The New York herald., 1921-06-18

PLUMBING Is very old and the roof In very bad
repair. Play space Is fair. The whole school
Is on double session.
+. 5: No. 3s, 157th street and Third aven.
ue; This school has been condemned and
will not bc used after this term.
=. Q. No. -, Hunts Point: fine new
school, In good surroundings, save for the ex-
istence of a huge dump 300 feet away. which
should be eliminated. as it Is unbearable both
| because of the odor and because OF the flies.
| II Is constant menace to the health OF the
teachers and children.
BROOKLYN.
Girls Commercial High, ST. Marks ave-
| nue.: Built fifty years ago. this school
crowded and badly in need of repairs. The
sanitation Is impossible Old. inadequate,
Lighting is poor, needs artificial light In
| most Of the rooms. There almost no
recreation facilities. No rooms for the use
Of teachers. School is on double session; In
OF the conditions prevailing in this school the
Department OF Health wrote as follows to
the Department. Of Education on March 2s
Tho whitsvashsd walls ana ceiling of book
storage room. first floor. arc filthy and un-
.The trough water closets in yard are
There !sss un.anitary drinking bubble
"Ai interior class rooms on the second
and third floors are not properly lighted by
q %.. snd c.npx, Of eay.ry
and westerly stairways In building are filthy
and uncleAn.
.s sss lunch sar ssS. '.s ssssa s'Ss
's "outar clothing l. hung on racks in water
closet apartment on second floor"
r. 8. Ne. 10. Seventeenth street and Seventh
bui ssysry years sss ana ss sddsS oS
building accommodates 1000 children. II is
In fair condition. but the plumbing is antique
for e play ' space. % except play Yard. There are
no rest rooms for the teachers.
p. 8. No. 13, Degraw street: This building
IL of moro recent Construction and accomnio-
dates I 800 children. 1t Is In fair condition.
quate. There are no coat rooms and no
rest rooms for the teachers. The play space
IL not really adequate.
r. 8. Ns. U, Third and State streets: |:
Built sixty-five years ago and added to
about 1900 children. Inadequate and I. un-
' i TIE 4 as:s j. J. not
high school and for Offices which cramps
the school procedure.
r. 8. No. l6, 157 Wilson street: Built
sixty-three years ago, this school is located
registration Of 5000 and is so overcrowded
that 1t has twenty-eight classes in double
session. Tho only recreation space available.
nearby street. which is closed off for the
use OF the children. The building Is in bad
repair and the sanitation both inadequate
in about a fourth Of the roms and artificial
gas II used much Of the time. A new build.
Ing OF sixteen class rooms Is IN course OF
construction. but there should be seventy
class rooms to accommodate the children
property. OF modern equipment. such as au-
ditorium. gymnasium and covered playrooms.
there Is mono.
r. q. No. Is. Maujer street: Built seventy
Has not been painted in twenty years. The
fire protection is inadequate. aisle space too
In old building the fire alarm rings only on
the top floor. The plumbing is old and very
unsAnitAYy and In poor repair. There are
building and IN good condition, the other a
small building, built about seventy years ago
and four blocks away from the school. The
old building IL unsuitable in every way and
should bo torn down and q new one erected.
The play space Is inadequate, inside and out.
r. 8. No. -. Java street: Built sixty-five
years ago and serving about hundred
children. this building Is IN fairly good con-,
from year to year. The plumbing, though
old fashioned. is in good order. There is a
q dark basement. Not enough coat rooms
for the children's wraps and no adequate
rest room for the teachers.
p. 9. No. 25, Lafayette and Sumner ave-
nues; Built forty-five years ago, this school
cause one Of it's buildings was damaged by
fire last year. The rooms are dark and over
crowded. the stairways are dangerous and
there Is practically no play space, inside or
out. There are 20 decent accommodations
for the teachers.
r. 8. No. 30. South Fourth street: An old
building which Is out Of repair. has outdoor
and very unsanitary plumbing and is a fire
trap, The school Is on double session. from
8 to a. There are no adequate play facilities,
inside or out. The building is so old and un-
suited for school that it should be aban-
doned.
eighty years ago. the building is out of re-
pair, not having been overhauled In several
years. There Is a registration of almost
tSst tHwentysght I I classes are % on part time.
The plumbing is old fashioned and out of
doors. but Is in fairly good condition. The
crowded to be easily emptied. Glasses are
held in three storerooms near the school.
These are heated by stoves, from which Is
considerable escaping coal gas; their roofs
leak badly, and the sewage system is poor.
II In said that the sewage frequently backs
up and the stencil becomes unbearable. The
yards around these stores are In I'm
possible condition. There is a city owned lot
near by. upon which new school should be
s pay sere f9s s met eysn
street available in crowded and growing
neighborhood.
r. s. No. 20, Evergreen Avenue: This
school has two buildings, one erected thirty
five years ago. the other thirteen years ago.
The conditions in the new building are excel
lent. In the old building fair. There Is a
gymnasium In one building. but It is used
as an annex for sixteen classes from Bush
wick High School. The play space is inade-
quate. although there are two street blocks
closed off for play purposes. There are not
adequate rest rooms for the teachers.
r. 3. No. 1o2, Seventy-first Street and
Second Avenus: The school consists of new
building and an old wooden annex. Sanitary
condition is very bad. due to bad janitor.
who has been up on four charges but still
holds his Job. Condition of the annex is very
bad
r. 3. No. .121, East Fifty-ffth Street and
Avenue G: This is district school. built
ninety years ago. IL has one room and ac-
commodities about forty children. Has no
plumbing, Is heated by a stove. has no arti-
ficial light. The community is still farm
country, mainly, although there Is one fac
tory half mile away. Is an old fashioned
district schoolhouse.
r. s. No. 13s. QrDelyou road: School only
thirteen years old ht Is very dirty, unsani-
tary and vermin ridden. because of poor
janitor. No place to isolate vermln-ridden
children but the teachers' rest room.
QUEENS
r. >. No. o, Astoria, L. l.: This is a small
school In an old stone house. accommodating
about 160 children, from kindergarten to 3B
condition. except tho plumbing. which is out
OF order good part Of the time. There i9
no inside play space.
p. S. No. 20. Sanford avenue, Flushing
Built about fifty years ago. this school has
been kept In repair and Is In fairly good con-