Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-17
Need For Better Accommodate tionS Explained by Edu-
 CatorS and Trustees
Submission of Proposal to Issue Bonds Urged As Early Step Toward Ade- quate Provision for Future. Ex- penditures On Old Building Would Meet Interest Charges On Bonds.

An interesting affair in educational circles was the reception given last Saturday evening at the Central High School building to parents and pat rons of the Union High School dis trict. The event attracted a consid- erable number of people, and the ob- ject was to bring them in closer touch with the work being done by this school.
 Members of the student body acted as a reception committee and showed visitors through the rooms, after which musical program was ren- dered, including solos by Misses. IneZ Collier and Jessie Jones and selec- tions by the school chorus. Addresses were made by M w. Conkling, presi- Clark and Prof. B. c. Nichols, princi- pal of the school.
 These men urged the necessity of starting a movement toward secur- ing a bond issue which will enable Central Union High School district to erect suitable buildings, as a mat ter of economy and a means for in creasing the advantages of the school.
 Prof. Nichols, who has given the growth of the elementary and high schools here demands that provision be made for new high school quarters that may be ready for use two years from this fall, and that it is none too soon to take the preliminary steps for this end. He stated that while the building now used by the high school has all its space occupied by the school work, it has been far from sat isfactory; the use of porch rooms has been necessary and these are very hot during a portion of the term, further expansion of the course of study is impossible in these quarters, and the outlay of money on temporary equipment and repairs is sufficient to pay interest on a good sized bond is sue for a new building.
 Last year an outlay of $250O was necessary; this year the expenditure will be fully 5000, whereas $3750 would pay five per cent interest on a bond issue of $75,OO0, and the com munity would have the benefit of a first-class building and equipment.
 Prof. Nichols last summer made a thorough investigation of high school architecture in Southern California, and he proposes that the Central Union High School district adopt plan for group of buildings on the mission type of architecture, to be connected with arcades and so plan ned that buildings may be added as needed without marring the symmetry of the whole design.
 MT Clark also advocated the pur- chase of tract of eight acres in ad- dition to the nine-a acre tract now held by the district as school site. He urged this so that courses in practical agriculture might be introduced
 After the addresses there was general discussion and a resolution was adopted to the effect that it was the sentiment of school patrons pres ent that the matter of issuing $75,OOO bonds for high school purposes be submitted to vote of the people early in the spring, so that the various steps might be taken and the contract for a building awarded next fall. This would prepare the way for the use of the new building one year from next fall
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