Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
SCHOOL RELIEF
MUST AWAIT
NEW BUDGET
In Meantime Special Committee
of Board of Education Will Make
Careful Study Of Situation,

Members Of the Board of Education
friday took the view that no very i'm
portant Improvement could be made
in Atlanta's public school conditions
until after the new budget is made up
by Council in January. That is the
only source from which any addi-
ttonal funds can he secured any time
soon. Between now and then the
board members nave planned to en-
ploy their official time in making a
thorough study of the school needs.
1t is already evident that when
the new Council Finance Committee
meets TO consider the new school bud
get the strongest appeal that was ever
made for Atlanta's schools Will be
heard. The appointment OF spe-
cial committee by the Board of Edu-
cation Thursday afternoon to make
complete investigation of conditions
in the schools is approved by Mayor
Woodward and the members of Coun-
ell. Actively cooperating with THIS
committee will be the lookout com
mittees in the various wards of the
Federation of Women's Clubs and the
conclusions of Mayor Woodward's
personal investigation will be added.
Daley Relies on Special Tax.
Walter r. Daley, chairman of the
committee of the Board of Education.
the other members being w. II. Ter
rell and Nj M Anderson, said FIJI
day that he expected much good 10
come from the agitation against At
lanta's poor school facilities.
The ultimate solution, | think, Is a
special tax" he said 1--WE can't get
that right away. but with the city
wide demand for larger and more
comfortable schoolhouses for our 1T
tie children Council win be almost
forced to grant a larger appropria-
ton
THE object of our work now is to
get all of our data in hand to be pre-
scented to the Finance Committee"
A new idea for relief of the over
crowded buildings was given definite
form at the meeting of Council Thurs
day afternoon when Alderman James
r. Nutting offered a resolution call
ing on the Board of Education to
consider the advisability of building
open air schoolrooms on top of the
new buildings. Alderman Nutting
said that Atlantas warm climate
should make such sChoolrooms very
successful. The resolution was unan-
imously adopted by Council
Mrs. John d. Pickett, chairman of
the Board of Lady Visitors, reported
to the Board of Education the views
of the women of the city on the sit
uation as expressed at the recent
meeting of the Federation of Women's
Clubs.
Women's Clubs indorse Levy.
Mrs. Pickett said that from the
viewpoint of the women the schools
were badly in need of many improve
ments. She said that the consensus
of opinion among them was that a
special tax should be voted.
James l. Key, member of the
board from the Fourth Ward, de-
scribed the agitation against the
schools as exaggerated and without
sufficient foundation. He said he did
not know who was responsible for it.
Mrs Pickett replied to him that
she did not know who had started
the movement for Improvement in the
school conditions, but that she would
feel proud If she could claim the
honor
Professor Dykes, principal of the
Boys High School, and Mrs. Annie T.
Wise, principal Of the Girls English
Commercial High School, made stir
ring pleas for better buildings for
their schools.