Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

| the board, The question of a site is
sun hanging fire but the old build
! ing was proven to hc a fire trap
I by thrllllqg episode last winter, and
! the hoard is determined to solve the
situation al ltivcryieW before the fail
term opens If it is possible at all
Ihe subject of new high school
! building is a delicate matter for va
| rlouS reasons. When il is built IL must
, De OF "A klnu TO be credit TO the city
. as long as II is a city, though IL
I doubles in size several times. It will
stand as It goal of every youthful stu
! dents ambition and monument to the
credit or to the shame of the present
school board Questions of space and
equipment are complicated by de-
mandS for vocational, commercial and
classical training for students Of in
/ termediatc grade yith varied tastes
! and aspirations as well as suitable as
SemblN ana gymnasium apartments.
More than this business men have
their ideas about where il shall be
4 placed and how II shall look and as
/ taxpayers demand that the board give
! ear to their observations. Some with
/ an eye on the artistic effect want to
utilize the whole Central high school
block for the building and grounds;
/ others more economical want to sell
! the side Of the block facing the bus-
ness street and add the price to the
building equipment, while more mer-
CenlrN persons say sell the whole lot
I and move the school to the outlying
district This brings on argument
about sanitary conditions, accessible
/ ity and editylng surroundings ana the
school board Will get the blame for
what is not done whether they ever
receive credit for what is accom-
plished or not.
What has actually been done, how
ever, is: Superintendent Oberholtzer
and Ray S. Fellows, secretary of the
board, made a trip through the east
looking over high school buildings
and formulating ideas about modern
| practical schools, and the building
committee last Friday night went so
far as to specify that the present site
met their approval and authorized the
I board to lC in readiness to examine
| plars for the proposed structure, pre-
| liminary to hiring the supervising
architect to draft definite plans for
building. A new high school building
! is at least in sight in the vague dis
tance
Whether any OF the present lot oc-
cupied by the school viii be sold aud
if so what part has not been deter
mined by the board and as they prom
ised the people of Tulsa that the
school would remain where it stands,
unless they were otherwise instructed,
it will likely stand there
That the school board now in office
will be in office when the building
plans are all carried out is yet to be
determined. The board members are
elected two each year 20 hold office
for period of three years, and the
nf of Of tNE, Nj
expire on the third Tuesday in next
month, May Is. The outgoing mem
bers are II. O. Mcclure and j. Il.
League, and neither Of them have as
serted that they care to succeed them
selves. Candidates for the offices va
Gated must declare their candidacy
five days before the third Tuesday i'm
April, according to the statute, which
is one week from next Wednesday,
April ii.
Candidates must file with the city
auditor a petition signed by a Ger
tain number of citizens asking that
they try for the office when they an
nounCe their candidacy. So far this
has not been done and no aspirants
to the office have expressed their in
tontion of making the race.
Tomorrow night the regular meet
ing Of the city school board will be
held i'm the office Of the supernten-
dent of schools in the Central high
school building, which will be the be
ginning Of a long series of meetings
called for the purpose Of disposing Of
pressing matters of business relative
to the new school buildings. Enough
of the sites have been purchased that
construction can begin and will be
gin presently and every detail must
go through the hands of the board
acting OfficiallV