Evening star., 1922-02-17
URGES ADDITION
WESTERN HIGH
Home and School Association
Petitions Senate for $780,
600 Building Appropriation.

The PneStaeAt t0Aay sent to the
senate q supplemental estimate ct
15SO,000 TOR the esnsttactiAn Of aa
addition to the Wcstern Aixh
school. Including an ssseably hall
and a gymnasium. The estimate
HAD heen approved NY the hueeau
of the budget.
Thfs estimate will now he iAia he
fore the senate appropriations conn
mfttcc, which has hefore II the Dis
trict appropriation hill. An e0"rt
will he made to have the cemht-
tee include this item In the bill
when II reports the measure TO the
Senate.
An appeal TO the District subcom-
mittee on appropriations OF the SEN
ate to insert in the appropriation Dill
an item Of $3.50 900 for the erection OF
an addition to the Western High
school has been made by a committee
of the Home and School Association
of Western. headed bS Duncan Brad
ley. To support it's claim TOR the
need of an addition. the committee
sent to the subcommittee a brtcf "e-
scribing in detail the congeSted con
ditionS at the school. due to the latt
of adequate accommodations for the
present student body.
Lack Of Space for Pupils.
I've have been officially advised by
DR.. +. s Newton. the princlpal oi
Western High school, said the hriel;
meaning thereby those in actual at
tendance at school. or whose ABB
sences were properly accounted for)
on February IS, 1922. was S45 STU.
dents. These figures eliminate All
pupils who have been absent Tor more
the board of education. they are Gar
ried as dropped and not counted as
enrolled students until their actual
return to school. Generally speaking.
almost all of these pupils. accordins
to our information. actually do re-
school. thus materially increasing the
number given above as being actually
enrolled on February Is, 1922.
"The actual number of seats in
the Western High school at the
present time is o2o.sS thus necessi-
to the fact that high school classes
necessarily vary somewhat in size
a minimum deduction of at least 10
per cent Of the actual number OF
seats-which in this case would
amount to sixty-three, leaving the
has to be made in order to allow
for what is frequently called hexi-
bility
Trespass On Laboratory.
Moreover. at the present time one
chemical laboratory and the recita-
tion room used in conjunction there
with are now being used as general
recitation rooms. A very small IN m
crease in attendance will necessi- :
tate the use of this laboratory and
recitation room for the specific pur-
pose for which they are designed:
and the seating capacity OF the school
will necessarily be reduced by at
least sixty more seats.
'Tf it were not for ,he fact that
seventy-five pupils can be taken
care of In each recitation period BY
sending them to three other 20
oratories. two sessions or school.
even at this date. would only &C.,
and not actually attending schook
leaving an additional lie seats with
two sessions of school in operation.
Estimate Of Enrolment.
"a conservative estimate of the en-
rollment in September of 1872 fs
given by DIR. Newton as l,1eO.' Such
an enrolment would necessitate the
use of the chemical laboratory and
recitation room for their special pur-
poses. thus reducing the seating ca
pacity by sixty seats and leaving only
5e2 seats for practical use. There
could be only one result following.
namely. third or night session for
some of the students"
Members of the committee. in addi-
tion to Mr.. Bradley. include Secretary
of Commerce Hoover and Mrs Hoover,
Justice Charles II. Robb of the Dis
trict Court of Appeals. Milton E. Allies,
Judson c. welliver and Mrs. Fl. Foster
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