Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-05
MEMORIAL HALL FOR NORWICH HEROES

evening eHQOTSeQ LHG | of the memorial committee of the
 chamber that a memorial hall be
 erected in memory of the Norwich | boys who served Uncle Sam during the | war and especially in memory Of l those who made the supreme sacrifice 1 on the field of battle. The committee, ! of which Henry A. Tirrell is chairman, l recommended that the proposed 1 building be cared for by public l school committee and that it be erect 1 l ed in conjunction with the plan of the town school committee for a central school building Because of the lukewarm enthusi- asm shown by committees and the public in general in the big victory home coming and welcome celebration which had been planned for the Fourth l of July in honor of the Norwich boys 1 who have seen service, the meeting voted to abandon the idea, and the plans, which had already been started, will be dropped at once.
 1 In the absence of President Frank 1 ]. King, the meeting was presided over | by the vice president, Will l.. Stearns. Immediately after the meeting was called to order, E. o. Rodier presented 1 a resolution calling for expressions Of
 sympathy from the Chamber of Com
 merce to President and Mrs. King in | l King. The resolution was adopted and 1 the secretary instructed to send copy
 to Mir. and Mrs. King.
 | The chairman suggested that the matter of the Fourth of July celebra l ton and victory welcome to the Nor i wich boys who have been in the ser 1 vice be taken up for discussion and
 action Secretary Crandan said that Mir. Peale told him Wednesday after l that ho (Mr pN nf tho opinion that public sentiment was | against holding a celebration at this time and that both he and W. H. Hill,
 general chairman, wanted to get some l definite expression from the meeting | Wednesday night.
 As MT. Peale was delayed in arriv- ing at the meeting, it was decided to let the matter rest until MT. Peale ar
 rived, and go on with the other busi-
 ness before the members.
 I Mohegan Trail Day.
 l Charles W Pearson informed the meeting that the Mohegan trail day
 plans are well in hand and that Web
 ster is making elaborate preparations to entertain the eastern Connecticut
 visitors to that city. Mr. Pearson said that the start would probably be made
 from New London at 8 o'clock on the
 morning of June 26th. the date set for
 the outing, and that the Norwich con-
 tingent will probably leave this city about S.45, falling in the rear of the New London delegation as it passes through Norwich. Good Roads and
 Good Fellowship is the slogan Of the
 day. said Mir Pearson. He also in- formed the meeting that plans were being made for an outing for the
 Chamber of Commerce to be held some
 time in July.
 l Chairman Stearns then called on
 Henry A. Tirrell. chairman of the
 committee on the memorial which it | is proposed to erect in Norwich in
 memory of the local boys who served in the military and naval forces during the war and especially in memory of , those who made the supreme sacrifice. There are a great many possible forms of memorials, said MT. Tirrell ) He went on to say that the meeting should start with a definite idea that a memorial must be erected Continuing 1 think the most effective memorial
 have ever seen in the way of a monu ment is on' the Boston Common-the f Shaw Memorial. MT. Tirrell said the
 committee thought that something , that could be of permanent use to the public should be erected in Norwich = and that the committee had settled or , memorial hall. If such a hall were
 erected, it could best be looked after by a public school committee. Mir Tir- rell said that the committee had de cided tha tit would be appropriate tc recommend that such hall be erected
 that it be cared for by a public schoo
 committee and that it be erected ir
 conjunction with the plan of the tov1 r school committee for a central schoo
 building
 | Allyn L. Brown moved that the re. z port be accepted and the recon. | mendat ation be adopted. His motion wa: | seconded. Chairman Stearns ther Il called for expressions on the repor and recommendation
 Norwich Behind the Times. il B. P. Bishop of the town schoo l committee was the first to be heard n We have here at our request a gentle q man representing the state as an in. = spector of high schools. and that take 5 l in the junior high school we are some U what contemplating, he said. He wen n on to say that Norwich is much be U U hind the times in school buildings There are only two that can be con y sidered up to date. The others ar Il old, some wooden. and not adapted t - the work. We need. as the boart
 looks at it. a school building that shal
 bring all the seventh and eighth grad
 pupils under one roof, where they cal
 have the best possible advantage Ina
 need is upon us and something mus v be done right away to relieve the con It gestion. We want large building e centrally located, where we can car y for the seventh and eighth grades = There is also need of room to develo e the manual training departments n Printing, plumbing. mechanics. dress e making, etc, should be introduced, S e that we can be up to date.
 It Cost About $250yoo0.
 u Mir Bishop said the cost of such It school would be about $250,000. Thi II would include the memorial hall 0 ,e which Mir Tirrell spoke and whic T; MT Bishop introduced Morton Snyder a state inspector of high schools. H. Mir. Synder said in part:
 In coming here this evening I com
 not as representative of the stat
 board of education but as the prox at for your superintendent, MT. Graham c. whose memorandum on the junio r. high school Mir. Bishop has read te you. In this capacity I shall try e, present for your consideration plan le which MT. Graham has worked ou B to which. with MT. Tirrell, I have. t
 some extent been a party. In thi 1e capacity and in my own capacity, ~ shall be glad to answer any question -5 U, within my power. If there seems ,o be merits in the plans, I ask you t remember that they are MT. Ora ,d hams plans. But if the presentatio s a. of them seems inadequate, I beg yo
 to consider that you are this evenin ,d accepting a substitute for whom NJ " Graham is not responsible.
 d. The great war to which we hay -e given our thought and energy an