The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-21
Criticises the School Boards
Failure to Provide Hous-
ing Facilities for School
Children.
A NEW BUILDING
is DEMANDED
Holds that Additions to Pres
ent Buildings Would Be
Unsatisfactory to School
Patrons.

The failure of the Richmond school
board to provide adequate housing
FOR the school children of West Rich
mond was criticised last evening at
the meeting of the West Richmond
improvement association. r.
The crowded condition of the Bax-
ter and Fairview schools was used as
the text of a number of condemnatory
speeches. 1t was pointed out that
children, living within two blocks of
the Baxter school in West Richmond
were forced to walk the long distance
to the Fairview building.
7 ne recent addition of two rooms to
the Fairview building was declared in
adequate to house the influx of chill
dren. Sixty children were compelled
to stand along the wall of a room in
the Fairview building at the opening
of school because there were not
enough seats to go around.
Chairs are placed in the aisles of
rooms in the Fairview building, it was
said. Attention was called to the
which had to be returned to the state,
because it was not used to pay sal
aries of teachers here. One speaker
said that this money should be used to
employ additional teachers in new
schools.
School Money Is Lost.
County Superintendent Williams,
who lives in West Richmond and is a
member of the improvement associa-
pend $4,000 to transport children who
should be attending the Richmond
schools to country schools.
A large number of parents living
south of the city are anxious to en-
roll their children in the Richmond
schools, but are prevented from so
doing by the lack of seating accom-
modations. The parents would gladly
pay 50 month tuition for each child,
one speaker declared.
If the city does Il rect a school
south of the Nation. road in West
Richmond, it was said last evening,
that the county authorities would be
compelled to erect another school
provide schooling for the children.
Want New Building.
If the county authorities do this, the
city will lose the tuition from these
children and the chances of construct
ing another school in West Richmond
will be slim. 1t was suggested that
the time is now propitious for the erec-
tion of new school.
One speaker said the school board
had promised relief two years ago but
that nothing tangible had materializ-
ed since.
The committee on public buildings
and grounds, of which N. c. McMahan
is chairman, and A. M. Gardner, T.
Elleman and 8. Bescher are members,
was instructed to take up the matter
with the school board at once.
The assertion was made that enough
money was wasted on the high school
to buy six acres of land for school and
playground purposes in West Rich
'mond.
The futliity of adding rooms to the.
Baxter and Fairview schools was dwelt
on. 1t was held that the children liv-
ing near the National road and south
of it, could not walk the long distance
to these buildings even if more room
We're provided The association went
on record as insisting that the city
authorities purchase at once more
ground for the West Side park before
improvements are made. The pres
ent site was declared too small to
warrant the expenditure of money for
permanent Improvement
Officers Are Elected.
Officers for the year were elected
as follows: President, E. B. Grosve-
nor: first vice president, William
Hubbard; second, Frank Waidele;
third, A. NJ. Gardner; treasurer, L. c.
Peacock: secretary. w. J. Robbins;
assistant secretary, Richard Sedg-
wick
Public service committee-N c.
Heironimus, chairman; Frank Waid-
ele. r. Sedgwick and Harlow Lindley
Civic Beauty. Bowman, chair
man, T. c. Hubbard, Murray Kenwor-
thy, c. c. Williams.
In dustries-Charles Moore, chair
man: G. Matthews, Charles Edgerton,
l. Elleman.
Public buildings and grounds-N. c.
McMahan, chairman. r. NJ. Gardner,
T. Elleman and B. Bescher.