Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-06
NEED OF THE SCHOOLS
Board of Education to Discuss
Estimates Tomorrow.
MANY. BUILDINGS WANTED
Congress Will Be Asked to Make
Generous Appropriations.
NEW HIGH SCHOOLS FAVORED
School oMcials Also Busy Getting
Ready for Reopening Of Glass
Work September go.
MANY BUILDINGS WANTED
NEW HIGH SCHOOLS FAVORED

considered at meeting OF the board OF
education at the Franklin School tomor-
row afternoon. Appropriations for the
schools for the current year exceeded
$500. 600. or about a quarter Of the total
appropriations for the District govern
ment, and 1t is expected that the esti-
mates for the next year will be more than
this.
While the meeting tomorrow afternoon
will be behind closed doors, by reason of
the provision in the last District appro-
priation act prohibiting the publication Of
District estimates prior to their submits
sion to Congress. It Is known that the
board of education viii decide to urge
upon Congress the need for making ap-
preparations for several large projects.
Because Of crowded conditions in some
Of the schools the board will take up
plans for several new structures to meet
specific needs, and recommendations for
other new buildings will be based on the
fact that the present edifices are old and
not suited to the modern uses to which
they are being put.
New Normal School Needed.
High up on the list of needs, it is antici-
pated. the board Of education will put a
new Normal School building for the white
teachers school This has been urged by
the board for several years In the past
and site for the purpose on Columbia
Heights has already been purchased. A
building such. as Is desired by the school
authorities will cost. approximately. $3.50.
00n. The purchase Of a site for a build
ing for the Colored Normal School Is an
other need which the board Is expected to
take up, and they favor the placing Of
Capitol street and east OF It'll street and
Georia avenue
Many members of the board of education
and oficials OF the schools are known to
favor the construction Of new Central
High School building. to be located north
avenue. AS a starter for the carrying out
Of this project, 1t is expected that the
board will recommend to Congress In the
next list Of estimates the appropriation OF
money for the purchase Of site for thi,
new structure. Residents OF the eastern
section Of the city have petitioned the
school authorities for a new home for the
Eastern High School. to be located some
where east OF I'd street east. The board
will consider this proposition. with view
session an appropriation for the purchase
Of q site.
The remodeling Of the present NJ Street
High School building. the building Of
further additions to the Business High
School. the Mckinley and Armstrong
manual training schools, to relieve
crowded conditions. and the construction
of several additions to graded school
buildings to meet the needs of fast-de-
veloping sections are among the other
tomorrow.
First Session Since July.
The ways and means committee Of the
board. headed by w. ". Cox. has been
busy in the preparation of estimates for
some time. and 1t will submit it's report
to the full board tomorrow, as a basis of
n CO. fAr1 - cob Ill =
estimates have been prepared they will
be forwarded to the Commissioners, to be
included in their annual estimates to Con-
gress. Tomorrow's meeting will be the
first session of the board since early in
July. when 1t was reorganized for the
new fiscal year and determined on the as
signment of teachers and officials for the
next school year.
Onices Of the head school onicials
are just now hives of industry. in prep
two weeks from today. Supt. Stuart
and his two assistant superintendent,
Percy NJ. Hughes and Roscoe Conklins
Bruce, have resumed work again after
a month spent in rest. and the super
vfsing principals reported at their Of
fees ready for work September !.
Just now the physical condition Of
the schools Is receiving the chief atten-
ton AS soon as the supervisors re-
turned to their desks Supt Stuart sent
F. Oyster. president of the board OF
education. asking all the supervisors to
make careful examination OF all the
buildings under their charge and report
on the work done in each Of them and
how it has been done and the further
needs for repairs This IL with a view
to putting the school buildiags In the
best physical condition they have ever
been in.
Making tho Schools Safe.
In eighteen school buildings about
$4,000 has been spent in providing
safeguards against fire. This work has
consisted in replacing wooden stair
ways with fireproof ones. making cor
ridors dreproof by the removal Of
wooden wainscoting and substituting
fireproof construction. placing fireproof-
ing around furnaces and heating pipes.
The supervisors will report on the
progress made on this work and will
point out where rush work Is needed
to have the schools in good condition
when the children begin to arrive Sep
TENDER 90.
The schools In which this freproofing
work Is being done are: Amidon, 9Th and
+ streets southwest; Ambush, L street be-
tween 9Th and 1th streets southwest; Car
berry, eth between and e streets north
east; Giddings. G street between Sd and
4th streets southeast: Garrison, 18th street
between r and streets: Banneker, Sd
street between X and L streets northwest;
Van Buren,, Jefferson street, Anacostia;
Wormley. SD and Prospect streets: Ma
gruder. M street between 18th and 18th
streets; Madison. 10th and G streets north
east; Phelps. Vermont avenue between T
and U streets: Towers. 9Th and C streets
southeast: Blake. North Capitol street
between X and L streets; Blair / street
between 9Th and 7th streets northeast
Jackson, w street between 30th and 31st
streets: Logan. Sd and G streets north
east: Monroe. Steuben street and Georgia
avenue: Phillips, N street between 9th
and 18th streets.
Sanitation q Feature.
In the interest Of better sanitation in
the schools about $1,000 is being spent
in replacing old plumbing fixtures with
new and making needed repairs to the
water and sewer connections in other
structures. Just before the schools
closed last spring Plumbing Inspector H.
B. Davis announced that plans had been
completed to replace old with new plumb
ing fixtures In ten buildings, as fol-
Sth southeast: Bruce. Marshall street
near Georgia avenue: Buchanan. E street
near 18th street: Payne, 18th and C
streets southeast; Greenleaf, AZ street
between M and N streets southwest;
Dougias. LIST street and Pierce place
northwest; Bell. LIST street between B and
G streets southwest: Hayes, 9Th and K
streets northeast: Toner, oath and F.
streets. and the Hilton. 9Th street north
east between B and c streets.
To Rush Other Work.
As soon as the reports have been re-
ceived from the supervising principals
showing the progress which has been
made on this work President Oyster of
the board and Supt Stuart will make in