Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-16
SCHOOL BOARD
UNDECIDED ON
new BUILDINGS
Adjourns to Wednesday Night,
When Full Membership Will
Vote on 100000
Bond Issue.

The Board of Education last night
failed to arrive at decision on the
amount of school bonds that should
be submitted to the voters at the
November election. An adjourned
meeting will be held Wednesday
night, when il is expected that a
full membership of the board will
be present and a decision reached
on the bond question.
At the regular meeting of the
board, Tuesday evening, September
2, J. II. Beveridge, superintendent
OF instruction, submitted a pro-
posed building program which he
believed would serve Omaha for a
period of five to eight years. That
program carried an estimated to-
tai of $5,000,000 and was outlined
in detail at that time.
City Board Undecided.
The school board members are
divided as to whether to submit
the entire program to the voters
this fall, or to go at the task piece
meal. A test vote of nine members
present last night resulted IN five
voting for $2,500,000, one for $1,000.
900 and three for $5,000,000. Those
who favored submitting the entire
amount at one time were w. E.
Reed, president Of the board; Ed
ward Huwaldt and DR. ]. H. Wal
lace.
II think we should ask for what
we can use within reasonable time.
AS long as we will not be able to do
all of the work in less than four or
Ave years, l will not vote for the
S5,000,000 proposition said c. O.
Talmage.
Il believe that we would be practic-
ally certain of 100000, which would
enable US to build the new High
School of Commerce, whereas if we
submitted the $5,000,000 we might
jeopardize the whole thing" was an
expression by F. A. Brogan.
"They will vote for 100000 as
sure as we are sitting here. DR.. J.
H. Wallace.
Outline of Program.
The $5,000000 program contem-
plates building the proposed en-
larged high school, for which there
is already nearly 100000 in the
school building fund, and it also con-
templates North Side High school,
junior high schools at Twenty-sec-
ond and Chicago streets and Twen-
ty-fourth and Corby streets; add
ions to Central and South High,
various new elementary schools and
several additions to elementary
schools; also improvements such as
6~e escapes on various school build
ings.
The members estimated last night
that $2,50O,000 would complete the
High School of Commerce fund
now available. build a north high
school, permit an addition to South
High and provide money for minor
improvements, such as the fire es-
capes.
Outlining to the board 4 few of
the details of the growing school
system, Mr.. Beverage stated that
there are now nearly 1000 pupils in
Central High school, the largest en-
follment in the history of the school
and nearly 400 more than this time
last year. He also stated that next
week SAL new attendants will enter
High School of Commerce, bringing
the enrolment of that institution to
nearly 1900. There are 2,100 more
children in the public schools than
this time last year.
The following teachers were added
to the assigned list: Mary E. Keller,
Ethel M. Whitley, Yvette Will
liams, Elsa lack, Nellie Orme, Ebba
Sorenson and Edward G. Perley.
Want Sidewalks.
School patrons of Gibson district
asked the board to intercede with
the city council with a view of OBJ
tanning better sidewalk facilities to
Bancroft school,
Telephones were ordered placed in
all schools at the expense of the
school district. The numbers will be
silent and the telephones will be
uscu oHly 1oT SCHOOL business
Edward Huwaldt was transferred
from the buildings and grounds and
purchasing committees to the finance
and claims and teachers committees.
[. o. Talmage was appointed chair
man of the finance and claims COM
mittes to succeed E. G. McGilton,
resigned.
The board declined to sign a petit
tion designating brick as material for
repaving near Central High school
en- account of the city refusing to
allow the school district damages on
account of the grading. The board
po,,pt,;pe that Is M d,r,oee ,ra II