Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-10-29
FOUR SITESFOR
NEW SCHOOLS IN
ABEYANCE NOW
School Board Is Considering
Among Number Recommends
tons for Industrial School.
AUDITORIUM AND "GYM"
COMBINATION REJECTED
DR.. Poland Advises Such a Step
at the John Catlin
School.

Four sites were recommended for
new scHsol buildings at the meeting
of the Board of Education last night.
The most important recommendation
was a site on Thirteenth avenue,
between South Tenth and South EleV-
enth streets, for high school for
the western section of the city.
The other sites recommended in
clude one for the proposed new build
ing of the Boys Industrial School at
Dickerson and First streets, another
lot at the same location for the pro-
posed new structure for the ungraded
school, and the present open
air school at Elizabeth and Chancel-
lor avenues. The recommendations
were made by special committee
composed of Charles p Taylor, Ed
gar r. Brown and Miss Beatrice
Winser
On motion of Commissioner Brown
the report was received and filed. and
a special meeting will be called to
discuss the recommendations of tho
special committee. At this time a
discussion of the wider use of the
public schools will also be taken upA
The question of a wider use of the
school buildings was referred to AT
an adjourned meeting of the building
committee yesterday afternoon, when
DIR. A. B. Poland, city superintendent
of schools, advocated separate audi
toriums and gymnasiums, and con-
tended that a wider use of the school
buildings can be obtained by this
system.
On the recommendation of DR..
Poland the committee decided to elm
mate the combination auditorium aud
gymnasium at the John Catlin school
on Ann street, where new addition
is to be erected at the cost of more
than $149,000. Bids for the work will
be received by the board on Tuesday
afternoon at o'clock, November %.
DR., Poland's report is as follows:
DIR. PoIand's Report.
From the architects office il is
learned that three class room units
in the fourth story of the main part
of the building are not to be COM
pleted at this time. If two of these
class room units could be finished as
one room, with an additional available
space for physical instructors office
and store-room temporary accom-
fhioNehtacfiS SOdid bC pIOtluCQ, IWillCll,
| feel would be ample for the neces-
sary gymnasium activities. | have
been informed by Mr.. Sonntag that
the fitting up of a temporary gym
nasium in this manner would involve
probably an additional cost of be-
tween $1,000 and $1,000.
This temporary gymnasium could
subsequently be divided into two
class rooms, involving only an addi-
tlonal expense necessary for putting
up the partitions and for fitting tie
rooms with the necessary blackboards
and locker equipment.
According to the plans of the COM
pleted building, the south end of
which 1t is not contemplated to erect
at this time, space would become
available on the top floor for a
gymnasium thirty five feet wide by
sixty feet long with fifteen or sixteen
feet available story height, at such
time as the building is completed.
This would provide permanent gym
nasium facilities for this school when
the temporary gymnasium is con-
verted into the class rooms.
The architects office Is of the
opinion that the present room de-
signed as a combination gymnasium
and assembly room should practically
remain, except that the finish of the
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