The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-26
Schools Again Crowded;
Already yNeed More Room;
Board Advances Solution

tulsa is facing a problem In III
schools arising out of the rapid
Growth of the city. The problem 1.
mat Of balancing the constantly in.
creasing number OF pupils and the
rocm space for those pupils. Supt
y. +. Oberholtzer believes that tho
: way 10 meet and solve that prob.
iem is by the establishment OF
iunior high schools.
Need ia Rooms Now.
I'VE need now" he said the other
day "il4 rooms to take the children
out Of the wooden buildings. TO take
d. care Of the increase in enrolment
for the next year, to take the classes
out OF the gymnasium and library
rooms that are being used now for
classrooms. II we are going to re-
lleye this congestion properly we
must begin now, because the pro-
vision OF additional room will require
at least a year.
"There are now In tho high school
aOGl pupils. Next year there will
he 400 more. and the middle of next
wear there will be 400 more. Under
the present plan, and with additional
building now under construction, II
Nill be possible to care for the high
<chool children properly. for but a
year
eighth and ninth grades out Of the
ward schools and putting them In
iunior high schools we can release
13O rooms. We can take 500 chill
dren out Of the present high school
building. We can take approximate
~ 1000 children from the east side
and between 700 and 500 from the
north and south sides and place
them I'm Junior high schools. II is
ohvious we must either build junior
high schools or add TO the units that
we already have. There is no ques-
tlou in my mind but that eventually
we will come to junior high schools.
whether we do now or not. For
Junior high schools have come to
stay. They are not an experiment:
their value has been tested and
proven
" For the past 10 years Junior high
nhools have been a part of many
OF the best and most progressive
school systems in the country. With
all the advantages OF the depart
mental plan and more economical.
Junior high schools offer to the pu-
p.ls an enriched curriculum. new
subjects and a wider range of them,
and buildings suitable for the work.
They are not new in Tulsa. This Is
the fourth year that a junior high
school has been In operation at
Washington school. the third year at
Irving and the second at Lincoln.
But the equipment has been made
Quate, and unless the schools can be
centralized they are expensive. Un-
der the pain as submitted by o. Il.
Upp, chairman; w. a. Marquis and
A. w. Brink, comprising the build
ing committee, and II. u. Oberholt-
ger, superintendent Of the board of
education, and approved by that
body. a bond issue is proposed that
will include the financing OF the
building OF three Junior high schools.
One Of these would be located on the
east side and would provide "a TO
50 rooms and additional laboratories,
gymnasium and auditorium. One on
the north and west side would afford
ie TO "a rooms and additional labor
atories, gymnasium and auditorium,
and one on the south side "a to 32
rooms with laboratories, gymnasium
and assembly room. For the present
the committee believes that section
lying west and south of the Frisco
In West Tulsa can be accommodated
BY the present buildings with the
temporary structures.
Million for Junior Highs.
In the budget recommended for
4 The proposed bond issue of $1,500,-
4 VO0 there is $1,200.000 set aside for
The building of Junior high schools.
Oberholtzer called attention to fin
aneal data available in regard to
this matter of spending money for
The schools. Not more than one