Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-11-07
q WILDWOOD

w Il WOOu DOdl0 VI A0aO0ttOh a.
held at the Holly Beach sch oil house
on Monday evening with President
W. HI. Bright in the chair. Other
members present were John H. Dag
gan, Mrs. John Downing, r. d. Rich
man and the secretary. A letter was
read from F. w. Hogan, of Atlantic
City, submitting a price of 1905 for
equipping the Wildwood school build
ing with metal weather stripping for
windows TO exclude the cold, and $415
for a similar equipment at the Holly
Beach school. The board considered
that this would be an extravagant and
unnecessary expenditure OF money and
the proposition was declined. Super
visor Chalmers appealed for money for
books to replenish the school library
and 5000 was voted for this purpose,
to be divided between the two schools.
In view of the overcrowded condition
of the schools Mr.. Richman introduced
the following resolution, seconded by
Mrs. Downing:
Whereas, The overcrowded condition
of our school buildings im%peratively
demands either the erection of a new
building or the renting and fitting up
of outside buildings for school purposes
for another year;
Whereas, Improvised easements and
outside buildings have proven expen-
sive, unsanitary and unsatisfactory FOR
school work, aud
Whereas, 1t has been brought to the
knowledge of the school board that it
Is possible to secure from Baker Bros.
free of cost q central and desirable site
for the erection of a Central High school
building,
Be it Resolved, That we, the Wild
wood Board of Education of the City
of Wild wood, do Immediately under
take the procedure of securing a site
and the erection of q new Central High
school building thereon, to be complet-
ed aud ready for occupancy as near as
may be by September LAT. 1914.
Resolved, That the property commit-
tee of the Board of Education of the
City of Wildwood, be instructed and
authorized to at once, without delay,
before the grant may be made for some
other public purpose, secure If possible
a deed from Baker Brothers for the va
cant plot of ground, lying west of the
Pennsylvania Railroad station, between
Wildwood and Oak avenues, with the
understanding that the said land shall
be used for the specific purpose of build
ing a Central High school building
thereon, and to be decided to the board
without expense for that purpose.
Resolved, That a building commit
tee shall be Immediately appointed to
confer with the board of estimate to
fix upon the plans and cost Of the build
ing and the equipment, and to exercise
a general oversight over the erection of
the building, and to report at the reg
ular meeting of the board and at such
other times as the board may request.
President Bright called Mr.. Daegan
to the chair and spoke against the reso-
luton. Supervisor Myers made a state
ment concerning the overcrowded con-
dition of the schools and said that
something would have to be done to
provide more room. That there were
now seventy-six pupils enrolled in the
high school, and the indications were
that there would be double hat num-
Der a year from now He said 1t was a
hard matter to find places in someo of the
grade rooms for the pupils who presen-
ted themselves, and advised immediate
action toward the erection Of a high
school building in order to have it
ready for the opening of schools next
year. The resolution was laid on the
table, the understanding being to
consider the matter thoroughly before
committing themselves to the expendi-
ture for a high school building of a sum
that would run in the neighborhood of
500, 900.