Evening star., 1921-05-17

tween Bryan and W streets. was built
in 1905 to accommodate 500 children.
or April &c. the day your committee
visited the school. there were ?S9 chill
cirGn enrolled. 1t has been found neces-
sary to install four portahles to meet the
: tuatiOa. AT one time during the winter
there were ,o2S children.
There We're four first grades. three
second grades. three third grades. one
kindergarten and one fourth grade on
part time. The heating plant is wholly
Inadequate. The hot-air registers are
some eight feet above the floors. the
Ncnti!atorS i'll every instance being
near the floor. There is no radiation
in the corridors whatsoever. 1t is
said that the beSt-heated room of the
building never rises above O. degccS
Fahrenheit in cold weather There
are four rooms that never rise above
.,h degrees. The two things needed in
this school are more rooms and an i'm
proved heating plant. To the east of
this huiidin" there are two alleys lined
with dill aplated tre-trap frame build
i'G>. Your committee advises that the
city should condemn those shacks and
alleys and erect additional school
buildings thereon.
Playground Only Attraction.
The TcnIcy School. located in the
Tenlcytown section of the city. has AN
excellent playground. but that is about
All thdt can be SAID ipr the plant. be
SIDES the main building there are
portable an annex and. some quarter
OF mile away, rented manual train
ing room.
All of the buildings are inadequate
and unsightiN. they are detcriorating.
and they are not worth improving.
There is no assembly hall. Th. prin-
clpalS = office is in the front hall just
inside the door. The odoriferous an
mex. heated by stoves. was formerly
church. long ago abandoned. The
muSty atmosphere of t.1iS building
io"et her with its cross lights and its
absence of sanitarics are sufficient to
warrant it's unqualified condemnation.
The basement halls of the main build
ing are dark, artifically lighted. and
lnh3hIt by rats Of most unusual
size. The sc,tcrap" is quite defective.
Ii is not surprising that the authors
ties have found it difficult to get some
of III" parents of the district To send
their children I" this school. \ mod
crn school building of at least sixteen
rooms is the need of TencIytown.
preferably in better location.
Abbot school in BAD Plight.
The Abbott School. New York ave
nue. l. and 9Th streets northwest, is
practically without a playground.
Th"r" are no playrooms inside the
building. no assembly hall and no
Railways for assembly purposes. The
school is without d kindergarten.
There are n" artificial lights. and the
principal has no office. The building is
an old three-story structure. Your
committee IS of the opinion that the
District is entitled to better schoo! ac-
commodations.
The Bell School. on 1St street be-
tween l. and & streets southwest has
eleven classes in eight rooms. three
classes on part time. There are forty
children in the one kiniergarten the
first grade occupying the room for d
half of each day. Many of the rooms.
darkened by the shade trees nearby.
need to be equipped with artificial
light. There is just playground room
enough for three portableS. There is
no assembly hall. While the building
needs paint inside and out. and some
of the floors need reSurfacing. the
important need here. however. is for
additional ciassrooms. Adjacent land
is available for building extension.
The basement is damp pract tically all
of the time. Rather wretched alley
conditions prevail throughout this
section. A new plant on a better site
is the need here