The Washington times., 1922-12-02
CONGRESS-
is URGED
!. TO GUT
.Sry n. Classic Heads Cham
Or of Commerce Committee
To Formulate Program.

Y To Formulate Program.
Shipping the red tape which pre-
ats Washington public school au-
crities from selling obsolete
= iildings on valuable building
I tes and, through the sales money,
property for new schools,
'xill be Of first Importance to the
chool committee of the Washing
IN Chamber Of Commerce, in its
1 ght for an adequatae school pro-
am for the city. =.
! Henry H. Classic, chairman OF
ne committee, denounced the un-
usinesslike government reguia.
ons in this regard, at a special
! ,eeting in the chambers rooms
Yesterday.
Injustice Is Claimed.
n TT is necessary to get bill
y rough Congress to sell a ten-inch
4 rip Of public land" declared Glas.
te. by limiting the District school
! authorities in this matter. Congress
y: working a great injustice on
Washington. Congress Is afraid to
srust Washingtonians with such
dealings"
Classics statement was predicated
on the suggestion OF Arthur Z.
Moses. absent committee member,
hour, secretary.
IL was proposed, that the site Of
he Force School. on Massachusetts,
avenue, was OF such great CONNER
:ial value, while the building was In
rhe category of antiques, that the
school authorities might sell the
property to good advantage and pur.
hase nearby sites for. new schools
1T considerably lower figures.
y This brought forth Classics re.
marks and opened a general discus
ion on Congressional red tape and
sd schoolhouses.
!" Antiquated Building.
I'VE all know that there are any
humber of school buildings which
Should not be used for that pur.
,ose." Classic said. For instance,
ne Abbott School II still standing.
Why. ! went there In my boyhood,
md that's been some time ago.
There Ii no playground. as you
trapezoid Of land, with q lumber
robbery to put up that school,"
The Cooke and Berret schools
likewise came in for hard language
On the grounds of general infirmity.
These and other buildings. 1t wa
nerally agreed, should be torn
a3wn. and the school administra-
Ion should be put on q concrete,
iusinesslike basis, with power to
purchase and dispose of property
Miss Mollie B. Weyman urged
that the chamber committee dis
countenance any radical reorganixa-
ton in the public schools.
IT was for some years q teacher
IN the Washington schools" said
tfiss Weyman, "and know Of
xperiencs that this perpetual re-
organisation II Of no good to the
general system. It turns everything
S'pside down and II great deal Of
! 'fWhen, I left the school system
here was about four times az much
It'd tape, as when I entered the
schools, and the teaching standards
had not been appreciably raised"
Nine. Marie Won Unschuld asked
that the committee indorse plan
20 supervise private music teachers,
from whom Washington high school
pupils take lessons as an alterna-
tive to taking the required music
course In the schools.
Backs New Program.
Former Congressman John H.
Small Of North Carolina. q member
Of the committee, pledged his sup
port to the general school program
and gave an insight into the
average Congressman's mind on
District Of Columbia matters.
A special committee was appoint.
"a TO rvpresent the chamber at the
Joint meeting Of the Board OF Edu.
cation and civic bodies In the
FrAnklin School building next
Tuesday night. The committee is
headed by Classic, and It's other
members are Miss Weyman. Caro-
hne b. Stephen. John H. Small,
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