Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-13
DOES AMARILLO NEED A
new SCHOOL BUILDING
by NJ. II. DUNCAN


there were 10 school rooms In the city
on halliday session and when the new
building on Tyler street was compleied
last spring. there were enough pupils
then enrolled In the schools 10 flli ev'
cry room in II.
2 Durlng the past year. according
TO a report made by committee ap
pointed BY one Il the local mems clubs.
there were 2sg new dwelling houses
erected m the city. which means that
as new families moved here with ai
least 500 Children. These 500 chlidrcn
would have more than fired the nov
building on Tyler street u u hadn't
been filled already.
]. on tire south side ~ the Dnycf
railroad shere II nov only one room thai
n not In use and the only reason that
room II ont occupied IN because the
School Beard didn't feel that they haj
the Nancy To employ a teacher for H.
There are half n dozen rcoma IN the
city with as many as a. pupils pct
room and enough children TO fill four
or five additional ruoms Il the schools
had them and had the teachers fOf
them
4. Such conditions AZ the above OBJ
tain In spite 81 the fact that fully %
per cent a. the children are cut a!
school uadcr ihe ~ weeks plan. II
viii b. necessary under the law % ad
- a. l. -
fAll. Tbcse 20 per cent VIII COM IN AZ
thai time. which will mean that there
VIII Be fully SEQ more pupils IN the
schools even then than We have ruoin
foE, to say nothing q one year from
neat fAf. which v as spun az new
building could be made ready foT use
n the matter ~ issuing bonds were
taken up now With a normal growth
u our school population. there will he
AZ least 10 rooms on halliday session
next fail and there will h. 20 rucms
on hsif-slxy session one year frem next
fall n additional room Is not provided
By that time. Our experience with the
half Cay session proves that such an
management IL wholly unsatisfactory
and IL 10 be resoF,ed 20 only In an
emergency There IL not a competent
school man IN the country who would
advocate sending children 20 school
but half a day. The tendency - to
lsngthen the day rather than shorten
Il.
5. The State Inspectors who have vis-
TIED the High School during the past
three years have criticised the present
building as being wholly inadequate 70
the needs Il the High School and have
aid that the High School must have
a new building before Il can do ths
work It should do.
6. With 20 per cent % the pspals cat
q school under the Is Weeks Plan
there are more than zoe pupils enrolled
with only ~ ciassrooms In which q
take care IL IN ~. which mctns that
n the school al 4 make use % som'
rooms that We MT Intended for class
rooms. there would BE- nearly 40 pupils
20 the room OF 10 more than II allow
cd. as a maximum. by the State Com
mi;tee on AffIliation. In order 10 re
tain il affllla,ion. the school ls having
to use all the laboratories for class
rooms and. In addition to these. two
rooms IN the basement that were IN
tended for store rooms and that arr
badly needed for that purpose now.
Z. There are a number ~ classe'
that have 60 b. held IN the same room
nj the same time under conditions tia
render good work almost impossible
The school Is now having to have 81
Bookkeeping. stenography. and type
writing classes IN the SAME room az IN
same time. and besides. more than :
young people were turned away frOI
this department because there was n
room for them. In order 20 accomm'
date as many pupils as possible. N
cloak room II being used Tor typewTi
ing classes
9. The High School auditorium vii a
cosnmodate no, many more than on
half the student body and chapel exc
cises must b. held IN shifts. which re-
ders impossible the school spirit nece
sary 20 thu highest grade ~ work.
>. The manual training room Is who
~ inadequate 20 the needs u that
partnfent. II must h. artihcally hght'
an during the day and r. not a suitab
place for manual training classes.
10. The fact h that the High SchD
has entirely oMgrown the presen; bull
Ing and iss work win b. handicapped U
III a new huiiding IL provided. II
present building was crested more thi
20 years aEo and docs not meet q
needs &c modern hieh school work.
h without an auditorium. a spar,
fe0rs Ter rbrar,. study hall. Ni'ho
separate rootns fOF Laboratories. a
many other facilities necessary % 1
wgk that mus; BE- done In an up.'
date high school.
The Amarillo High School viii r
be uble faiiy to NEE; the needs q ,
boys and Eirls q this community un
u has building especially construct
for modern high school work II ml
have a building with a sufficient nu
ber Of class rooms o. take care q
the classes. with laboratories for =
Jects requiring laboratory work. "
gymnasium where the boys and x
can receive the physical training
necessary In their education. a sw
ming pool. and an auditorium tina, !
seat AZ leas; 1900 people.
II. let Is b. understood ths, vi
the ned ~ a new high school build
u urged the needs Of the grad schl
are equally in mind. a new high 81
building would relieve the congea
conditions In the grades al over
city IN that u would make possible
use az the present high school buIi'