Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-30

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 MORE ROOM
School Board Refuses Use of High School Auditorium; So Many Attend that Present Quarters Are Inadequate.
From Friday's Daily)

The Fellowship Bible class yester- day was worrying about home. It IS the biggest Bible class in Arizona.
 It had a home for a while before it grew to such large proportions, but its present quarters are away below requirements.
 E. H. Springton, vicc-prcsident; E.
 w. Carroll, secretary, and H. P
 Weiss, treasurer, met in the city to-
 day to confer with President A. c. Baker and others interested in find ing a new home for the class. The
 Elks theater has been suggested as the class Is in session only for one hour, and the meeting can be held at a time when not interfering with any shows. Negotiations are under way to try and secure that building.
 The next place suggested and thought by those interested to be the most suitable was the auditorium of the High school. The matter has been taken up with the school board and the school board has said it would not grant privileges to any except educational work
 The trustees are John w. Finn. chairman; M. B. Hazeltine and Howard Cornick, members. Some members of the Bible class felt that inasmuch as the class is strictly a Bible class, and has no leanings of any kind toward sectarianism, that the school board should not be afraid to let it hold meetings in the High school building. It was point ed out by some that in some of the school buildings in Phoenix, sectarian churches which have no church buildings and no funds to build, have been allowed to hold regular services. The people of Flagstaff have only one church, which is own ed by a federation between the Methodists and Presbyterians, and their meetings and Sunday schools are held in the school house.
 It is pointed out that the people who enjoy the Bible classes are to i some extent taxpayers, and should i not be denied the use of public prop erty for such purpose as a class which inStills better morals, and a higher regard for religion. It is hoped by some interested parties, that inasmuch as the High school i auditorium Is by far the most suit able place in the city for this class, that the school board will reconsider its action and will relent and allow the class to be held there.
 Rev. F. Lee Howard and Walter Hill, the latter being the teacher of the class, are very anxious to find some suitable quarters so that those who wish to attend the class will not be turned away as has been the case for several Sundays past.
 The officers of the class, while ( very anxious to secure the use of I place of proper size. do not wish to have it understood that they are making a campaign of opposition to | the school board as they are the [ chosen representatives of the people ! and should know what a majority Of ] their constituents want, and they do , not expect any consideration from r the board contrary to the desires of a the voters of the school district. The { Bible class. they say, is not intended C as a trouble-maker. but as a trouble a ctrer, and preventcr But they would C change of heart of the I school board and the people who t choose them, if it could be arranged Ih to have the use of the High school auditorium for just one hour on ! Sundays. C