Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-02
Central SCHOOLS
TRADE ANNEX NOT
INVITING F0RSTUDY
Ambitious Boy Students Forced
to congrsgate in Cellar
Locker Rooms
o)NGY LECTURE HALL
ADDS TO DISCOMFORT

The boys attending the annex Oh 'he
Central Hish School at Seventeenth and
Wood streets. where trades arc taught.
are unfortunate IL they arrive ~ school
before shc precise moment at which the
classes open.
They must either wait outdoors or 60
% the locker rooms. The locker rooms
can best be likened to prison cells.
rSituated in the cellar where the ceiling
q % low that one may hardly stand
Iupright the boys Congregatc. The
lights are within the lockers them
selves.
There in tho badly ventilated. dimly
lighted 'cells" the boys congresat". A
locker Is allotted TO q group. In It are
benches. hooks and few shelves: Here
fhe boys are forced to gather il they
desire to talk about their work or go
ever the lessons Of the day.
The situation of the locker room =
not one Of choice. X has come Of
necessity. Every available srnce IN the
building has been given OYER to some
instruction class until only the cellar
remained. Here the lockers were built,
and the boys sit In them during any
leisure time,
The school was bull, in 1867 ns the
Additions were built IN later years. In
1855 It was established as the Central
Manual Training Schoo! and was oc.
iaupied a. such until the completion of
the West Philadelphia High School for
Boys. After II short period OF d!suse
lit was again utilized and annexed 10
the Central High Schoo, Us trade-in'
otructton annex.
Scene OF Several Fires
1t has been the scene Of severa! tlreS.
all Of which, except one. have been cX-
tinRuishct by the janitor. That one.
which occurred January Q Of this year.
resulted in two alarms. According ~
William Rowen. president OF the Beard
Iof Education. the real regret was tina.
the fire did not burn the entire building
% that the board would have been forced
TO rebuild it. :,
As 1t was the damage was confined
TO the three. story brick extension in
the rear, and was repaired at minimum
On the top floor are the drafting
Sooms, where mechanical! oraw.ng Is
taught. 4 class Of from eighty 70 ninety
boys 10 frequently in session. The stair.
ways going TO that room are narrow and
twisted. One boy easily fills the &C.
bch width and a nasty turn at the
00ttOm WOuAu svc1i oe"', "iN 'N.
injury IL sudden rush were made
down them in the panic Of extreme dam
This building is among those TO be
replaced some day. Coupled with the
condition of the Girls Trade School At
Eleventh and Pine streets. il gives the
board a difficult problem. The members
desire that boys wishing to take up a
trade work have ample opportunity OF.
fsred them, vet many have said that
Arst and foremost was the necessity tor
providing enough suitable build buildings 70 10
take care Of the regular school work
and provide Accommodations for the
Il 900 children now on part time.
No Permanent Head
William NJ. Cline is temporarily II.
CHARLES Bauder. has been elected direc.
tor Of the Department of Eocationa.
Education, and no new permanent head
10 the school has been named as yet.
Osspite the handicap Of the building.
Mr.. Cline and his staff are enthusiast
tic about the work that the boys are
doing. :, A. c.,,, .1.o~s
here to take positions rs mechanics,
!. electricians. carpenters. wood workers
and" craftsmen. We have little space
% do our work and hav. to make use
q every available inch. Take look
at this lecture ROOM
Mr.. Clime threw open the door Of q
large hall on the first floor. directly
ln the center Of the building. The
room was dark and lighted artihc.ally,
although it was a bright day outside.
The corners were gloomy and the stu.
dents crowded the front seats to be as
hear the lecturer as possible.
"This is the kind Of thing we are
IN against" continued Mr.. Cline. 1t
= hard to keep up Tie inspiration OF
1As students when they are quartered
q this manner. Upstairs our class.
Sooms are even worse. They may be
Ishter but they are entirely too sman.
Zone room leads into another. so
that Q boy IN passing from place TO