Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-02
CITY
CARRIES OUT
BIG PROGRAM
Building Plans Put Forward
in Face Of Strong
Opposition.
CONDITIONS RELIEVED

In a period marked by general stagnR.
s. ton both in business and civic lines, and
when constructive programs as a gen
ID eral rule have been postponed or even
"a abandoned. the school city Of Indian
81 apolis has gone ahead boldly and the &C.
complishments of the year 1921 have been
6 among the greatest in the history Of the
s. public schools of Indiana
Despite unsettled conditions following
the war and the opposition Of powerful
forces the year was marked by the great
est improvement and increase in school |
81 facilities yet recorded. New buildings
81 Of the most modern type either were COM
pleted or started in every section Of In
81 dianapolis and for the first time sys-
tematically planned, scientific, building
program was followed.
BUILDING OUTLAY
u ALMOST S4.O00000.
During the year new buildings repre-(
senting an outlay of almost $400O,0OY
were completed or are under construction
81 and the school board made plans for IA
number Of other buildings which we've
held up by the interference Of the Static
board of tax commissioners.
a When the year 1920 dawned yche
school situation IN Indianapolis had Ibe
81 come desperate almost to the poinE or
being hopeless. School boards OF 70 amer
years, regardless o. the fact tha.S In
a dianapolis was one OF the most Rapidly
growing cities in the United States, had
failed to add school facilities. HaE IL day
classes were fast becoming PERI nanenr
fixture in the lower grades, anq every
day the situation was growing Worse.
81 In the four years between january,
1915, and late in December, 1913, with the
~ exception Of a small two-room addition
$40 School No. 81, Lincoln and South
E labama streets, not a singlet building
Ha7 added to the school equipment of
annapolis; and all this time old build
SVlgW were becoming older thfe city was
owing at a rapid rate and fthe number
of school children increasing by leaps
q and bounds
q BUILDINGS REACH
q COMPLETION IN 1921.
4 In December, 1919 and throughout the
year 1920 the present builgding program
was put into effect, but tiff was not until
1921 that any of the Qew buildings
reached completion
The year 1921 saw THE completion Of
the following new build ings:
d No 50, Linwood avenrte and East New
York street; six-rOom Addition.
8 No. 49, Capitol avenue and Fortieth
street; six-room additkion
No. A, West Twen7 First street and
Sugar Grove avenue; 4 six-room addition.
No %, Arizona and Chestnut streets;
twelve classroom bXlding, auditorium,
cooking, sewing an1 manual training
AaA Eooms.
'ANA No &C. Columbia kavenue and Sixteenth
s8Neet; twenty -fOuk classroom building.
90 itorium, domestic science, manual
q ing, branch library, health rooms,
This IS the largest grade school in
skty and ses care of 1900 negro
- y s 81 X{a.ern avenue near Wood
- KS l<< - VI ~ classroom addition.
4. ~ SsdAs 4ss B Szktraining cooking and
E = - Ssss< 80 Zenith and Dearborn
Is & s s3 .55zz<k gsroom addition domes-
u ~ s Arsenal Technical High
S, 4 Kg with more than 100
b !. kOvEoIENTs
- ES* PLETION.
On to these buildings which
81 completed the big shops and
BE at Tech are rapidly nearing
and will go into service about
3 ~ his is the largest single project
a. Nertaken by an Indianapolis
BARD and the total cost Of this
g 60 s IF buildings win be about
5 II NFmmerich Manual Training High
x 80 y 80 the gymnasium, auditorium and
ia building viii soon be ready for
s ncy.
s#akg the year contracts were let for
4 lowing buildings:
~ -, East Washington street and
81 a. 3 avenue, ur-classrOom addition.
z$ f<k& N nestic science rooms.
8 g s. 81 West Washington and California
q - twelve classroom addition with
ssssE Il ~ nd manual training rooms
&4l!ss2 North Sherman avenue and
s = 81 re- street, classroom build
Is 81 s cooking, sewing and manual
ss W. rooms
81 81 three buildings viii be COM
q - 81 fkout Feb. 1.
- kkzk%&4 the year ten new two-room
8 NJ were added to the school equip
- 8 several old cottages were re
IS - 80 iand fitted up for school pur-
TAX BOARD DELAYS