The log cabin Democrat., 1912-01-26
DECLARES ANOTHER
BUILDING NEEDED
SCHOOL ISOYfRCROWDED
ADDITIONA LTEACHERS IS AL
so A NECESSITY, WRITES
SUPT. R. H. CANNON.
Editor Log Cabin Democrat:

Editor Log CABIN Democrat:
Please allow me to present through
the columns of your paper a few facts
for the consideration of the patrons
of the Conway public school. This
week closes the first half-year's work,
the school year being divided into two
terms of four months each. Both
the enrolment and attendance has
been very satisfying during the term
just closing. AS everyone knows, we
nave just passed through some very
trying weather. In spite of this fact,
the attendance has held up remarka-
bly, well. Only on two days was it
found necessary to shorten the days
session on account of the cold, and
then the fault was neither with the
heating plant nor with our faithful
Janitor, Mr.. Purifoy, but the trouble
was due to the fact that some one,
on the nights previous to those days
when we shortened the session, cut
off the steam from some of the rooms
and raised the windows, thus per-
m-tting these rooms to become thor
oughly chilled. In this condition and
with zero temperature it was i'm
possible to get these rooms comforta-
bic. l speak of this to show that for
any ordinary weather the heating
plant is adequate for all requirements
that may be made upon it. One great
Inconvenience, however, exists in that
the janitor is compelled to carry out
daily hundreds of gallons of water
that seep through the walls into the
furnace room.
But the matter that | want most to
speak of is the condition that exists
already, and the still more serious
conditions that another year will
bring, by reason of the fine attend
ance already referred to above. The
crowded condition of most of the
rooms can only be appreciated by one
who has actually visited them during
the hours when school is in session.
A few facts and figures, however, may
help.
The total enrolment for the term
is 636. Out of this number 35 have
been dropped, leaving a net enroll
ment of COL for the present month.
To seat all these children there are
in the entire building, exclusive of the
laboratory room, $50 desks, or just 81
less than the net enrolment of the
present month. l find upon investiga-
ton that It would be possible to place
just 81 more desks in the rooms al
ready occupied by classes, but here
again we are met with another diff
Guilty. find that in those rooms that
need them most there is no room to
put any more desks. For instance,
in room No. the net enrolment is
sc; number of desks in the room. So:
number of additional desks needed for
immediate use, s. But there is room
for only one more desk in this room.
Room No. has a net enrolment
of 53 with only So desks and no room
for another desk to be put in. Room
has a net enrolment of 81, with 81
desks and no room for another to be
put in. There will be IL students pro-
NOTED to this grade from room 7 next
week and none going out, for the rea-
son that mid-year promotions 90 no
further than from 7th to 8th grades.
This means that 10 or more students
will have to be crowded into desks
with other students.
Room 8 has net enrolment of 43
with only AZ desks. This room has
all the desks in it that it ought to
have, but by crowding, it would be
possible to add six others. The same
thing may be said of all the others.
There are as many desks in each of
the rooms as ought to be there, and
to put any more in would only take
up the space that is badly needed for
other purposes.
To take care of both the physical
and intellectual welfare of the chill
dren, it has become necessary to di-
vide the second and third grades into
morning and afternoon sections, as
has been done in the first grade for
number of years. This change will
be put into effect next week. The
interests of the children would, per-
haps, be better served in some of the
other rooms that are most crowded
by making the same change there, but