The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-02-12
NEEDS new
SCHOOL BUILDING
Present Building inadequate To Ac.
comOdate Large Increase In
Attendance


Isn't room for the number of pupils
we have. The library is being used
for classes. The board of education
room is being used for the CONNER
cial Department. The Manual Train
rig room is in very small quarters
and all classes are overcrowded. A
new gymnasium is badly needed. Sew
eral of the grade rooms have enlarged
in enrolment that if a few more pu-
lis were added it will mean that we
will not be able TO place desks for
them in the rooms.
There is an increase of sixty pu-
pills this year over last ear There
will also be a decided increase next
year over this year. There are over
three hundred fifty pupils housed in
the building at the present time
Among the several things that are
reeded are a new gymnasium, a COM
mercial department, an enlarged
manual training department, two new
high school recitation rooms, an agri-
cultural department, and two new
grade rooms will be needed i'm the
rear future.
We all know that at present the
gymnasium is entirely inadequate. 1t
1. too small. is not heated at all. and
has very small seating capacity. Seven
states passed Compulsory Physical
Education last year and several others
have done the same ,dh's. rear. 1t will
not be long but w,nly de, oesstate will
have the same Hazard ton. then be
forced to have "A. By be- sium for
not now Allied W ~1e,saetball game
the crowd htto eEss zee out on the
Coor in order 'Dr'H : & a place to see
the game. Thei sie 40 way at present
J to heat it and in che cold days it is
nearly impossible to go in it with
basketball suits on A new gym is
bodily needed.
The Commercial Department is
a.. crowded in the Board of Education
room. Half of the DON is used for
type writers and the other half for
the other commercial branches. Type
writing classes are held five out of
the six periods during the day. 1t is
exceptionally hard 20 hold other class
es with the noise of eight typewritters
in the same room at the same time.
IL also makes it nearly impossible for
dictation work. A new department
is needed with adequate equipment
for the several commercial branches
and with glass partition between the
typewritting room and the general
class room.
The present Manual Training room
has eight double benches. Two of the
classes are over crowded badly at the
present time We have an unusual
small number of boys in high school
tins year. In a normal year we will
not be able to take are of more than
half of the boys that wish that work
IN high school. The benches that are
here are. crowded in a very small
room making il nearly impossible TO
work with every bench full. A much
larger space is badly needed for the
woodworking work. At present there
is no drawing room at all and no
lace whatever where we can have
drawing work. Also the finishing
work has to be done in the shop in the
dust of the other work. Very recently
a mighty fine saw bench was purchas-
ed to assist in the woodwork. This
will be a great help in the work for
II will eliminate considerable of the
aan-essentiai work. E~GuipnieB;
should be purchased as o o as pos
isibie for cement work and for forge
work One third of the pupils in high
school are from the rural districts
There is a very great need for forge
and cement work in a rural commun-
ity. Cement work today is about as
important as woodwork.
Science work. the most essential
work in the high schools today, has
not suitable rooms for laboratory
work. We have n o for both
recitation and laboratory work. VIZ
have a three year science course al
present with prospects for the full
-four year course. There is no ada
!, quate room for any Of the laborator,
work. A laboratory is very badly
reeded in order that good work car
/ he accomplished in all four sciences
J The library is at present used fol
; history Rotations Normal training
was not added to the Curriculum O
: High School this year because there
/ was no room for II. With the grea
shortage OF rural teachers today Nor
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