Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-07
COlLINSVILLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS BIG PROBLEM
Ever Since Fire of 1912 Town
Has Been Growing and
Schools Inadequate.
specinI To Ihe World.

specio' TO The World.
COLLlNSNILLE Okla, Jan. G.
providing adequate room for LOO
pupils with the present schoolbuild-
lnes constitute "A big problem for l..
u. Poiit superintendent and the local
board of education that have had TO
meet tho perpleNing situation during
the present school year, In order TO
give the children educational advan-
tage ten rooms In the lower grades
have been kept on halliday session,
as II has been out Of the question 10
obtain sufficient funds and available
room to give full-daV sessions with the
large enrolment of pupils in Collins
vile al the present time. Two rooms
in South Park church on Smclter Hill
have been equipped for public school
. use. Eishty-two pupils are taken
N~re Of here by two teachers.
\ Scrap Of History.
The first public school building
built in 1902 stands On the grounds Of
the Central nigh school building. II
Ia n lwo-room frame building and is
crowded with pIpils. a temporary
one-rcom building has been built on
the same grOrnda during the present
vacation. One-half IF the third grade
pupils will he cared for In this build
iEC when school open. this year. Ad-
ditions will be put on the two six
room ward buildings and probably .
tkird ward building erected at the
b,lose Of the present school term. With
Jan optimistic superintendent and u
board of education made up of promi-
nent mon who are Nitally Interested
in the schools OF Collinsvillc. backed
by patient and willing citizenship
ample provision will he made IN the
near future for the increasing enroll
mcnt, due TO the sudden growth in
population during the past two years
David y. Burton taught the first
school in 1S9S. In 1910 the enroll
me nj was only three hundred. The
smeters were located here in 1910
and 1911. At that time the real
growth of the public schools began.
l.. II. Petit was elected principal or
the high school in 1911. This rela-
tion was ma 'ntaincd until 1914, when
he was elected superintendent. In
1915 the board of education contract
ed with him for three wears. There
arc now 80 teachers under his super
vision, with the enrolment of LOO
pupils.
In The year of 1912 fire completely
destroyed the Groom brick building
Vacant rooms were secured and tenn
porary bui'dirgS were erected for the
completing 0f the school year. "
was during the following summer that
the present school buildings were
built. Two siX-room ward buildings
and a large l4-room central hirh
school huilding. \ new rural school
building two miles eaS OF Collinsvillo
was recently completed. FairNiew
iural school, six miles north Of this
city. is also under the supervision OF
l.. II. Pciit who has been taking much
Interest IN the education of the sixty
pupils in these two rural schools
Tie low valuation OF the property
owned 10y the citizens of Collinsville
In contrast with the large population
Of working people who have come to
this city to obtain employment at the
suelters has brought with il heavy
obligations in school taxation, which
Is 16 IA mills. yet insufficient to
properly educate the children as they
should hc In the public schools. The
people have Willingly adapted them
selves 10 the conditions found here
and stand ready to aid In any move
ment that is for the bcttering Of the
school facilities.