The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-03
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Hughes said, more room must be had
here.
Some years ago the board wisely
looked for the city to grow westward
and bought property there. Now the
need has come for a building for that
end of the city, DR.. Hughes pointed
out.
Third story is Menace.
That the third story in a school
building is a menace for the young
girl Just reaching young womanhood
was DR.. Hughes unqualified asser-
ton. The problem now is to get rid
Of the third floors In the buildings in
the city. The Carey and Terrence
schools, both third story buildings, are
insanitary. and the third story pre-
sents its problems here. But the most
insanitary conditions in the city are
apparent In the Garfield school, accord
ing to DR.. Hughes.
THE board has tried to get rid of
the third floor. 1t is unanimous in its
conclusion based on the Judgment of
men who have looked into the cost,
that the expense of taking off the
third floor is at least one-half to two
thirds the cost of a new building" DR..
Hughes declared. The board has
never felt justified in demanding the
taking off Of this floor, changing heat
ing plants and the like, believing the
increased cost would be close to that
Of new building and still the build
ing would be insAnitary. But now the
condition arises that was unlocked
for. The dam has brought people here.
There are 108 pupils on the third
floor of that building in the first ward.
Board Appeals to People.
"A short time ago the Colinwood.
Ohio disaster stirred the people and
we tried putting the pupils into the
new George Washington school. Now
1t is crowded. Everything is full and
the board is appealing to you. The
board says do you want your children
attending third story building.
"The board is asking you do you
want your girl to endanger her adult
existence by climbing those stairs to
the third story? 1t is asking, do you
want to face the fire danger? We
have come to you in response to petit
ton from the first and seventh ward
people"
Huai,cs Answers Questions.
As DIR. Hughes finished, Capt. T. F..
Baldwin asked him how the money
would be spent If the issue carried.
Or. Hughes said the board was on rec.
ord to spend $4,000 in the seventh
ward and $4,000 on the Lincoln
school, and $4,000 for twelve room
structure in the Garfield district.
DR.. J. P. Dickson wanted to know
what was the specific insanitary condi-
ton referred to. DR.. Hughes said
not one building in Keokuk but the
George Washington school had real
ventilation.
John P. Hornish wanted to know If
the Garfield school wasn't crowded be-
cause pupils from other wards were
occupying the building. DR.. Hughes
explained that the boards plan was
to continue a pupil who had started in
a certain class in that class, and II
the class in question-principally half
year classes-could not be found in
one building. he was then put in an
other building. The number in the
Garfield building was surprisingly
small he said, however.
School Question Progressive.
Birdwell NJ Sutlive said he thought
the school question was progressive
one. Either we showed progress or
lack in our stand on school questions.
School buildings were not built like
Holmes Zone Hoss Shay" to stand
forever, he said. This question was
not ward proposition he declared
and not sectional one. He urged Sc
curing new schools for Keokuk.
Fred H. Overtin declared that while