Evening star., 1925-03-23
SCHOOL BODY
VISITS ROCHESTER
BaIlou and Harris Study New
Junior High System
in Use.
~ . stan Correspondent.


ROCHESTER. y. =. March Ga
WashinSton's school planning com
mittee, minus Ernest Greenwood. vice
president Of the Board of Education.
today resumed IT'S search for new idAs
in school construction in this city.
which Is one Of the first 10 daveIop
the junior high school Mr.. Green
wood, detained in Washington because
OF the pressure Of business. will ioin
Supt Frank W. Ballou and Municfpa
Architect Albert l. Harris. other
members of the committee. in Buff
falo tomorrow.
1he Madison Junior High School
hochesters newest addition to the
Junior high school system. was the
hrst building inspected by DR.. Bal
lou and Mr.. Harris. both of whom,
We're impressed deeply with its eIab-
orate plans for teaching manual and
industrial arts. The committee spent
the entire morning al this school and
'hls afternoon Will visit three varied
types of elementary schools The
Madison Junior High School is a buce
bu1idlng containing l41 rooms. II cost
approximately $500. GNH. or 42 cents
per cubic LfoOt. just about . cents
more than Washington is paving for
It's Junior high schools.
some Of the outstanding features
ol tne Madison Junior High Schools
Whlch Dr. Ballou and Mr.. Harris
studied carefully. were the natatoriup,
and an adjoining laundry wbere - thn ~
oath1nG suits are scientifically cleaned
and dried. They also manifested keen
interest in well equipped dental
hyslene laboratory. an integral mart
OF all OF Rochester's new schools
vice each year the Rochester school
children are compelled to have their
teeth cleaned and examined
Financing Difficult.
The conversation with the Rocbes.
ter school authorities deyeloped the
fact that this city, like every other
city IN the country, is nnding it in
creaslngly d. nCult to finance p,rF,lir
education. Those who have eiyer
close study to the problem. il was
pointed out, clearly recognize that il
cannot be solved by any economies
however drastic, that may be effected
IN carrying out the present public
school program.
In other words, the city authori.
ties, the Bureau of Municipal Re.
search and the Board of Education ot
Rochester are unanimously agreed
that it cannot go on with all the
work that it is doing in the public
schools and live within the financia
limits set by the State constitution
l. e. per cent of the assessed valua
ton of the previous year Rather
than hamper the school program. the
city has borrowed more than $4,000
900 within the last few years fol
school expenses, exclusive of con.
stTuction projects.
While inspecting the Madison
Junior High School. DR. RaIlou apt
Mr.. Harris met another inspection
party from Yonkers, y. Y. which i.
schools in various sections OF tht
country. This party. headed b!
Lamond F. Hodge, superintendent O.
schools of Yonkers. remained with
the Washington school planners
the trip from Washington to Roches.
ter alone and was met at the, depo
here this morning by Supt Ballol
and two of Rochester's assistant su.
perintendents of schools, j. +, Bar
ker and J. P. O'Hern, who escorted
the visitors on their tour. DIR. Ballol
came here direct from New Yorl
City, where he attended Saturday
reunion of the alumni of the Pots
dam On. W Normal High School. o
which he is an alumnus.
After its tour of inspection il
Rochester, the committee will leav,
for Buffalo. where it will make
survey tomorrow of some Of its new
schools of recent construction.