Evening star., 1925-10-23
MAY GRADE PUPILS
ON HEALTH HABITS.
BaI!ou Outlines Physical
Training Plans to Connecti-
cut Ave. Citizens Body.

Grading Of school children on health
habits and practices. as they are in
other subjects in the schools, Is the
aim 'of L.r Frank w. Ballou. super.
intendent of schools, he declared in an
address before the Connecticut Ave
nue. Citizens Association at meeting
in All Souls Parish Hall, Cathedral
and Connecticut avenues, Wednesday
night.
In relating the plans of the Board of
Education for the incorporation of
combined assembly halls and gym
nasiums in all of the new school
buildings to be erected in the future.
Dr. Ballou said there may be an idea
IN the minds of some people that the
entire effort should be directed to.
ward supplying additional classrooms.
Physical training is fundamental, he
said, and without the inclusion of
gymna Sums the school building pro-
gram could not be considered an eco
nomic one. The value of proper health
training cannot be overestimated, he
stated. and without gymnasiums and
assembly halls pupils will not profit
intellectually.
The same support given by citizens
to the measure providing a five-year
school building program. he said.
should be directed toward securing
appropriations for the carrying out o.,
the provisions of that act. If carried
out rs prescribed in the program the
city'S school needs will be adequately
provided for by June 30. 1880. and it's
effect will be felt by the children of
the next two or three generations. but
il Congress fails to make the neces-
sary appropriations the program will
he a failure.
Three New Schools Needed.
DIR. Ballou cited proposals for school
development in this section. which
with the rapidly increa sing population
will neCessitate the erection of new
grade. junior and senior high schools
the latter to be located possibly in
Reno. where it is proposed to establish
n park, playground and stadium. All
schools of the future, he said, will be
of the eNtensible type. which can be
added to as the needs arise. All fu
ture schools will be erected with base
ments above ground, permitting of
fresh air and light.
The association pa assed resolutions
urging the necessity for a new bridge
over klinsle Ford. Immediate action
is sought in this matter and the re-
quest will be made that the present
structure be strengthened pending the
erection of a new span. A letter frem
Commissioner Bell was read in which
he said that the plans for the new
bridge would be along the lines of the
Tiger Bridge on Sixteenth street. be
ing a single span of concrete, but he
doubted the possibility of the estimate
for it's erection being included in next
years budget
Installation of an adequate light
ing system on Connecticut avenue is
to be urged upon the Commissioners.
1t was pointed out that there is but
single row of lights on the stretch
OF highway from Porter street to
Chevy Chase Circle, and the lights
there now are placed too high on
the poles to afford much illumination
for the heavy automobile traffic.
Resolutions were adopted congratulate
Ing Maj. Hesse on his appointment as
superintendent of police and pled-ing
support to his administration. The
Commissioners were commended for
their selection.
William S. Quinter. president of the