The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-02
Plans of Campaign for More
Adequate Quarters
Made Public.
is LED BY ALUMNI;
STRONGLY ENDORSED
Business Men Interested Will Carry
Fight to Commissioners and
TO Congress.

Headed by CorcOran Thorn, Walter c.
Ciephane, John 3. Sleman, jr., and in
dorsed by President W. V Cox, presi-
dent Of the Board of Education, and
Emory NJ. Wilson, principal of Central
High School, a number Of Washington's
prominent business men, who are alum
nj OF Central, today made plans for a
campaign to urge the appropriation for
new school building
These business men first will try 10
convince the Commissioners Of the ne
cessity for a new Central High School
home, and will bring the same argu-
ments to bear upon members Of the
Congressional appropriation committees.
The item forwarded TO the Commits
stoners in the estimates of the board
asked for an appropriation OF $275,OO0
for site for the proposed structure.
Plans Are ompleted.
Plans Of the members Of the board
and the roOters for a new building
are comprehensive. The fevorite Sc
lection for a site is about ten squares
north OF the present location at Few
enth and streets. 1t is claimed that
the present lsite is becoming less
central each year, and is situated in
the midst Of a business section, which
. is undesirable for a school
If the plans carry, the girls Of the
school viii be provided with a large
play park instead Of being compelled
10 spend their recess on the street
as at present. The boys also will be
provided with an athletic field, instead
of the side yard which is now their
only play space, and which Is too
small for baseball or football prac-
tice.
w V. Cox. president of the Board
OF Education, who today declared
himself an ardent advocate for the
project, has already mapped out 4 use
for the Tod Central structure when the
high school moves away from II.
To are for Overflow
The O street building would make a
capital place for the overflow from
Technical High School and some OF the
lower grades from the Henry and Polk
schools situated on the same square
might be taken care Of there" said Mr..
Cox.
The present Central building is the
oldest high school structure in the city.
The building. according to Principal
Wilson is in many ways inadequate TO
NAAe 4lttNLS VI 4 IlOutLn ScnOOi-
In addition to being crowded by more /
than 1000 pupils now in attendance /
there, the heating and ventilating- ia /
cilities are poor and the light has been /
cut of from one side by buildings erect /
ed since Central was built.
The large space in the basement can
not be used for a gymnasium because
IT is so low that the air is bad. The
ceilings are also too low to allow it
TO be used for play with safety said
Mr.. Wilson.
Some HandicaPs.
The absence of a gymnasium, Of a
rest room for girls, inadequate cloak
and locker rooms, the lack Of social and
lunch rooms, and the fact that there
are no accommodations for manual
training or domestic science places
teaching in the present building under a
heavy handicap"
1T seems to me the new school should
be situated north of Florida avenue and
west Of Eleventh street." said President
Cox today. There room could be DrO-
ided for Fairgrounds and some lOca-
ton as picturesque as that Of Howard
I University might be obtained
The project has already received the
Endorsement Of the Columbia Heights
Citizens Association.