonpsee1 uish . bstidiag of ths saUs shssnsoes. dssigns1 by to sams aschlteees aed mlstsd 1gusn e this eo00lttse. Thfe scoomnodoes thsee bonose1 ecbolaeu auA eas scconmo1oso six hun1so1 sshotass 10 lss bseles advooeaGo theo ous pGooone buiI1ise ean aoeo0oo1ass she sunbes e schoiass TOW sttso1ise tbs hie6 ephoot.
 .. Ws rscomnss1 thss She Saith sssest school bs pat lsto psopog eoo11- ties. Tbsss is vssy listls 6os ths oon- Dlttee to ssy in rsgnsd to thke uaetoe othw than C has cid. 1hb baiI1isg oas easiiy be aFfsngsd to hase tpes ooed sehoot peoms. The eblldfaa eeesndlRg ths emifh ssrsee sohooi shosid hevo ths ss0s seveusaess shat the ehil1ses eoeeo1. isg the issssi PasusD sehool heve. n. sIds levalortos sn1 stea0 hsat ehoatA he tostsiie1, ths hseeoeses peoCssiy n1ed, asd Ut ptsesd tn eood coalition, tsets1. tse ths psooss ess1tne q she yas1 ss1 eishes ths fspatstae os takfng 1oWD ed ths 1ssess end the tsasisg doun c she oesssas ostbslI1taGs- fhts eoo0n1oa ssetmeeae thss bsswsso Tbsss Theoesnd