Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-19
TAK0MA PARK SCHOOL
IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH
Citizens Association Asks
Board of Education for
Portable Building.

That immediate steps should be TAX en-
to secure additional school facilities in
Takoma Park was the recommendation
of the school committee at the opening
fall meeting of the Takoma Park Citi
zens' Association held last night. Ac-
cording to reports, so crowded was the
Takoma School yesterday that the chill.
dren were compelled to sit in the aisles.
The board of education will be asked
to furnish portable school. At a
meeting of the association several
months ago an effort was made to Sc:
cure portable schoolhouse from
Chevy Chase but up to the present
time it has not maturcd.
Steps will be taken also to secure
from Congress. if possible, through the
board of education. an appropriation
for either an addition to the present
eight-room building or new structure
entirely Chairman George j. Burton
reported that a lonsfelt want had
been gratiiied by the installation of a
kindergarten in Takoma Park. The
class opened yesterday and twenty
three pupils were enrolled. The school
will occupy the new Parish Hall for
the present.
Association Elects Officers.
election of officers for the coming year,
which resulted as follows:
President, james w. Dyre elected
third ter,D: vice president, w. A. Orton
secretary, III. G. Gore tsecond term)
assistant secretary, J. Damn Faber;
treasurer, &. w. Pafllow; delegate to
Federation of Citizens Associations.
James w. Dyre; alternate, W. a. Orion.
President Dyre announced that the
standing committees would continue
until the October meeting.
President Dyre announced that the new
Library would be formally opened about
November II. 4 number of the books
have already been purchased under the
provisions of the law authorizing their
purchase before July last. The building
he reported as being almost completed
and that possibly future meetings of the
association might be held in the assembly
hall of the library building.
On motion of c. w. Faffiow pamphlet
OF interest to tho residents and property
owners in the park not members of the
association was authorized to be printed,
giving the names of the members anC
officers and setting forth the aims and
objects of the association in that COM
mnn1ty.
Henry w Scherger was elected Il men,
Der of the association
Construction of Subway.
1t was announced that after numerous
DELAYS the subway at the Cedar stree
crossing Of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad would be constructed and work
commenced in the Very near future. The
contract for constructing the subway has
been awarded to the Baltimore aud ohio
ra 'lroad. The subway committee was d.
rected to communicate with the railway
officials and ascertain TO what extent the
traffic over Cedar street would be inter
rupted and what provisions had been
made to prevent blockade from time To
l time at this point.
The report of Treasurer George ). Bur
ton for the past year was submitted ana
filed
The question of reducing the SIZE of the
executive committee. which is ct present
COMPOSED of the officers of the assoclatlof
and the chairnen of the STANDING CON
mittees. was discussed by President D!re
and ii is proba BILE that the number VIII
be reduced to about five or seven mem
hers at the next meeting.