The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1923-06-23
LOCAL SURVEY UNFAIR TO
CITY'S SCHOOL. BUILDINGS
Despite Allegations Of Bentley and Majority Board
Members, School Buildings Of Duluth Stand
Second in List Under Rating System.

Relieving many. unfortunate and
unfair impressions have resulted
from the recent survey Of the Du.
luth school plant, the Duluth Archi-
tects' Association appointed COM
mittee to investigate this survey,
and the following comparative re-
port IL submitted to the members
Of the School Board and the public
for their careful confederation.
& It Is being publicly said on
the basis of this survey that taken
as whole the Duluth school build
tngs are only 62.8 percent efficient
for school purposes as compared
with standard school buildings.
There are many citizens who do
not appreciate that the standard
thus adopted is q theoretically per-
feet building, perfectly located and
perfectly equipped. The impression
Is invited that Duluth lacks these
school building facilities which are
to be found In other cities, and in
consequence Duluth is unfayorably
advertised both at home and abroad.
Our information ID that Duluth
stands second in the list Of these
cities with school plants rated under
this theoretical system. Hackensack,
N. J. Is first with q score Of 65
per cent, or only two points over
Duluth. The list IL Is follows:
Hackensack. N. J., first. with
SIX schools.
Duluth, Mimi, second, with
thirty-eight schools. e
Patterson, Ma a., .sthird, with
twenty schools. K
Passaic, N. ], sfeurth, with
twelve schools.
Omaha, Neb., NTH with fifty
two schools.
. Philadelphia, Pa. sixth. with three
hundred and twenty-sne schools.
st. Paul, Minns, sseventh, with
forty-nfne schools. a5t- 4
Baltimore, Md, eighth, with one
hundred and forty ssehools.
Atlanta, Ca. ninth with sixty
four schools.
Greensboro. N. g. stenth, with
eleven schools. 4
Winona, MINI, eleventh. number
Of schools unknown. u
! The following comparison has
been made of the Duluth survey
with that of Hackensack, the city
having the, highest score. It. might
also ba noted that the high score
of q Hackensack school IL sos,
while Duluth has six schools scoring
above 500, fhslhigh scoret heing8 10.
Attention should aIsD be called to
the fact that while Duluth has 40
per cent Of her pupils attending
schools In buildings built previous
ito 1900 Hackensack has only 10
per cent. Of their pupils attending
school In buildings built previous
to 1900.
In the. very important Item Of
buildings, class rooms, and service
systems, the Duluth school plant
stands higher than Hackensack. Du-
luth school buildings are marked
lit on this theoretical score while
EHackensaek buildings are only
marked Ill.
In the important item OF class
rooms, Duluth class rooms are
marked 212 while Hackensack class
rooms are only marked 210; and
In the relation Of window glass area
to floor area, Duluth scores 84.S
per cent standard or better while
Hackensack scores 1915 per cent,
only 4.S per cent more than Du-
luth. In this connection Strayer
land Englehardt say Of the Hacken-
sack class rooms: >
In general, 1t should be stated
that the Hackensack class-rooms
rank high as compared with class
rooms of other school systems"
The general, It should be stated
that the Hackensack class-rooms
rank high as compared with class
rooms Of other school systems"
The Duluth service system Is
rated higher than Hackensack In
three Of the four groupings pro-
yided.