The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-15
Senator Capper's Birthday and
the Park View School


Yesterday was the sxtieth birthday of Senator CAPPER
Of Kansas and thousands of " and boys helped celebrate
the occasion by attending notable picnic in the Topeka KAN
city park At the expense Of the Kansas Senator they
loved the roller coasters the merry etc. and ate
Ice cream until they fairly burst. Last year 1900 kids
attending the birthday celebration of the Kansas Senator
The popularity of Senator Capper in and
the kindly thought he gives to the kids of Kansas brings to
mind steady devotion to the public schools OF the District
during years when Congress refused to any attention
TO their deplorable condition.
There can fairly go Senator Cpper much of the credit
for the increased pay Washington school teachers
enjoying and entitled to still larger share of credit
for the fiveyear building appropriation which Will give
washington school children modern school buildings and
eve the congestion that resulted in shortened hours Tor our
SENATOR Capper and this newspaper began five six
years ago get Congress provide school
buildings under fiveyear program The Kansas Senator
suggestions for such put forward by
this newspaper Of ending the haphazard approprla
lions made BY in past The thanks OF WASH one
that his future birthdays will be happily celebrated as
that Of yesterday.
There is no man public life who richly deserves the
good will Of the than Senator Capper His course
toward District of Columbia since he has been in the
Senate has been Of espOus of the cause OF the people
and broad humanitarian view.
Owing to the Senator'S kindly regard for the boys and
girls of his sate-the ds-and his part in obtaining for
District schools $170o0000 for school buildings he
would if here be interested in the contention that
surrounding the construction of addition to the Park
View schoolhouse The fight is whether there shall
be fourth story addition or groundloor addition OF
oners The Municipal architect will be responsible for
whatever construction is finally decided upon.
involved questions of cost architecture etc. but
before everything else should the welfare health and
safety children attending this any other school The
people of the community might put up with a fourth
story addition but they asking for ground story add
ton They present forceful arguments in behalf of their
contention One that elementary school buildings should
stories Many child specialists and heart
specialists unalteraby opposed to three fourory
buildings Delicate children particularly susceptible to
ailments which become permanent under unfavo
able conditions such climbing stairs in haste The
thing applies to teachers.
Fire hazards undoubtedly increased the noise and
confusion in changing classes and entering and leaving
building greater and the lower of tall building
darker Plenty of light is essential to child welfare
If the people of Park View united, they to be-
for groundsory addition they should have what they
for That is about all they will get in the way
tef determination in this city Superintendent BALLOU
stands for the principle of giving the people of each
munity what they feel is best for their children That
American principle that is followed everywhere except
the Capital City Of America. Let have little more
recognition of it here than in the past.