Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1919-04-25
Need Improve
ments at School
Efforts Being Made To Start
Building Program.

The Improvement Club and the Study
Club, two women's clubs of East Jor-
dan with total membership OF nearly
seventy, have launched program to
bring about much needed improve
ments in our local schools. They have
adopted series Of resolutions which
embody very extensive but never.
theless necessary field Of improvement.
The resolutions are as follows:
The following resolutions have been
passed by both the Improvement Club
and Study Club:
That we favor the new school pro-
gram which will include an extension
to the playground and an addition to
the present high school building.
That we assume the responsibility OF
placing school girl help-that each club
appoint two members and ask Mrs.
Swafford to become a member OF this
committee.
That we give Mrs. Swafford aid in
meeting her calls for clothing and food
for needy school children.
No doubt the building program is one
which will create the keenest interest
on the part Of the voters OF East Jor-
dan. Just what will be the definite
plan of building has not yet been fully
decided but is being studied at the
present time.
The present school buildings are in
adequate in several respects. Not one
of the buildings in the city has an ade-
quate system of ventilation. In fact,
the ventilation is so poor that it may al
most be said that there is no system OF
ventilation in any OF the buildings at
all. Most of the rooms are not proper
ly lighted. This is especially true in
the old brick building where some OF
the rooms are altogether too dark and
all of the rooms are not properly ar
ranged. One corner of the old build
ing is very much dilapitated. In fact,
the walls on both sides of the corner
are cracked from top to bottom and as
the walls stand only on the gronnd II
would not be surprising il at any time
the entire corner of the building fell to
pieces. Either new building must be
put up or this corner of the building
must be repaired If such thing Is pos.
sible. To make the old building any
thing like q modern school building
would require not only the repairing OF
this corner but also reconstruction OF
windows and installing OF fan system
| of ventilation. Unless the building il
overhauled and repaired it is but the
question Of very few years before il
will be entirely useless.
The question that is being studied al
the present time is whether il is better
to build an addition to the new build
ing and repair the old building or te
tear the old building down and con
struct new building in its place. Vot
ers should 20 and inspect the old build
ing and see the condition that it is in
| ihciC 10 doSoiutCiy ho quCSAoh w
that within very short time something
must be done. Is it better to do it nov
or to wait for year or two wher
necessity forces it?
The plan for enlarging the pla!
ground is essentially as follows: Their
is block of level land directly east o
the school house block. This land cal
be purchased at reasonable price ant
can be fitted up for baseball damon,
and a football field. II is possible tina
the streets between the two blocks Cal
be closed thus making one good size,
play ground. The baseball damon
could also be used by the public durin
the summer.
The East Jordan school building an
play ground are among the poorest G
any city Of its size in Northern Mich
gan and possibly in the entire State
The improvements here suggested ar
greatly needed and sooner or late
must be made il East Jordan is to hol
a permanent place as q good schot
city. The Improvement Club and tn
Study Club have started q movemer
that should be given thoughtful cor
sideration by every voter in the city.