The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-09
SCHOOL BOARD IS
HARD WORKED
Value of Services Little
Appreciated Because
Little Known.
BIGGEST JOB STARTED
Addition TO High School an
Undertaking Of Immense
Proportions.

Seven men, designated by mum
hcrs and not parties. Win bpou'
5000 people 10 manage anu pl"
NIdn for. and with payfoI Una.
holds the uafucs OF 600 men anu
women and gives out tN',oOO e"ch
month"; work day after day ON thcir
enormous tasks, meet cYniy week to
discharge what duties they can ana
once "A month assemble In colncll iu
tend To all monthly buFincAs anh
transact what proportions nav"
arisen during the month aud b""'
.cft-ovoTS from IN" weekly me"tlhsS
Thia body Of men Is the scho"I
board of Tulsn,. Their worn 81
feeling moro families than any
other organization In the city, ana
is, pcrhnps, the least known,
The members Of the board are
chosen two every year, win ihf"e
on the third year 10 mako up the re-
luircd number when dcMrins 10
run for position ON the board INC
men are requested 10 d'SBh"i"
themselves as a candidate Tor posi-
zion number one. two or whatever
place they desire To occupy. Every
man when elected. Is In Office for
thrco years aud TIA" system iH 80 nr-
ranged that there are always tiye
old members in the governing BODY
About 10 years ago there was scri-
Gus trouble because politics were al
lowed to enter the school organiza-
tion. Dnc party controlled the
board AciionE wcr" poTS0;ratnd
which inccnsed the student body.
aud a student strike was the result,
After that the system now In use
was proposed and accepted as
solution of the problem.
Unanimously and voluntarily Of
fcring to attend a weekly luncheon
4. to- al
ing to overflow business Which mas
accumulated within the past Few
years Of expansion. the members OF
the board agreed, a year and hhlf
ago. to assemble each Tuesday from
10 O'Clock until | o'clock and handle
the great quantity OF business that
tho Increase III the school census
had occasioncd. These meetings are
now held in conjunction with the
regular monthly meeting held the
first Monday OF every month when
bills and monthly business are
tended to.
IL. o. Mcclure, president OF the
present board and the oldest mem
ber OF II, having served since 1907
with but two years intermisaion,
stated Saturday that the work now
started on the addition to Tulsa
high school was by far the biggest
undertaking ever attempted by tho
board. "As the building beRins TO
grow tho people OF Tulsa viii be-
coWe cognizant OF tho enormity OF
the thing and the far reaching re-
suits II will have for years To come"
nc said.
Three quarters OF a mililn-
lara cost tho most expensive build
ing In Tulsa, and n basement thnt
required an excavation bigger than
any ever dug In the city. are some
OF the distinctions OF the addition To
Tulsa high school which has already
been started.
When the addition IL completed
the school can boast of the largest
ground area OF any school west OF
the Mississippi, having 2S0 square
feet. The gymnasium, which In to
be In the sub basement OF the build
ing, will be twice as big as the pres
cnt gym. Roth gyms VIII bo used'
The ampithGatcr OF the new gym
nasium will seat $500 people and
will extend back underground to tho
sidewalk This is farther than the
building will be built above ground.
sixty class rooms VIII he added To
the school when the present work is
done. Another swimming pool VIII
also be added. and an audit orium
that will be over twice as large as
the one now In use. II. o. Mcclure
explained that there was no way OF
enlarging the auditorium OF Abe
main building and that 1t Will he
used for class meetings, lectures and
similar. purposes, while tho new as
sembiy hall win be for mass meet
ings public entertainment and
assemblies whore all OF the student
body are present.