The Washington herald., 1922-12-06
DEMAND FULL
DAY FOR EACH
DISTRICT CHILD
Two Hundred Delegates Attend
Protest Meeting Over Cut
Made by Bureau of Budget
GENERAL BITTERNESS FELT
Citizens Insist That Every Item
Asked by Education Board
Be Restored by Congress

"A full day of instruction every
school day in the year for each
child in the District of Columbia" "
With this slogan, two hundred
representatives of citizens organi-
cations from all parts of the Dis
trict met at the Franklin School
last night and ordered the ap-
pointment of a committee to repre-
sent the entire city in formulating
and presenting to Congress plans
for its accomplishment.
RESENT SCHOOL CUT.
Manifesting a general resentment
that the pruning knife had been
/ used on the school items in pre-
pairing the District budget, the citi-
zens were unanimous in declaring
for the restoration of every item
specified by the Board of Educa-
ton.
Without exception. the citizens
declared in favor of having Con-
gress meet the educational require
ments Of the city, even at a sacri-
flee to some of the other needs.
COMMITTEE NAMED.
To meet the immediate school
needs. the gathering directed IA
committee of five persons. who shall
represent the entire city, be ap-
pointed to formulate a course of
action for the citizens organiza-
tions in all sections of the Dis
trict; this committee to designate
the most urgent needs of the school
system and direct the united action
Of every organization in bringing
| them before Congress-
DIR. Abram Simon. who presided
at the meeting. will announce the
| personnel of the committee today.
NEED UNITED ACTION.
/, Henry H. Classic. of the Wash.
ington Board of Trade, declared that
without united action on the part
of the citizens. the urgency of ths
| educational needs could not be i'm.
| pressed upon Congress. Appoint
| ment of the committee. however
should not prevent individual citi
zens' associations from presenting
their respective demands. he said
DIR. B. D. Fairchild, emphasizing
the necessity for making an appeal
to the individual Congressman
urged that each organization in
the city support the committee in
| its dealings with the committees
having school legislation in charge
BUILDINGS INADEQUATE.
\ Declaring that the new buildings
which have been provided by Con
gress are barely enabling the school
authorities to keep abreast of new en-.
rollment. Superintendent of Schools
Frank w. Ballou said that the pres.
ent rate Of construction will not
permit the reduction of the existing
evils in the system.
We are only enabled to keeI
them from increasing" he said
There has been no provision for
eliminating part-time classes, crowd
ed schools. portable schools, and
rented buildings. The rate of In
Grease in enrolment has surpassed
the present rate of building"
NO PROGRESS ALLOWED.
If the items included in the bud
get bill now before Congress are
passed, DIR. Ballou said. the schools
can go forward with the present
state of efficiency. There can he
no improvement until a systematic
program of building has been adopt
ed, he asserted.
Advocating the purchasing oi
school sites which will be needed
within the next few years, DIR. Bal
lou pointed out that the acquisition
of such locations would be a sowing
for the government. Failure tc
provide the ground In sections where
the need can be foreseen, means
that the school sites often are los.
or that the prive advances to a
prohibitive point.