Evening star., 1925-03-14

dental clinics found In all of Balti-
more's new schools. While not i'm
pressed with the auditoriums in the
new senior and junior high schools,
the trio made a careful study of them
In the schools visited. The community
feature is emphasized in Baltimore's S
School auditoriumS. They are built
with direct entrance and exit on the
street and with scores of windows.
Lunch Served by Pupils.
The other two schools inspected
We're the Mordecaigist Elementary
school and the Forest Park Senior
Junior High School, the latter an or
nate structure, which was pointed out
as the most inexpensive building
erected in Baltimore since the war.
The cost was % cents per cubic foot
Washington has been paying 80 cents
a cubic foot
Preceding the inspection of the
combined junior-senior high school,
the committee was entertained at
luncheon by Supt West. The food was
prepared and served by the domestic
science class of the school. At this
luncheon also were a number of other
Baltimore school officials, who ex-
changed ideas in regard to school
house construction with the Districts
school planners.
The combination gymnasium and
assembly hall in the elementary
school and radiators built in the wall
and guarded by screens seemed to in
terest Mr.. Harris most. Mr. Green
wood centered his attention at the
elementary school on the movable
furniture in the primary grades.
Chairs and desks were not arranged
In any particular system and left the
teachers free to arrange the class
rooms according to their individual
taste.
Criticize LunchroOm Location.
One feature of the new Baltimore
schools criticized unanimously by the
committee was the location of lunch
rooms on the top floor, which results
in numerous inconvenienceS and
makes necessary the installation of
elevators to carry foodstuffs. Lunch
rooms in Washingtons schools are
located in the basement.
After viewing the Baltimore schools
DR.. Ballou was asked for his out
standing impressions and gave them
in the following statement:
II was particularly interested in
seeing the six-year combined senior
Junior high school, which is organ
ized and operated as a unit rather
than as two separate orEaniza tions,
as is usually the case. My impress
sion is that there is no advantage in
such construction and that it should
be undertaken only when the num-
Der of pupils in the junior and senior
high schools combined are too few to
Warrant two separate schools.
/ Baltimore recognizes this arrange
ment only as temporary and contem-
plates two separate buildings in the
Immediate future. l was also inter-
ested to observe the separa ton of
the schools from the academic work
in the Forest Park Senior-Junior
High School. The only advantage in
this is the removal of the noise in
the shops from the main structure
In my Judgment, this advantage is
bffset by the serious disadvantage of
making 1t necessary to pass out of
doors In all kinds of weather from
the shop instruction to academic In
struction. I consider the proposed
arrangement of the new Mckinley
Technical High School which Mr..
Harris is now developing to be far
Superior. The shops in Tech are to
be in one wing of the building, with
the academic work in the other. SEN
arated by an auditorium.
Praise Washington Schools.
81 have a feeling or satisfaction
and confidence in what we have been
going in Washington. I will gather
new ideas and make use of them if
IL is found that other cities are do
ing something better
Mr.. Greenwood said he. was partic-
ularly pleased with the very thor
ough and complete way in which
Baltimore has undertaken to give it's
school children every educational ad-
vantage. / was deeply impressed" he
said, with the incidental equipment
for domestic science and other spe-
cial classes. 1 also was Interested to
learn that while Baltimore's new
school auditoriums are beautiful,
they don't have the necessary stage
equipment to put on fine productions
as are given in Washington.
"Other things that interested me
were the dental and medical suites.
And think! In Washington we can't
even get a proper medical staff, much
less money for that sort of equip
ment."
Mr.. Harris said he found the de-
sign of building generally of very
high quality, we'll lighted, ventilated
and arranged. -
II am satisfied that we must spend
more money on our schools to give
those added features which will make
our buildings attractive architecture
ally"