Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-08

dred fold in educational facilities. satis- faction, taxes and other things.
 Need of New Buildings.
 In speaking of the need of new school buildings Mf. Bishop said that the East Side is in need of a building and that at the present time building is being hired, but there is no playground. The school board desires to purchase what is known as the Hartley property, which in- eludes an acre of land and house This would give lage playground and the house could be used as a Kindergarten until suitable school building could be erected.
 On the West Side there Is very ur- gent need of new school building, three l of the schools being full to oyerAowing. | The sanitary conditions are not of the | best and the education of the pupils is | hindered by the congestion. At the | Thamesville school there are so bupiIs in l one room and the other three reoms are | filled to capacity. At High street there are two teachers for two grades located | in one roofhe At cdt. Pleasant street four grades are on hsl4 time. two rooms with | two teachers and two grades in each, | This condition is not fair to the teacher 1 or scholar The school board reeom-
 nends the purchase of what is known as
 the Gray property, which is located op- posite the present Mt. Pleasant street 1 school It has a frontage on Benjamin
 place of 240 feet, 215 feet on Elizabeth
 street and 26S feet on Meyers avenue.
 The lot is especially adapted for school
 purposes. It is located on high ground, splendidly located for sanitation. and fa-
 vorably located geographically, as it will
 take care of the whole West Side section.
 The lot will cost s1,2ee.
 Sixteen Room BaIIdinK,
 Wa
 We recommend a IS room building with
 aH auditorium. Each room to acco ,nmo-
 date 70 pupils and the auditorium 700.
 II we could enter the building today I2
 rooms would be occupied and then the
 other schools would still be full Can
 Norwich afford not to do it? Money well spent is no expense as it will bring returns hundred fold.
 J. B. Stanton, principal of Mt. Pleasant
 street school, spoke of the congested con- ' dltions that exist on the West Side At NIT. Pleasant street there are fourteen
 teachers and only eight rooms. at High . street there are SIX teachers and four rooms and at Th1mesville five teachers and four rooms. He also stated that . changes had been m lde from time to time ' but it was impossible to relieve the crowded conditions which did not tend ;. to get the best results aloag educational ' liEes. He also reviewed. the history of 7. the school iistrict and than explaine V the location of the new proposed school !; Cannot Get Best Results Now. e Superintendent E. J. Graham empha. a, sized the necessity for school buildings 1T saying that the present conditions were
 detrimental to the best results in teach.
 ing. With two teachers teaching two ,- different grades in the same room doe! a not tend to get the best results. There - are three clements in the education o 10 the young that are essential-study, pla! sS and work. Wok and play are just al - needful as study. Forty or fifty year ,e ago the child had lots of room to pla!
 and as for work they were taught in tn
 home and the boys usually had acces ,c to shops. Today conditions have changed Id there is no place to play and the work i e- not taught in the homes. These two es sentials will be taken cae of in the ney ' building. There will be manual trainin ra and domestic science and sewing and tn
 playgrounds will be adequate for the phy
 sical development of the child. This ney
 building will mean economy and educa
 tional efficiency. MT. Graham also spok ,s new building which would ponote clas !, spirit, Americanization and could be use nj as a Community Center.
 OL hSh VT NcH ouuulhEs
 CT Robert McNeely, the next speaker, tol n- of the proposed construction of the ne d. building. He said that the committe he had gone over several plans submitted b nd architects and that they had selected
 16 room building with large auditorium a. This building would be of modern fir' n, proof type with a frontage on Elizabet an street. Thee would be two entrances, or B. for the girls and one for the boys. Thes ry entrances would lead into tie foored col lid riders. Opening from these corridor ed would be the domestic science and sewin sw rooms for the girls and the manual trair re ing and machine shop for the boys G. Ial ing down several steps there would be tf
 auditorium, 42x75 feet with the ceilir of Is feet from the floor. On the next fioc at would be located the class rooms, eac ut room to accommodate 40 pupils. The CO et- riders would be in tile and the stairs col lat crete with the floors in the class room ss- concrete covered with battleship linoleu 3p, or some other suitable floor covering. TT he exterior finish would be in selected briC ,id with limestone trimming and the inteIi ld- finish would be oak. The roof would ny slate with copper tiashings. In the rel ch there would be platform and under tn put platform would be located the heath mt plant and the coal bunkers. Under u he platform in the auditorium would nd storage space for all the chairs so tn ion the floor could be cleared at any tir 'ok for gymnastic exercises or any oth id- things. He said that the building wGu Id cost approximately $175,000.
 ln- When asked about fire escapes MT. NJ
 Neely said that as the building was fir
 proof and with a number of exits fro s, J the auditorium and the two main ex
 he did not think them necessary but til . as the building had to be approved . the state board of education they wcu s. take care of that,
 Financing the ProposftioA.
 As to the financing of the matter She o1 herd B. Palmer said that his commit e5 had come to the unanimous conclusi sS that at the present unsettled conditi '' of the money market the pest nea :, would be the issuance of demand not ~ at the prevailing rates of interest. 70 the money market became settled lo szyz term bonds could be issued ur sor " other method of payment adopted.
 Before throwing the meeting open o7 discussion MT. Lee asked Secreta 2. OReurke to read MT. Warmers letter o " posing the plan. The letter was re-
 and was the only opposing note of t 7s meeting
 IF Approval of Plan
 es When the meeting was thrown CD es Guy E. Dolbeare was the first one "A | yeica his sentiment in favor of the pl