El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24
New High School Building
Is For a Greater FL Paso
Will Accommodate 1000 Pupils, with AuditOriur Gym
nasium, Library, Lunch Rooms and Y Study
Rooms; Bailey School to Be Used As
Junior High School For Time
nv srpER1NrENDENT R. }. TIGHE.

years of work, at least until the new
High school is completed, when the
ninth year work may be moved to the
VIII Relieve Crowded Condition.
This arrangement viii relieve the
crowded conditions to a certain extent
in the larger elementary schools and
will enable a student to begin to diff
ferentiate his courses after he leaves
the sixth grade, thus allowing him to
begin his preparation at once for col
Iege. business or vocational courses.
The new High school when completed
should provide for at least thousand
students. 1t will be reinforced con-
crete fireprOOf and VIII have modern
equipment for courses Of vocational,
commercial and academic and scientific
study needed by FL Pasoans-
Information Is Asked.
Recently the school authorities have
been distributing card among High
school and upper elementary grade stu-
dents asking for information as to the
kind of work demanded by the patrons
of the school Among the questions
asked Of High school patrons are the
following.
Are you going to send your boy Cor
GRID to cOllege2 What occupation do
you think your boy Cor GRID is most
adapted to? Has your boy Cor GRID
received any training for any Occupa-
tion2"
The patrons in the elementary
schools, who have children Of Is or
Ovca are asked to answer questions like
the following: Are you intending to
send your boy Cor girl) to High schOOlI
Have you in view any occupation for
which you wish to train your boy COR
girD2 If Vocational training was Of
fered would you send your boy Cor
girD to the local High schoOl2'
In addition to this work, the students
o. the commercial department are tax
ing vocational census Of the city. They
are supplied with quesuona1res and
are to visit the chief Industrial estaD-
lishmeuts of FL PasO in order to gather
information thai enable the school au-
thOrities to make courses Of study to
suit local needs This is also the OBJ
Iect of the cards sent to school patrons
The board OF trustees are anxious TO
make the FL PaSO schools, and es-
pecially the new High school, meet the
needs Of the community and they are
taking these steps to acQuaint them
selves with the desires of the patrons
Plan Lunch Room For Pupils.
In addition to the claSsrOOms for the
academic department in the High
school there VIII be a well equipped
nasium. an auditorium large enough to
accommodate at least 1900, a lunch
room where students can purchase
meal at cost completely equipped
commercial department, and a complete
plant for such other Vocational training
as the people Of FL PasO want for their
children.
The first thing to be done is to plan
the grounds Of the High school site
IF this is not done money may be eX-
pended that would otherwise be saved
In order to do this the city should en-
gage a good 1andscaDe gardener to
make plans and specifications for the
Improvement of the grounds before any
buildings are erected on them There
is an opportunity to make the High
square one of the beauty spots Of FL
PasO and this opportunity should not
be lost sight Of