The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-09-17
COMMODIOUS BUILDING POSSIBLE
BY REBUILDING OLD ONE
Old Building Unsanitary Overcrowded and
Possibly Unsafe-Some Relief
Positively Necessary

Architects F. W. Hoister Son. Saginaw have prepared
for the Board of Education of Clio of plans for addition
the school building and providing also for whatever
remodeng may be necessary that seem to be very attractive
many ways.
probably discuss the necessity for
action of this kind being taken visit the school itself would
the ocbe argument that could be presented and
every citizen Clio it. 1t will be found that several
overcrowded that the laboratories farce it will
found that there class capable of holding half the
pupils that should recte in hem and the investigator is candid
he will have admit that visit from representative of the
State Board Health might easily result in drastic action of
kind from that source.
Clos public schools her important asset They
constitute the factory in which her citizens of tomorrow to be
turned out the moulding in which the ambition and char
her and girls be shapedthe future useful
determined is not the higher institutions learning that
these things they finish the good work instances
but the vast majority of boys and girls their educational foun
daon in the public schools 1t is these institutions that handle
them when their minds plastic and character the making
is not believe the light of these facts to ad
duce further prove that the schools Clio
tas ought to be good the state We don't want
uxuries don't superfues ourselves
provide boys and girls with those eence which
will afford them fair and equal footing in fes activities.
1t may be said that taking in too many outside
pupils We have sxyfve nonresident pupils this year. repre-
sentng twenty different districts and that isn't thing for
Clio to be proud OF cannot imagine anything that should be
of pride Isn't business and every other c
interested inducing people patrone places of bus
and help grow? If why should them
when they wish patronze schools and find
community center But there the question than this
did have foreign pupil should have maintain
ceved tuition $lO42 sum sufficient the entire interest
bonded indebtedness of 00 and this year. from present
Indications the will be larger Isn't good business get
this and hope to get do keep schools
up to a reasonable average?
Now about the school building itself. proper economy
ought to attach to all transactions public and private No citizen
willing demoh his house long it be made comfort
able and serceabe The walls of the present building good
built when material and labor cheaper than
Then why not if it be saved? modern school build
ing in Clio would less than $685. OOOO present
building be added to and remodeed exceeding
$1,000 and provide nearly quite everything that entirely
new building would supply The plans prepared by Mess Ho
lister provide for addition 45x8O of high grade red brick with
stone trimmings and full basement the front of the
ent structure the interior of which latter would be
afford class school rooms, laboratories etc. with
approved lighting and ventilation An examination of the plans
which exhibition at Mccormick Conees store will show
that the building will be handsome we'll convenient Every
invited to look them and have the details explained
and far judge believe citizens will approve
them by large majority cut of the proposed building
published in The Messenger next week.