Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-01-21
Shall Gardiner, Me-, Have A
New High School Building?

ing an artistic effect to the building
and the entire grounds. Moreover the
front lot would offer splendid oppor-
tunities for adornment with shade and
shrub trees and a grouping of flower
beds.
5. Such a location puts the most i'm
portant building of the city into nearby
relationships to the various churches
and other public buildings, being mid
way between the two groups OF
churches and not far from out ne"
postoffice and present City hall. Here
it would be an ornament to all such
buildings easily and naturally acces-
sible to all visitors to the city, ana
worti1ily ministering both to civic pride
and public spirit.
& This location is most favorable
both to our own High school pupils
and to those coming to us from the sur
rounding towns Directly approach
able from Winter street, Highland and
Harrison avenues, and interseetlng
streets, by entrance from Robinson or
Neal streets, it would most faVorapiy
reach all the requirements OF the
Northern hill Of our city. BY its near
location to the Common 1t would De
equally accessible to the streets Leading
off from the Common, to the New Minis
region, and to our Southern hill. While
remaining as accessible as before to
out out-of-town pupils across and
down the river. 1t would pc more az
cessible to our Farmingdale and West
Gardiner pupils and all pupils aioiis
our electric line of travel
I. Moreover this location is hlghly
favorable for all those common and
centralized school uses Whlch we
have previously discussed. III pupils
are to be brought from other grades
occasionally or frequently, Tor certalii
branches of common instruction as we
sincerely hope, then this position Woulo
he AS nearly as possible at the very CEN
ter Of our entire student body. The time
lost or gained in the going TO ana ire
of the pupils Of the Tower grades would
he equally divided as nearly as posi-
BILE.
8. Finally. for all those common and
extended uses which minister not
merely to our student body but to our
whole community life, this proposed
location is in every way advantageous.
Preparation for evening schools, for a
free and adequately equipped GYM
nasium. for a carefully selected ref
erence library, forS general assem-
bly hall and for all large pubic rune
tions. should be regarded as essenliai
preparation and parts Of the ne"
building.
S,,ch a location would not merely
minister to, but what is far more I'M
portant. would become the inspiring
source and power for, growing com
munity spirit and for disinterested
public service. Here 1t would De OF
use not merely five hours day, pat
for the hours through the evening. Here
ii would be of service not merely to
our student body but to all the youth
and grown people of our city N theii
widening interests and growing Fellow
shin around our common civic tasks
In addition to all this, here as no.
where else, alf the administrative func-
tions of our whole school system couio
be most effectively carried on. 1t al
once places our superintendent Within
and at the very center of our Whole
educational system, giving him imme-
date contact with the advanced stu
dent body, and at the same time quich
access to all other grades OF WORK
BY the proposed consultation rooms
il would bind together superintendent
principals and teachers into single
vital body, of mutual aid and encour-
agement to themselves and of wider in
fuence to their whole school and CIVIC
life.
LANGDON QUIMBI.