New Britain herald., 1918-07-13

Fixed from time 10
 11p1ans made by
 fEiOn however. the
 fIilize a good DOT
 8next fall, for edu-
 SApplication is also
 Board for the use
 najng rooms in
 Rr and welfare
 Burritt school
 lSn Rooms of ordjn-
 2xe. dolble room,
 x&elve rooms in
 1S*nt with the eX
 had been used
 les before the
 Hast April It is
 ~utilized in this
 rooms are fitted
 which had been
 &fnergency, during
 before the new
 x5ied, but only when
 light and Ventila-
 Yms For Pupils.
 cessary to devote three
 Burritt school building
 4Ing of over-age foreign
 Ind girls. For several years
 departm ent has conducted
 DRses for this branch of eGu-
 RsAtS first one room at. the
 School was used but as the grew from year to wear, more 8 was needed and last year tt was Rated in the Elm street school. &gFhere are now three classes, con- posed Of boys and girls who, though too young to secure employment in fo 011 t0 in 0Cr1 the children of the first and scCo3d grades because of the discomfor.ure experienced by being placed on a par with children half their ages.
 The special class of a tYpica! chiI- ! dren has grown so large that it will i be necessary to utilize two rooms next 1 fall The board of education is nlan- 1 ming to have these classes held ill the ! Burritt school. Altogether, this ] makes a total Of five rooms to be used ] for educational purposes, with ap- i prOximately seven rooms left. U IS ! generally understood that at least two i rooms will be applied for within a i few days, by the day nursery commit i tee of the Chamber of Commerce. The rooms for this purpose will proDablN 1 be on the first floor Should the day nursery be in this building, undouht- l edlv one of the rooms in the 1aSe- ! ment will be fitted up as a kitchen m 1 this connection, where food for the | children can be prepared. It Is the 1 plan of the day nursery committee to furnish each child with two meals a day at a nominal charge.
 At least two rooms of the old Bur ritt school are being considered as desirable in which to carry out the hi iph i- n- ! ing given considerable attention at 1 inc present time Permission will be i asked the school board, by the eXecu- tive committee of the Americaniza- ! +ion committee of the Chamber of [ Commerce, to utilize two rooms lo1 this DIrDOse However, it is SafC TO 1 sav that permission will be given in- 1 asnruch as a vote was passed by the 1 boards sometime ago that the building is available for all war purposes, and l the Americanizing of foreign born citizens Is looked upon by the com mittee as an important war measure i With nine rooms in the Bu"ritt school practically spoken for only { about three rooms are left.
 Discussions were held a few mouths ago as to the possible use of the Bur- ritt school building as new head1uar- ters for the police department The 1 school board. having other plans for 1 the building. refrained from giving it LID. whereupon police headquarters on ! Commercial street were renovated and enlarged.
 School Board Is Willing.
 Although the school board has not 1 at present any connection with the i AmericanizatiOn plan, it having been started by the Chamber of Commerce l at the request of a few citizens Of ! this city who were interested in 1he i movement. yet it feels a certain amount of interest in the project and is willing to provide room for it when it takes it's place among other educational as well as war activities. President k. w. PeltOn of the Cham~ Der. called about 100 citizens together about eight weeks ago and presented the matter. A subcommittee was ap- 1 nointed and later an executive com mittee named The work has been rapidlv coming to a head, which was evident when the executive commit tee met with the finance committeo of the common council Wednesday evening and asked for an apprOpria- tion of 5000 with which to carry on the work in this city. About a week ago, a petition was presented to the common council at a special meet ing, by Councilman Mueller, in be- half of the executive committe of the | AmericanizatiOn committee. Hhc council voted at that time to refer