Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-09
nj, AIRY PETITIONS
/ FOR NEW SCHOOL
e,+,,sns to Meet Tomorrow
N,sht to Assemble Facts for
Education Board
BUILDING CALLED UNSAFE

Mount Airy citisens. appo'ntea on /"
..mmittee TO gather facts AZ to tnsani'
% s.r, and unsnfe conditions In the an'
s;"noted Z public school building at Allen
;.r. and Cresheim street. will meet to-
.o,row nieht TO assemble the facts they
Nave gathered for submission to the
Roard Of Education. ,,,
Petitions for a new school building;
vhieh have been widely, c,rcuiatc.l
throughout the district and signed py
nearly every adult resident. will also De
Collected at the meeting and assemoIeu n
Scr presentation to the board with tne
report Of conditions In the present
school building.
at a mass. meeting Of citizens en-; IN VG' -
tober, is eomposed, OF Dr. III rhomas F,onI n:
scns, Gssmiss'et b. pse''?zssISl q. zsIl:r, Harold y.
absrts. G. Brockius, Lewis r: Fer.
smson. % Everett s. Elwood, F: II:
Ersntz. william Wainman.. Edward
Schachterlei William Blackwood and
Al tomorrow nights meeting. which
x;ii be held In the Odd Fellows Hall,
Germantown and Mount Airy avenues.
Representative George p. Darrow and
Franklin Spencer Edmonds, of the
Etste Assembly, arc expected to speak.
Complaints In regard to the present
school building are numerous. There
are $50 pupils on the rolls Of the Mount
Airy School, and 102 Of that number
are on part time. Several large build.
ins operations are being planned for the
district and the immediate future gives
promise Of large increase In the popu.
iotion. This gives the residents deep
concern for the future schooling Of their
children unless prompt action Is taken
By the school board.
1.-THE Mount Airy school building has
stood with no substantial improvements
since the date Of its erection In 1871"
the committee reports.
Must Wade Through Puddles
I'm order to enter the school build.
ing It Is necessary for the pupils to
wade through puddles Of water on
rainy days. No corridors are provided
and the passing Of pupils and others
through the classrooins In going abou.
the building results in the diverting
Of the attention Of the pupils. The
stairs Nre Of wood and only slight
fire would be necessary to render them
useless in emptying the building Of
its precious contents. The building is
overcrowded, there being more than
forty pupils to the room md the di.
mensions Of the rooms are such that tho
Health Department gives the general
grade Of bad
IAN outside fire escape Is provided,
but It is uncovered and when covered
with snow and ice In winter weather
would be perilous for children to de-
scend.
mo cloakrooms are provided, the
rooms having q closet 8 feet by II
inches into which the wraps IRE piled
one on top Of the other 80 that not
only is disease spread and the wraps
injured, but 1t Is impossible for the |
children to obtain their wraps before |
the dismissal Of the entire class.
Ventilation Poor
"The only means of ventilation IL
the opening of the windows with the |
consequent draughts and colds. The |
heat of the building is provided by |
four hot air heaters. The only light. |
ing facilities are furnished by old.
fashioned gas jets. and to eliminate the |
danger Of the chandeliers falling uDon
the children's heads many Of these
have been removed to the cellar, On
dark days, therefore. 1t Is impossible
to provide proper artificial illumina.