Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-04
'WECCACOE SCHOOL
CALLED ARCHAIC
Narrow Fire Escape Permits Of
3 Only One Child Passing
3. at a Time
INSIDE STAIRS OF WOOD

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Each rnom bowevcr rims tho width
Of The builJinr nnd children. passing
mn or down tho stairs to and from re-.
cess, ci,her mus, I;s,urb rho neigh.
boring classes or use tho outside narrow
and sIinusrv iron Arc sscnnt,
ccnra;rs 't"" :" a,,,cotionaI % standards
n class of fortv ;s considered tho jnrees,
thnt na,, h., ~ oin,,.jn ins,rrc,cd hv ONO
fs"chnr "
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cbildrsn e tbot .ttcnG ~ GN' rho W.ccac"e
Snhnot hronrs ". -" s,,rh rec,,a,;on md
an tho VfS ,on Goor Nv ,Sarn is n,,a ciass nt
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Cenhes 'na. nl "'""'S 'e'''' '"'
'front.' 70" OK desks.
Principal Proud Of School
Nfiss EIizaheth NJ Fitzmauricc. the
orincinoi is nevertheless very nroud
~ Nor schoo, III ,nov he nm old
Sn;,d;n. I" shs said. "bit let mo- tell
vn,"'x, ,nm 1 ,.us wa ,hs host t"t teach.rs nv the
kest i"n,,nr md tbs h,st children in
south philndolnh!a.
The nmn,ls nrs hopd,c,nred. how.
evsr for tho rnrd H. small nnI there
A little snoce for yau.ps and sports
Ssbich cb;IIrcn nf otter scbonis delieh,
n nlar;n1
R,,,t IN 1870 tbs scboo, was fret
known ns 'ne Zee. '. S.;tee ;te s'n'", ,uonm' nm.
was lookeI on WIN n, priue as n s ,hs
neht 10 .he sren' nu'n,,'si,,.a' .h. ohoai. ut i
sOhMuHits. oSihs ohe Vi , ~ 60
thon r'e tcrmsd Tbn other two schools
were replaced, but the Weccacoc. as the
school has been renamed. will only be
abandoned when the proposed new
school Is built in the vicinity OF Third
and Federal streets.
At the William II. Harrison
School, at Eleventh and Thompson
streets. n three. Story stone building has
two interior twisting wooden stair.
ways. There are four classes con-
taining 100 children on each floor. If
the stairways should be impossible be-
cause Of fire. the children would be
compelled to pass single file down
twenty -four inch wide iron fire escape.
This building was called the DAME!
Webster School when it was built in
1870 to replace the Penn School con.
structed on the site. 1S46. In 1913 It
was renamed the Harrison School and
the board plans to abandon 1t when the
new school is built on the site Of the
Lynd Annex at Merv!ne and Oxford
otreets.
The I.ynd Annex is entirely unfit for
use rs a school building. \ small.
two. story structure, with inadequate
washroom facilities. it had been virtu.
ally abandoned by the authorities.
Some of the rooms today, however. hav""
been returned to use for special
classes,
Other Schools Similar
s..,. -, .,. wooo,ooo school 10 tho
o,d Wnsbinptom School on Fifth stree,
Snio,c Wa sb;n a+on avenue At that
oeo" ~ 49,. ,onrs n ,au, front