Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-15

op in an address which he delivered at the monthly meeting of the Brotherhood | of the United Congregational church at the Community House. The new school house Is intended for the West Side and If the town school boards plan goes through the building, which will have sixteen rooms with large Auditorium, | will be erected near Mt. Pleasant streetl school Mir. Bishop also diyulged plans for the purchasing of an acre lot with | dwelling on the East Side. The lot is known as the Huntley lot and is along | side the schoolhouse on the East Side. If | purchased 1t would be used to house the | kindergarten and eventually to provide | room for an addition to the present school | building.
 Mayor Herbert N. Lerou, who was the | principal speaker of the evening, spoke at some length on civic affairs. Among other matters he touched upon the pro- mayor expressed himself as favoring the creation of police commission, separate from the court of common council. the commission to be in full control of the police department; ? creation of a ward system for Norwich and creation of an apportionment committee to take care of city appropriations instead of having ap- propriations made haphazard through city meetings.
 There were over 100 members of The Brotherhood present at the supper and meeting. The supper was served at $50 | o'clock under the direction of the ladies of the United Church. At the close of | the menu the remainder of the evening was given to the after dinner talks and | business meeting of the organization. Or chestra selections were followed by two
 very well rendered selections by a quar- l tette from the Bass Clef
 B. P. Bishop, chairman of the town school board, was the first speaker of the 1 evening. MT. Bishop, after clearly ek- l plaining the situation confronting the | town school board othrough the crowded | conditions in several of the schools Of | Norwich made an earnest plea for Sup- port for the school board when they ask
 for an appropriation for school purposes | at the next town meeting. MT. Bishops talk made a deep impression on the hur- dred or more representative citizens gath
 cred In the room, number of whom had
 scanty knowledge as to the exact
 conditions facing the school board
 and the teachers in their efforts to keep
 up a high standard of educa ton.
 East Side Addition Wanted.
 vo,en we opened the schools last tafl we found the school house on the East
 Side badly crowded. said MT. Bishop.
 There were but two things to do {; either give up the kindergarten there or else .l house it somewhere else. We decided it
 best to continue the Kindergarten under
 another roof
 There is a lot just east of the butd-
 ing. about an acre in size, with a dwell
 ing If We san secure tfsat lot 1t will mean three things it win house the
 kind dergarten, it will give a playground
 to the school and it will provide room to
 add to the school building.
 The land MT. Bishop referred to is
 known as the Hunkley lot It has a
 frontage on two streets and can be se- cured for sS,ooQ, this being the figure . named by Mir. Bishop.
 West Side Schools Crowded. ) With reference to conditions on tine l West Side Mir. Bishop said the three 1 school buildings there are crowded to rl overfowing. At T9ramesyiIIe every seat : IS occupied. In one room, there are eigh- ], i ty ,ee1ildPen and two teachers High 3 i Street school is crowded just the same. Ir 3 that school there are two rooms with twC D grades and two teachers each This 1.
 not desirable and should not be allowed t The worst conditions are at Mt. Pleas r ant Street school. There is there au - eight room building. Two of the room. n have two teacherS and two grades eaol Il and four rooms are running on hal time. h Sixteen Room Building Needed. e We want Q new building very close t ' Mt- Pleasant Street school, said Mir
 Bishop. We can secure an acre Id 70 with frontage on three streets Ml s Bishop said that the new building shouN 10 have sixteen rooms and an auditorium T. Such a building he said could be erect
 ed at a cos of from $175,O6o to $2oo # 900. a If we are to give cur teachers. on L scholars and our citizens a fair shor
 we need new buildings, said Mir Bishol
 Let us remember that good schools ar
 our best advertisement and our onl
 safeguard. Will you he1p US? We war
 you to get behind this project and he] ;h ; us secure tho appropriations
 e, Chamber of Commerce Gives Support. IS Mir. Bishops plea was followed U o1 by J. J. O'RourlSe, secretary of ta- aS Norwich Chamber of Commerce, who to! o of the part the chamber is playing IT. the protection of better school faciI at ties. The chamber is working in cloe lu cooperation with the school board M IT. O'RouFke told of several conferenc which the chambers educational cor Au mihee and the town school board ha- vs held, at the invitation of the chanb 0l Io cornmfttee Mir: o'Rourke said that il Ie' town school board has come forwa. Is; with definite programme which shou crl have the support of the chamber. Our forum committee have planned q forum for March 7th. said Secreta. T I o'Rour<e. We hope to bring out as nial D members as possible and as many SCI
 ou5 minded citizens as possible to al
 cuss this school problem Later it ca proposed to call town me Aing to oc cure the appropriation ana necessa ad authorization to build school
 Ut Rev. Alexander IT. Abbott, pastor on the United CongregatGonal church, bri, He ly voiced his approval of the mDvene
 for more schools. I am intensely int
 ested in. what Mir. Bislp7p and M-. at Rourke have said, said Rev. Mir. Ahbb of Mayer Lereu Speaks.
 ns. His Honor Mayor Herbert M. Ter zen was then introduced by Chairman Gib or After prefacing his address briefly Ma tn. or Lerou launched forth by saving: roc As mayor of yeur city believe N. Ife wich has a great future./ Our city spe- by annually around S1,10o,o 900. The ma, us- then went on to tel how these expl ent dftures are divided up among the varit rch city departments. such as public woI md department s1o3,ooo fire derhrtme led $s5, ,000 police department, $e5 900. iss and electric department, about s5i T. 900, depa rnent of cemeteries, ss 70
 and said that the total amount to
 raised by tax Is around s275 900 on
 13 3-4 nAll tax. With reference to
 activities of the public works depa snN ment the mayor said this depa -tm Nc. has approximately 56 miles ot stre ns. and 25 miles of sewers to fJsok out l.50 speakng oI me nre department Ma l e>AS oY1i& %AR hoe 01