The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-15
NEW SCHOOL IS TO
BE CONSTRUCTED
The Board Proposes to Erect
Eight Room Grade School
BOND ELECTION CALLED FOR SAT
URDAY. FEB. 26.
All Schools Already damned to Extent
That Best Results Cannot Be Oh
tanned Big Increase Soon.

An election for the purpose of yOt-
ing on a $4,000 bond issue for the pur-
chase of a site for and the erection OF
an eight-room graded school building
at point yet to be selected, has been
called by the school board for Satur-
day, February 26, from l o'clock until
5 o'clock p. m, as result Of an in
vestigation of present and pending
conditions in this city.
The schools are already crowded to
their fullest capacity and would be too
small even with the normal growth OF
the city by the time that the next
school year would open With the
erection of the sugar factory it is in
evitable that there will be increase in
the school population according to CON
! servative estimates of fr.m $50 to 200
The proposed building would probably
enable the board to abolish "the
shack" as the annex to the Bickel
school is popularity called. This an
mex, which is unsatisfactory, now ac-
commodities in some fashion, $50 pu-
pills. With this abolished, it will be
seen that the eight rooms will be prac-
tically filled some time during the
school year, which begins next Sep
tember The school board and others
who have investigated the subject are
convinced that conditions here Will BIZ
hopelessly demoralized unless provi-
sion is made in time for the increase
which it is conceded is inevitable. II
will be necessary to provide In This
case for the purchase of site, which
is the first time in the history of the
city that this has been required as
! .tt oil
vious school sites The qualifications
of electors are the same as for ordin-
airy school elections and include al
freeholders and householders.
The need of more room was effec
lively set forth in an address delivered
by Superintendent Hal G. Blue at Z
dinner given at the high school Mon
day evening to the school board
the board of directors of the Twir
Falls high school and representative.
of the local press. Professor Blue
showed that while the best result!
could be obtained for both normal anC
retarded pupils where there were 3.
pupils to the teacher, it was alread,
necessary to crowd as into each room
There were some retarded pupils a
they are called in each room, that
/ pupils who are behind through natura
causes and who require extra atten
ton and these cannot under presen
conditions of crowding, receive prope
attention without neglecting norma
pupils. The failure to give the hes
possible service to retarded pupil
causes a heavy economic loss to tn
community, far more than balancing
any slight expense involved In secur
ing plenty of room.
The dinner was a five-course affair
was served by the domestic science de
partment of the school at a cost 0
sixteen and half cents a plate, an
was declared by the guests to be tn
highest tribute that could be paid
the efficiency of the schools, from
culinary point of view. The hig
school orchestra gave musical seleC
lions throughout the dinner which Wa
in every way an enjoyable affair.
The guests at the dinner were equa
ly appreciative to their host, Super
intendent Blue, to the musicians An
to the domestic science department.