The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-18
Junior High Plan Decided On
After Due DeIiberation as Best
Means Of Meeting Needs
Of Situation
POLICY BASED ON
BUSINESS ECONOMY
Securities to Be Sold Only When
Money Needed to Carry For
ward Construction; Cost
Of Old Buildings

Supplementing the clear statement
published in the Express last Tuesday,
setting forth their views with refer
ence to the special election to be held
next Tuesday for the purpose of yot-
ing bonds to the amount of $4,000 to
build junior high school and for
other school improvements. the board
OF education through President j. G..
Mays, today issued the following:
It was after long and careful study
that we decided on the junior high
school type of building as the one
which more nearly meets the needs OF
our school system. and the one which
we believe in the end will be the most
economical. This is to serve as an
intermediate between the grades and
the high school, sort of overflow for
the whole system, proving benefit
TO the children from the lowest grades
TO those of the high school. A build
ing on the order of ward school
would not meet the demands OF the
system. In our judgment as well as
that OF our superintendent 1t would be
a misfit and the poorest sort OF busi-
ness economy.
The board decided on a policy OF
safety. not wanting TO start something
which they could not properly COM
plete. They desire TO erect the type
OF building that will meet the demands
now and for several years to come.
They want the required equipment IN
the high school to maintain it as
standard high school. Not knowing
the exact cost under present condi-
tions they ask for an amount that
will enable them to do properly what
seems best. The board has given as
surance that only such an amount OF
the bonds will be sold as may be neces-
sary to pay for the needed improve
ments.
Some suggest that We should wait
until spring to start this enterprise.
II should be remembered that build
ings do not go up by magic. 1t takes
time to attend to all the details
that will necessarily arise in the cree
ton of such a building or any other,
for that matter. Time must be given
for drawing plans and specifications,
selecting and purchasing site and
closing up all the details of same. A
notice advertising for bids for the
erection of the building calls for thirty
days more. The contractor must have
time to purchase material and collect
same. Some allowance must be made
for the unexpected happenings and
DELAYS. The building should be fin
ished and be equipped for occupancy
by September /. 1916, which is only
eight months from January i. Would
IL not be very poor business policy
to delay matter OF such vital I'M
portance to our schools and when they
open next September have not sufti-
cient room for the children, all for the
sake of saving few dollars INTEREST,"
Will the puzlic please note that the
board will issue the bonds only when
the money is actually needed to carry
forward the completion of the build
ing and not some months before, as
some have suggested?
We have heard mentioned COM
parison of what was done in the erec-
tion of the present ward school build
ings. This is point which should be
duly weighed before jumping to a
conclusion. The ward school buildings
were erected on a bond issue OF $780,
90 sold at a premium Of $4,000, as re-
ported by Mr.. Cook, who was super
intendent at that time. We must re-
member that locations, labor and ma
terial we're much cheaper then than
now. possibly twenty-five to fifty per
cent Again. the buildings as seen
today are much improved from the
condition in which they were after ex
pending the s6S,000 on tHem. All
these buildings have been gone over
since 1908 and modernized The heae