Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-06
OUTLINES WORK
IN JUNIOR HIGH
Superintendent Downes Tells
School Directors What
Is Required

President A. Carson Stamm will call
a special meeting of city school di-
rectors to be held next week to con-
slider the report on junior high school
plans as submitted yesterday afternoon
by DIR. Il. e. Downes, city superintend-
ent of schools.
DR.. Downes in the report gives q
complete survey of the city situation,
summing up school needs as he finds
them. He also outlines requirements
for the new school on Allison Hill and
gives suggestions for remodeling the
Camp Curtin school.
Manual activities outlined for these
schools for boys include typewriting,
science laboratory, mechanical draw
ing, wood working, general shop work
and printing; for girls. typewriting.
science laboratory. freehand drawing
and Industrial arts, sewing and cook
ing. Special. activities for both boys
and girls are to include music, physical
training and auditorium work. Aca-
demic work for both sexes follows:
English, including composition, gram
mar, literature, spelling; mathematics,
including arithmetic and algebra;
bookkeeping, elementary in character;
penmanship, correspondence and busi-
ness practice; hygiene; geography, po-
litical and industrial; history and civ
les. American history, history of Greece
and Rome, civil government and COM
munity civics: science, general and
photography; foreign languages, Latin
and German.
Favors Two Locations
DIR. Downes also favors two promo
tions during a school year in both the
intermediate or Junior schools and in
the senior high school when the entire
building plans are complete. Molding,
extensive machine work, class forging
for boys, laundering, advanced dress
making, millinery and other forms of
household economics for girls, have
been omitted from the junior course.
A siX-hour school day, not including
forty-tive minutes for lunch, is favored
in the proposed plan, with eight
4o-minute periods. Elective and re-
quired subjects of various courses are
given and the number of periods each
will be taught per week.
In his plans for the new building on
Allison Hill DR.. Downes recommends
that 1t be built to accommodate 1900
pupils, with the following provisions
Twenty-Five elassrooms 24X30 feet, two
science rooms. one general lecture
room, two study halls. two drawing
rooms, one general art room, music
room, office suite, general stock room,
teachers room, girls retiring room,
nurses room. two sewing rooms, small
fitting room. two domestic science
romS, auditorium, library, two gym
two shower rooms, two locker
and dressing rooms, two small physical
directors rooms, two wood rooms,
general workshop, small forge room.
electric shop, printing room, facilities
for heating plant, fuel. vacuum clean
ing. toilets on all floors, drinking foun-
tains, roof space for Fairgrounds and
Railways not less than ten feet wide.
The city superintendent gives a COM
plete explanation of the equipment for
the various departments and makes
further recommendations for changes
in case the funds set aside for the
erection of the building will not per-
nit quite as extensive a program as
given.
Plans for remodeling the Camp Cur
tin building are almost similar to the
ones for the new building, except that
the seating capacity will not be more
than ! 1000.
Each member of the board will be
provided with a copy of the report by
DR.. Downes, which is probably one of
the most complete ever drawn up for
consideration.
Bacon Elected
Despite the protest of DR.. William
n. Yates, the resignation of Director
Adam d. Houtz was accepted and
Arthur d. Bacon elected to fill the
vacancy. George II. Werner was
chosen vice. president to fill the unex-
pired term of Mr.. Houtz.
Mr.. Bacon is member of the Ro-
tary Club, Chamber of Commerce and
a prominent business man of the city.
He was a member of the citizens COM
mittee appointed by the School Board
to review the high school situation.
His election to the board was unani-