Evening star., 1925-03-09


incorporated in the first plant all
the educational facilities now estab-
lished in several high schools at diff
ferent points in Washington CEN
tralizing all the senior high school
education in one great plant. To
such plant would go pupils from
all the Junior high schools of the
city.
TT would. not scrap the existing
high school facilities of Washington,
but by using the present junior and
senior high schools all as junior
high schools they would act as
feeders to the master high school
plant. And by planning ahead such
a plant could be sufficiently exten-
sive 10 take care of the growing
needs of the National Capital for
many years to come
Sees Many Advantages.
Mr.. Davis laid stress on the won
derful opportunity" Washington has
to establish a high school system to
serve as world model, and going
into details, suggested national
pageant to be held in the proposed
new high school stadium yearly to
which visitors would be attracted
from all over the United States.
Business in Washington would also
be greatly benefited by the establish
ment of such a plant, he said, to at
tract thousands of visitors here every
year. He said a pageant by the
school children every year depicting
the development of the United States
and its Government would secure the
Endorsement and possible participa-
tion of the President OF the United
States and members of his official
family
The entire project was viewed ia vor-
ably by Mr.. Greenwood, who alluded
to it as the largest educational oppor-
tunity ever offered Washington. The
Board of Education member saw in the
concentration suggested at the proposed
plant the possibility of enhancing the
development of the normal schools here,
which, he said, are greatly overcrowd-
ed. Not only would academic courses.
business courses and arts courses be Of
fered, he declared, but the greatest
technical and vocational high school
plant in this country could be estab-
lished in such concentrated loca ton
as would be offered under the plan Mr.
Greenwood hoped the Endorsement of
Senator Capper would be given the
project, adding that the Kansas Sena-
tor deserved much credit for the five
year building program embarked upon
by school authorities Of Washington
and authorization of the expenditure of
s19, 100000 to this end THE National
Capital ought to be a mecca for educa- :
tors and serve as model for educa :
tionai facilities to all the world" he
added.
Transportation No Problem.
Mr.. Greenwood pointed out that tn .
progressive development of the CEN
trail nigh school plant would solve the
high school problem in Washington
by concentrating high school develop
ment on one high school rather thar
on several scattered schools, with tn
possibility that new schools would
soon be outgrown by the growing
population of the city. He called at
tention to Western High School
where additions now being completed
will only equal present demands and
leave the normal growth of the high
school population in that section un
provided for.
From the transportation standpoint
the location of the great centralized d
plant on the outskirts of the city
could be easily reached by street cars
and bus lines at an hour in the morn
ing and afternoon when travel from
the city to the outskirts Is light. Mr.
Davis and Mr.. Greenwood agreed
The Labor Secretary suggested that
possibly half-fare arransement
could be effected with the transpor-
tation companies to fill cars and
busses ordinarily running unload ed
from the downtown section following e
the morning and afternoon rush
periods.