Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-23
CIVIC BODIES URGE
SCHOOL ADDITIONS
TO COST MILLIONS
Speakers Relate Stories of
Crowded Buildings and
Lack of Fairgrounds.

Lack of Fairgrounds.
! Improvements on many Of Wash
fngton's public schools and the con-
| struction of new buildings which
| would cost millions of dollars were
sugg ested by representatives of two
| score civic associations at the final
public hearing last night of the board
{, of education and school officials, sit
| ting as committee on estimates.
| Every speaker related a story of
| deplorable conditions they found in
certain school houses, the need for
adequate playground space for the
| children and the overcrowded class
| rooms, due to lack of sufficient build
| ings. All these conditions, they
pointed out, are due to the failure
of Congress to appropriate requisite
| funds for a building program vitality
necessary for the education of 10000
District children.
Some of the conditions pictured by
! the civic association representatives
were children playing in the streets
! because of lack of adequate play
| ground space or none at all; children
! going six blocks to another school to
! attend a class caused by overcrowd-
! ing of their school; insanitary
| schoolhouses; graduation exercises
| held in school yards due to the lack
of assembly halls. and children going
| miles from their home to attend high
schools.
Ask New lexington School,
! First among the demands made
came from the North Capitol and
lexington Citizens Association for
new high school in lexington to &C
|commodate children living in Ecking-
ton, Brookland. Langdon and ad-
jacent territory. This association was
Washington Topham, representing
the North Washington Citizens Asso-
citation, Endorsed the proposal of a
| high school in lexington. and urged
sufficient appropriations to provide
| four-room addition to the Gage
School. He also. requested for this
lschool an assembly hall, domestic
science classroom for girls and a
! gymnasium for boys.
| Additional playground space and
! an auditorium on the first floor level
| for the Burrville School was requested
iby H. D. Woodson of the Northeast
Boundary Citizens Association.
Construction of new building to
replace the Abbot School was urged
Iby William H. Richardson. represent
ing the Mid-City Citizens Association.
playground space for the Webster
School also was requested.
Two new schools for children living
in territory between the Potomac
river and the reservoir were request
| ed by a representative of the Conduit
Road Citizens Association. A voca-
tional school for children in Southeast
Washington was asked by William
ICulleen of the Southeast Citizens As
ISOLATION.
and School Association demanded en-
]largement of the school, better heat
ling and lighting facilities and other
improvements.
| Monroe Addition Urged.
! REPRESENTATIVE Butler of the Mon
roe Home and School Association
asked for a four-room addition to this
school, gymnasium, assembly hall,
electric lights, improvements on the
backgrounds and modern heating ia
Selden M. Ely of the North Capitol
and lexington Citizens Association
urged the erection of high school
| there was no high school in the north
east section of the city, and predicted
that if such a school was opened To-
day 500 would Immediately seek en-
rollment.
an assembly hall, were urged by DR..
| starr Parsons of the Northeast WASH
| ington Citizens Association. A play
| ground for girls at the Bradley Schooi
! was requested by representative OF
| the Parent-Teacher Association OF
| that school.
! George H. Russell, representing the
| park View School, urged additional
| classrooms, pointing OUT tnat eisn.
| new pupils already have been refused
| admittance to this school due 10 the
| lack of space.
| fifteen classrooms, swimming pooi
| and other improvements were urgeo
! for Mckinley Manual training
! school by ]. Harper Snapp. mem.
Der of the alumni ASSOCIATION u 'hA'
G. W. r. Harrison urged an athletic
acid for Western High School. Play
eround space for children attending
the Peabody, Carlton and Hi!ton
schools was urged by a represee!nitatt;, ne
of those schools. A modern ish'ihe
| system also was asked.
Edgar B. Henderson of the Piney
lRranch Citizens Association urged the
] construction of an assembly nall TOT
children attending the west scnool'
Business High, for Colored.
| A business high school in Washing
ton for colored children was oenhanu-
ed by J. P. Barren. Garnet WILKINSON
principal of Dunbar High School, ask
I'd for a stadium for his school cost
ing 100000. He also indorseo tne
| establishment OF a coloreo puslueS
high school. which he estimated Wouio
cost $4,000.
IMPROVEMENTS on Armstrong Man
mol Training School, including an an,
mex and a school farm, were asked
nv Capt. Newman of that institution.
An appropriation of $780, 900, he SAID
would provide for improvements he
! asked. a.. .,.-es
| iunior high school was asked by Lucy
| n SloWe of that school. She stated
| that the school at present had no
| ennipment. Painting of the Stevens
| School inside and out was asked by
| Mrs. N. E. Smith, representing the
! Parent-Teacher Association OF thai
school. She declared that the school
had not been painted since its cree
| IA new school on Spring road be-
tween 7th and 14th streets was urged
nv G. S. Bundy of the Columbia
| Heiehts Citizens Association. Traffic
| nrotection for children attending the
| Siater-Langston School was urged by
| Mrs d. I. Anthony, representing the
| Home and School Association of that
sixteen-room addition to the Ten
low School was asked by L. L. Der
| rick Lack of space at this school. he
stated. has resulted in graduation ex-
ercises being held in the front yard.
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