The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-20
Two Officers of Collegiate
Club Deny Agitation -
Other Members Are Sup
porting Mrs. Bartel.
SCOTT HISER RAPS
LOCAL CONDITIONS
Former Manual Training In
structor Says Conditions in
Schools Here Are bad to
the Core"
70 the Editor:

VIII you kindly correct the imprcs.
sion that the Woman's Collegiate club
declares the ventilation In our schools
exact statement Of facts is as follows:
Al the last meeting of the Colleg.
late club paper on Problems OF
Sanitation In the Public Schools was
read by n member OF the club. No ac.
tion was taken whatsoever on the pa.
per. no publicity authorized. and no
campaign to have woman elected as
q member of the school board was
considered.
Mrs. Lamar. President.
Mrs. Ali, Secretary.
The above communication was pre-
sented to the Palladium. Saturday
night by Prof. Lamar, Of the high
school. whose wife is president of the
Collegiate club.
when other members of the club
learned that such a statement had
been presented to the Palladium they
were far from being pleased and one
member stated this action was taken
without the Endorsement of the club.
She stated that practically all the
members staunchly supported the
campaign undertaken by their fellow
member. Mrs. Ben Bartel. to expose
the unsanitary conditions existing in
the grade schools of Richmopd.
Indications are that the next meet
ig Of the club will be very interest
Ing one and II In highly probable that
the club will take u most positive
stand In indorsinG tho work of Mrs.
Bartcl. although opposition to such
action Is expected from two club men,
bers whose husbands are members
OF the faculty Of the high school. Mrs.
Lamar and Mrs. Murray.
Letter from Hiser.
In n letter TO a member of the re-
port0rial staff Of the Palladium. w. s.
HIser, supervisor of manual training
and penmanshIp at the Manual Train
Ing high school, Indianapolis, former
~ connected with the Richmond pub
tic schools. confirms the statements
made by Mrs. Bartel. In telephone
communication this forenoon he said,
'only the surface has so far been
scratched. Go to the bottom of af-
fairs In the Richmond public schools
and YOU will find some surprising con-
ditions." Prof. Hiser's letter. In part.
follows:
Il was much interested in the expo.
sure Of some very bad school con-
ditions In Richmond, which l read in
last Wednesdays PALLADIUM. Those
conditions have existed for several
years. particularly the awful smelling
iavatory and closet conditions at the
Starr school. Teachers OF that school
asked me. when | was connected with
the Richmond schools, to use my in.
fluence with the superintendent to
have the condition removed. But you
see Il was as dangerous for ME to tell
the superintendent to remedy this as
It was for the teachers OF that build.
ing. They realized their danger in do
ing SO or would not have been invit-
cd to do so with them or by them.
Richmond can remedy the whole
school situation. which is bad right at
the core. The public has been blinded
to good many things. by the way.
have you noted that Terre Haute and
South Bend are both trying to remedy
a situation very similar to that in
Richmond and that they are both pro-
rNNdi0g In tho Same wayo"