Evening star., 1922-12-06

;nrtor. would be within walking dis
tAnce of the majority OF pupils.
converting Of the present colored
school in the Michigan Park locality
into white school was urged by a
representative of that association.
There is no white school there at the
present time. the representative said.
and. although there We're no cofored
children residing in that territory.
.hs eolored school is the only educa.
t;onal facility offered. If this cannot
De done. there should be portable
schools Immediately installed for the
oenent OF the white children.
An eiEht-room building. much over
crowded. with the principal using a
nal! as an office. was cited by rep
res@ntative OF the Northwest Sub
urban Citizens Association. as the
only school facilities in his section.
The commencement exercises. he said.
were held out-of-doors. postponed. Of
course. II /. rained
Citizens Association said that his
locality possessed enc sixteen-room
building. opened in 1916. The ca.
pactty. he said. was $40 children.
while the enrolment was 1860 An
early purchase of additional ground
for more buildings was urged.
Situation on Heights.
PetEorth has one s.xtesn-room
building. representative Of the asso.
citation there said. with seats for GAG.
The enrolment is now 1.l24: The
needs ure another school and addt-
tional Playground space.
The Piney Branch representative
said that a new school was needed
at Spring road in that locality. This
tensive building operations which
meant a large increase IN the com.
muni:y.
In Randall Highlands. representa-
tive said, there is two-acre play
ground overerown with weeos:
Sixteenth Street Heighths sectioa
sends most Of its children to Takoma
Park schools. said representative
from that organiZaticn. lney are
compelled to travel long distance over
heavily Travelled roads.
The representative from nsed eie bir
laugh when he related story OF
child In that neiEhborhood who car.
ried to school q large piece OF
leather. with the request to ihe
teacher to have 1t tackled onto nis
came from it's mother. who was
ont OF his pants" The old and
dilapidated condition of the EQUIP
n,ent of the schools in TINS seclion
were held accountaoie' 'he repfe'
The eisht-room addition 10 the Ia.
kona park School afforded much re.
lief in that section. SAID Jesse -.
suter Of the Takoma ASSOCIATION: mo
old building needs repair. ne saio. as
does the equipment. s'ouhos ano
= proposition to sell the Force
School property OF Massachusetts
avenue and use the money for an
other school building was onered ny
snowden Ashford ct the Bupent ~. l..
vaIue Of the land Is high and that a
GOOD price could be gotten. Due TO
the buildings ut present on each siGe
of the school, tho light is exceedingly
bad in some Of the classrooms. ne
Dr.. n. F. Finley Of the West End
Association said the schools in that
territory were overcrowded and thae
additional play-space was needed.
Sanitation Bad.
A dental clinic. an assembly hall
and more Fairgrounds we're urged by
a representative OF the Trinidad AS
vashinrton Association said that
sanitation was bad in a good many
of the schools. In one, he averred.
there was only ono wash basin Tor
500 pupils. BIildins, IN .ais this ieea1ts &C NY
schools used at present were built in
the early seventies.
Dr.. washburn called on odell S.
Smith and DIR. Harvey Wiley. chair
man and vice chairman Of the public
order and public health committees
Of the board. to show the intimate
relations between the work Of their
committees and school conditions III
DR.. James Freeman. pastor OF
Epiphany Church. made the conclud !.
ing address of the evening and stirred
his hearers when he said that 1t was
more important to provide educa-
tional facilities to bring them up IN
the Lincoln mold than to erect =
monument to Lincoln himself. He
buildings in this city be immediately
torn down and replaced with modern
buildings. Education is the first line
of defense. for any nation. he said,
I'D that IL WAS more iunnrtant than