Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-13
School Room Is Need;
Board Meet Is Spicy
Mothers Want Action
Pupils are jammed, a la sarune,

Pupils are Jammed, la Satue1e,
into the grades of the Lincoln
school so that, in the unwholesome
atmosphere. they are unable to
perform creditable work. Some
thing must be done to alleviate the
crowded conditions. or an epidemic
of disease say result.
Mothers of south Salem are
ready to tread upon an Amazonian
war-path if necessary to insure the
educational facilities to which they
believe their offspring entitled.
If some presidential candidate
would step forth and present a So
luton for the school housing prob
lem, he would receive a tremen-
dous vote from the belligerent par
ents of South Salem,
The Mckinley school, now serv-
ing as hospital. should be claimed
they believe, by the board of edu-
cation as school quarters
Dialogue Is Witty.
Such are some of the outstand-
ing bits declared, deduced, or inti-
mated at during the course of a
highly-spiced trialogue which de-
veloped among the Salem school
board, delegation of women and
members of the Salem hospital
board at meeting held in the high
school last night. Dialogues re-
plete with humor and punctured
with an occasional ironical jab,
were staged at the gathering which
was something of a cross between
rail- cleaning, triangular debate,
and a chautauqua session.
Mrs. John HARRISON and Mrs.
William Everett Anderson were
spokesmen for the. women, and
Charles A. Park, assisted by August
Huckestein talked for the hospital
board which. they contended,
should not be elected from the
school for at least one yea,.
Mrs. Harbisou presented lee par
ents' angle of the dispute very ef-
fectively. Holding to facts and
figures she explained that certain
of the Lincoln grades are literally
packed with pupils who are breath
ing bad air and who are disturbed
by '.bedlam" resulting from the
efforts of two instructors to teach
and hear recitations in the same
room. The school board should
take some action, she believed.
Sorry for Board.
II was absolutely ashamed of
Salem when l visited the school,"
Mrs. Anderson declared. 1T is
: disgrace. Children pack the rooms
and are crowded around tables up
in front. 1 feel sorry for the hos
pital board-they've only had Is or
20 years to build a hospital, but /
| think its high time that the board
utilize the Mckinley school for the
purpose for which it was built.
Its true that in times of ep,-
denies we need all the space avail
able for patients. But that condi-
tion does not exist at the present
time. However, if something isn't
| done to remedy conditions, we'll
! have an epidemic, all right"
Mr.. Huckestein maintained that,
although he favored any measures
| aiding an educational advance, it
| was just as necessary to take care
of the injured and MANNED. as it is
| the school children,
At this juncture, George E. Hall
vorsen, member of the school
! board, spoke up.
Matter Held Serious.
TITS all right for the hospital
board to talk" he observed, but
we've got to consider certain
things. l hadn't mentioned 1t be-
fore, but I've got three children in
that school. myself. And a promi-
nent Salem physician told me to-
night that the local hospitals are
liable to be full. unless matters are
remedied at that school,
Paul Wallace, another school
board member, turned to Mrs. An
derson during the discussion.
IF we could get some substitute
/ for the Mckinley school, Mrs. An
derson, would that be satisfac-
! tory?"
Mrs. Anderson smiled. "No.
think not. Mr.. Wallace. 1 under
stand your position-you're trying
10 please both sides"