South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-22

ROUSING MEETING IN
FAVOR EAST END SCHOOL
Large Attendance of Parents
lmpreSSeS School Board
With Arguments.

velOpment or the east emo warrants
school building. the school board VAL
look with favor on it, said Fred A.
Partridge. member OF the board, at
mass meeting OF the citizens of the
east end held iR the Ransoerser sore
Thursday night.
The meeting was attended by over
$50 residents of east MIshawdka, by
far the larger portion of the audience
being women, many of whom brought
their children along, no doubt with
the objective Of impressing the mem
bers of the board present that TINS
part OF Mlshawaka was as prolific IN
children OF school years as any other
district OF the city. The meeting was
a most enthusiastic one in every re-
spect and the presence OF the mothers
and their hearty commentator OF the
project made an evident impression on
the mem bers Of the board.
a Million i'm Factories.
r. b. Byrkit made an admirable
chairman and in his remarks showed
that he was thoroughly conversant
with the school situation. In stating
the object Of the meeting he inn ressed
his hearers with the fact that the
time was ripe for a school building
in the east end. He spoke of the in
ception OF factories into that part of
the city the advantages 20 be obtained
by locating there. Of the developm1 mt
OF its industries. and of the urgent
need OF school facilities. He pointed
out that over 100000 had en- in
vested in factories and Improvements
there. but from the fact that there
was 10 school building one third of
the investment was idle. He vigorous
" refuted the assertion that the agita-
ton for school facilities was a real
estate scheme, telling the members Of
the school board to ask the women
and men present at the meeting IL
such was the case. He related how
mechanics employed in the east end
factories were forced to eat cold
lunches six days Of the week in order
10 have their children attend the
schools IN the west end OF the city
where they had to move their families
on account of lack of school privileges
I'm the east end. They were present
at the meeting TO demand a school
and they expected to get il. In con-
clusion he stated that besides the
money spent on improvements, near
Is $4,000, $4,000 had been invest
cd in building homes. He was pre-
pared TO say that should their re-
quest he granted, at least an addi-
tiOnal 100 homes would be erected in
no time.
The chairman was followed by sew
eraI women mothers OF children of
school age. and residents Of the east
END. who told OF the hardships their
little ones had TO endure during the
winter months in trudging to school,
some OF which were 1 > or more blocks
away. They presented convincing ar
guments why a school should be es-
tahlished in east Mishawaka, and were
followed by several fathers OF fam
flies who urged on the board to grant
their petition. II was shown by some
OF he later speakers that their chill
dren had to be kept at home many
weeks during the winter months, ply
sicians having forbidden them TO eX-
pose themselves to the long distances
during the severe weather.
Makes Telling Plea.
w 9. Stone, superintendent Of the
National Veneer Products Co., and a
resident Of the east end. made a cap
ital and telling plea cor the school. He
told OF the development of the east
end industries, which, he stated, were
never in a more healthy condition
than at the present time, and of the
difficulty in securing skilled help
which was averse to locating in that
part OF the city on account of the
lack OF school facilities. lie intimat-
ed that the industries would be need
ing more help before long, and urged
that the best way 10 have them come
near to where they would reside
Mrs A j. Gernhart Of the east end
Sunday school also added her argu-
ments TO those OF previous speakers
in behalf Of a school building, and
gave an interesting resume of the
work that had been accomplished by
that body since the inception Of the
work.
Had Come to Listen.
Of hn
school board. said that the members
of the board and Prof J. +. Nuner.
their superintendent, had come to lis
ten. 20 get all the information avail
able. They were willing TO do every
thing In their power 20 take care of
the children apart from the develop
ment OF the east end with which they
were not so much concerned. He
hoped people would not think this
was a scheme TO boost Mishawaka II
there were sufficient children TO war
rant the board in acting they would
build them q school, but they had
only a certain amount OF money to
spend and consequently these mat
tiers had to be considered very care
fully, and with an eve TO the interests
OF the taxpayers In conclusion the
speaker made IL understood that they
would be glad 10 help the matter
out"
Mr. Partridge impressed on the
meeting the fact that the board was
not antagonistic 20 providing school
facilities when 10 could be shown there
We're sufficient children 90 warrant
them in going ahead with a new
school house. He referred TO petit
lions that had been sent 90 the board
frcm time 20 time by east end resi-
dents and concluded with the remarks
set forth az the commencing of this
article.
Prof Nuner looked az the matter
from business standpoint and SYM
paJhized with the residents OF that