The Washington herald., 1921-10-20
BOARD ENDORSES
! UPSHUR St. SITE
FOR T.B. SCHOOL
Ballou Defends Delay in
Building New Eastern
High School.
PLANS ARE CHANGED
Declares Question Of Speeding
Work. is Up to District
Commissioners.
PLANS ARE CHANGED

After making formal Endorsement
Of the Fourteenth andNUpshur street
site for the new Tuberculosis Schooi
building. the Board of Education
yesterday discussed the delay ana
change of plans with regard to the
new Eastern High school, eliciting
from Superintendent F. W. Ballou
the Information that IL members
still insisted that the building
should be erected in time for next
fall they should insist with the
District Commissioners, the District
architect and the contractors"
Daniel Edwards opened the sub
ject' with the statement that re-
Gently in New York City he had
seen a twenty-two-story buiLfin
started that must be completed in
fourteen months.
Says Ten Months Il Enough.
IF that structure which involves
ten times the labor can be finished
in fourteen months why" asked
Edwards, cant this school be COM
pleted in the ten months that re-
maJnT
Superinte adent Ballou's reply was
that he and the board had abso-
lutely nothing to do with the build
ing operations. But, The added, that
he was confidept everything was
being done that could be done under
the circumstances.
Are the plans as revised now all
completed?" Intercepted Edwards.
Yes, sir"
Then I still insist that there Is
yet ten months in which that build
ing should be completed" e..
But / think you ought to do your
insisting with the District Commits
sioners, the municipal architect ana
the contractors" objected the SUI
perintendent.
Explains Changes and Plans.
He followed this statement with
review of the changes in Eastern
High School plans and the reasons
for them since he took office. The
original appropriation had been for
100000. the later. appropriation for
s1.50O!000. The FIRST plans had been
for p school to, accommodate 1000
children, the new plans provide for
1900.
Every change has been for a
distinct educational purpose" de-
clared the superintendent There
was originally an electric general.
ing plant included which would
have cost 100000. That was eIimi-
mated. We changed the entrance,
making IL. much better and at the
same time decreasing the cost by
$4,000. We had to increase the
size of the lunch room and give it
light and ventilation. To find room
for it cost us the swimming pool.
Restricted to q, 500, 900.
You must remember that out of
that S1,500,000 we propose to COM
plete this building. l need only
point out that Central High School
yet lacks $4,000 worth of instaIla-
ten before II is up even with the
original plans.
The plans for the new Eastern
High School building as they came
to Mr. Harris, allowed but one
door. to a room. Two doors are
necessary in case of fire and are
very desirable in permitting one
class to pass in and another to
pass out at the same time. That
change has been made"
The Association for the Proven
ton of tuberculosis was granted
permission again to sell health
stamps in the schools, most Of their
FUNDS being spent there, it was
pointed out. Permission was grant,
ed Tor use of a new patriotic song
in the public schools written by
c. F. Shattuck. The request came
from Mrs. Coralie. Cook and had the
approval of the superintendent
A $5 scholarship from Eastern
High School to Randolph Macon
College offered by the Rev. John
Paul Tyler, of Epworth NJ. E.
Church, was accepted. Leave of
absence was granted the superin-
tendent to make an address before
the Connecticut Teachers .Associa-
ton October %.