The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-10-21

school in buildings that in 1917 were
declared utterly unfit for school
purposes by the school survey COM
mission above referred to;
+ 1850 children are forced to attend
their classes in make-shift portable
buildings;
IF, 2.906 children are being housed in
such auxiliary rooms as basement
storerooms, rooms in. corridors and
halls, in gymnasiums, auditoriums
and even in swimming pool rooms;
1,505 school children are being
housed in buildings that the depart
ment Of education is forced to rent
from outside agencies;
9025 school children are in rooms
whose total attendance is more than
40 per room in, the elementary
schools. I, Zone teacher, according to
best educational authorities cannot
do justice to pupils if more than 40
pupils attend the same class. In
some, instances there are as high as
20 children under one teacher in one
classroom in st. Paul today.)
5,263 high school students are in
buildings erected to take care of
$500 students. ,.... ~.
If st. Paul citizens have aroused
themselves. over present school con-
ditions, it will readily be seen that
there is good cause for their
aroused interest. Present school
conditions, to quote Mayor Arthur E..
Nelson who has vitality interested
himself in our schools since taking
office, "are simply impossible and
intolerable" ,...
Last Tuesday evening, the All St.
Paul Council, together with the
mayors advisory board met at the
council chambers to form the All St.
Paul Committee for Better Schools.
This citizens organization is repre-
sentative of every civic, commercial,
social and neighborhood organization
of the city.
Our own district has large rep
resentation on this committee.
:. The sole purpose of this organiza-
ton is to further the campaign that
has been: begun to obtain the pas
sage Of the $5,OOO,OO0 school bond
issue on November 7. -.
Perhaps the outstanding feature
Of the school bond issue ordinance is
the absolute guarantee it makes of
the expenditure Of the money in the
various school districts WHERE
THE SCHOOL SURVEY SHOWS
THE MONEY is MOST NEEDED
FOR IMPROVEMENTS. ..:r~
This ordinance allots specific
amounts to the different school dis
tricts. It simply means that the
voters will not be asked to vote
blindly on a proposition. Every Sec
ton Ct the city will be benefited un-
der the bond issue plan:
For purposes of a we'll thought
out plan of operation, the entire city
has been districted into eleven school
districts. s
One of the first moves of the All
st. Paul Committee for Better
Schools, was to authorize the publ
cation Of individual pamphlets show
ing just what is to be done in each
ct these districts. These pamphlets
will be distributed throughout the
city within the week.
It is a very significant fact that
The proposed school bond issue is re-
ceiving the unqualified Endorsement
Of every organization in the city.
Speakers are presenting the propo-
sition to the voters, laying the facts
before them, and these voters are
gram.
Mayor Nelson struck the keynote
pledging their support Of the pro-
when he declared that ''once the
facts arr known, there can be no
ooe.ot CiiGt NJ. L dQ1 C1tlL0IlS Will sup
port this program for better
Schools" A part of the city press
has commented on the mayors state
nent. nointedly. This comment is re-
produced here: p .-%~ 49,.
:"The clearest and; most concise
statement Of the situation we have
vet heard has been made by Mayor
Ne.son, and we commend his words
to every man and woman in St. Paul:
"THIS BOND ISSUE, CONTEM-
PLATES AN IMMEDIATE SCHOOL
BUILDING PROGRAM. WE CAM
not WAIT UNTIL FIVE YEARS
FROM NOW. THE NEED IS
HERE. 1T IS AT HAND AND IT
is DANGEROUSLY ACUTE. I
URGE EVERY FRIEND OF OUR
SCHOOLS AND OF OUR SCHOOL
CHILDREN TO STUDY THE
FACTS OF THE CASE. ONCE
THE FACTS ARE KNOWN, I AM
CERTAIN THIS BOND ISSUE
WILL RECEIVE THE UNITED
SUPPORT OF EVERY CITIZEN