Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-07
DALEY SEES DANCER IN
0VERCROWD|NG Of CITY
SCHOOLS; URGES RELIEF

-.. -neaI Of the thousands of
-.....- who are huddled together in
.,-.rrEed public schools was
,...- Tuesday by Walter r. Daley,
-r-- .ut Of the Board of Education,
IN ALL l7eu statement to Council.
u~re only means of relieving the
,-.os.l conditions is to build more
.-....er ne said Council alone has
,ts mower to provide money for this
rrrrase. If Council does not do its
5r-v and provide the funds, the peo-
ME can't expect anything but bad
conditions.
THE greatest need in our city to-
sav is greater school facilities. We
renew our appeals to Council to take
hold Of the financing of this matter.
on lt depends the future citizenship
Of Atlanta. The present conditions
are a menace 10 the city's welfare"
For Big Bond Issue.
Colonel Daley renewed his sugges-
non Of a 100000 bond issue to re-
revs the situation.
we need not only some eight new
grammar schools for white children
right now. but we need schools for ne
gr children and we need new high
schools We haven't any Tech High
school az all The city pays 1915 a
month rent for some stores on Mari
eta street to house that school in.
No, only are the buildings made
Cuate. but l think they represent a
POOR business policy on the part of
The city
I'm Ausley Park we have a lot, va
cant waiting for money to build a
needed school on 1t. The school there
would relieve the large overflow at
Tenth Street School, which has been
crowded sperately for several years.
New Schools Needed.
We need a school in the Fifth Ward
90 relieve the overflow at English Ave-
nue. ma Exposition Cotton Mills and
Howell Station Schools.
.Nu need a school in the Battle Hill
section. We need one in East Atlanta.
Wu have agreed to recommend to
Council the purchase of a lot in East
.-.r.. $50 as to locate that school.
.Na need. a school In the triangle
'0."tan Giant Park, Inman Park
s0..a three classes are being taught
F.. ln- basement, opposite a toilet
.u Faith Schools. 1t should be To-
Gated somewhere near the Georgia
Railroad r0undhouse.
.Ha need new school OF at least
muN. rooms somewhere near the
-tus .L Of Moreland and Euclid ave-
srm.s We have leased the old Neal
s.H. for temporary use in that To-
o.. That would relieve the High
land Avenue, Edgewood and Inman
Park Schools, all of which are over
Badly OVercrowded.
Colonel Daley gave some interest
ing g.mpscs into the schoolrooms OF
Atlanta iu his description of the over
crowded The F,dgewood Avenue, In
man Park and Highland Avenue
Schools have become so filled with
pupils that a nearby old building. the
OF. Neil School on Moreland avenue,
has been rented for the overflow. Five
gr les viii be maintained in this
supplementary school, which will be
fully opened the latter part of the
week Il wiz greatly improve condi-
lions II that section of the city, but
the E5seWood Avenue. the Inman
Park and the Highland Avenue
Schools stiIl viii be overcrowded.
For instance, in the third grade OF
tao Highland Avenue School there are
"a pupils. the room being so over
rn"ed that "a Of them have to sit
on straight benches that extend all
tr7un. he room, with their backs to
Che wall They have no place to write.