The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-06-14
STATE REvOKES
COMMISSION OF
HACERSTOWN HIGH
Failure of City Council to APP
prove of New School Brings
Action by Board.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 14.-As
the result of deadlock between the
city council and the school board OF
Hagerstown, Ind, the high school
commission of that place was revok-
ed by the state board Of education at
its morning sitting Saturday.
Immediately after the decision OF
the board was announced, w. F. Col
lins, superintendent Of schools at
Hagerstown, announced that he prob
ably would resign his position Satur-
day night and he said that several
other teachers of the HagerstoWn
force had announced their determinar
ton to resign If the high school COM
mission was revoked.
Plan Approved by State Board.
The only way for Hagerstown to re-
gain the commission, Collins said he
was told by the board, was for the
city council to reconsider its decision
and give the school city the authority
to build the kind of addition wished by
the school board, and which has been
approved by the state board and the
state sanitary authorities.
Included In the state boards decis-
| ion to revoke the commission, said
Collins, was statement that the
state board did not blame him or the
Hagerstown school authorities for the
necessity Of depriying Hagersbown
high school of commissioned stand
ing, placing the burden on the shoul-
ders of the city council
O.. H. Williams, state inspector Of
high schools, in an inspection at Hag-
erstown last spring, found that while
all other requirements of the state
| 10 hainO of tho Yriro do
partment held more than twice as
many pupils as it should If it COM
piled with the state sanitary regula-
tions and the requirements Of the
state board.
Two Plans Considered.
| Two plans to meet the conditions
described in Williams report were
considered by Collins and the town
school board, which is headed by DR..
o. M. Dearsdorff and include H. G.
Endsley and Horace Hoover.
The first was to build a cottage an
mex in the school grounds, which
would accommodate the domestic SCI
ence class Of the high school and
grades, and would automatically re-
lieve the pressure in the large build
ing and meet the requirements. This
plan contemplated the building of a
large modern senior and junior high
school in two or three years, the cot
tage being merely a temporary ex-
pedient.
The second plan was to build an an
mex to the present building 1t was
found that in order to meet the state
regulations in doing this, the entire
building would have to be remodelled,
at cost of $4,000 to $4,000, and
this would put an end to any hope of
an entire new building for many years.
The school board and Collins adopt
ed the first plan. When it was pre-
sented to the city council, however,
the vote stood three to two against it,
the council preferring the plan to re
model the present building.
Deadlock is Created.
AS this was deemed unwise and i'm
possible by the school authorities, a
deadlock was created which resulted
in the revocation of the commission
Saturday by the state board
Horace Hoover, William Teaeue
William Incl, George Jones and Lee
Rath are the members of the Hag
erstown city council. Hoover, who is
also member of the school board
and league voted in favor of the cot
tage plan, while incl, Jones and Ratt
voted it down
The loss of commissioned high
school for Hagerstown, said Collins
will mean that the town will not only
lose about S3,700 a year in fees of the
pupils now transferring to this schoo
from out-of-town, but would also iose
between s5. 900 and $4,000 in fees which
would have to be paid for the trans
fers of Hagerstown and Jefferson
township pupils to either Newcastle
Cambridge City or Richmond, and fo
transportation to either one of these
towns. The families of pupils viii
each have 20 pay between 500 anc