The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-06
NEED FOR new
SCHOOL SHOWN
Or. r. |. Reid Tells Civic Le.uu.
Some Unpleasant Features Of
Surroundings Of k.okuk
Young People.
VENTILATION IS POOR
Factories Working Under Same Con.
ditions Would be condemned.
Principal Tells Interested
Audience.
VENTILATION IS POOR

The Civic league met Saturday af
ternoon at the W.. c.. A. for its
December session, at which time ali
regular business was postponed IN
order that the women might hear DR.
r. L. Reid and J. o. Boyd talk on the
proposed new high school building and
why it was needed.
The women manifested a great deal
OF interest in the talks given by the
men and enjoyed profitable informal
discussion following the speeches. The
league members asked questions from
the floor and by means of the question
box concerning points which they
We're not well informed upon, and the
general sentiment aroused by the pres.
entation OF the needs for a new build
ing as told by the two men seemed
to be in sympathy with the move
ment.
DR.. r. L. Reid, as principal of the
high school, and one who is better
acquainted with the conditions as they
exist there than probably anyone else
pictured the situation which is con-
fronting Keokuk people in regard to
the inadequate school facilities and
equipment.
DR.. Reid stressed the point that the
present building, with its overflow Of
pupils, is not equipped for proper
physical education, and do you not
say that the basis for all mental edu-
cation, mental, moral and physical, go
hand in hand" he said, and it is i'm.
possible to put on education without
observing the physical side of it,"
Lights are Poor.
The poor lighting system and the
system of ventilation were two of the
defects pointed out by. DR.. Reid in
speaking of the present building,
which was being made to serve the
needs of the pupils. The lighting
conditions, are only from one-third to
one-half what they should be. If the
same conditions existed in a factory
which had been built according to
modern factory. inspection rules, it
would be condemned, he said Proper
ventilation for building constructed
as the high school is and housing such
an excess number of people is fmpos-
sible and Dr. Reid spoke Of this de-
plorable condition which existed. He
traced much of the illness which high
school pupils are the victims Of to the
poor ventilation in the building, which
is not heated evenly nor properly ven
tilated. The condition under which
the high school students are forced to
live during school hours are so I'M
healthful that the act almost approach
ed criminal negligence, DR.. Reid said.
The Bond Situation. -
The two speakers overlapped lit
tie in their talks Saturday, but for the
main part Mr.. Boyd discussed the
matters pertaining to the buying of the
$4,000 worth of bonds and the manner
in which they would be used and paid
out. He explained that the school
board was only asking the people to
vote for buying the bonds at this
time. That the bonds once purchased
would not be sold at the present rates
and that new building would not be
built until building conditions were
more favorable. I'VE are compelled
to make some definite steps toward
remedying the present condition if we