Evening star., 1925-03-15
NEW SCHOOLS HERE
MUST PLEASE EYE,
INVESTIGATORS SAY

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ditional school accommodations and
floats d bond issue, which is paid off
by an extra mills per 81 tax as
sessed against property owners.
Inspect Medical Units.
With their interest aroused over
the medical and dental units included
as An essential feature in modern
schools, DR.. Ballou, Mr.. Harris and
Mr.. Greenwood made it a special Or
der of business TO inspect clinics in
the Philadelphia schools, and were
surprised to discover that the school
planners in that city did not take
them as seriously as the Baltimore
school designers. The medical units
in the Baltimore schools take up two
and three rooms and are equipped with
beds and such apparatus as is usu-
ally found in hospital clinics. The
Philadelphia schools give but little
space to these units, whose equip
ment consists principally of first
aid chest and an eye chart.
The lunchrooms in the Philadelphia
schools likewise are smaller and less
elaborately equipped than those observ-
ed in the Baltimore schools. While Bal
timore has put marble topped tables in
It's ulllS, mas eCOIlO-
mized by using wooden benches with
wooden stools attached which can be
folded under the tables when not in use
Numerous distinctive features in
school planning were noted in the Phila-
delphia schools which were not found in
Baltimore. Among them were moving
picture machines, hidden from view in
the auditoriums by booths built flush in
the wall folding iron gates at various
points in the corridors handicapped
window sills throughout; marble walls
in the main corridors. and terrazzo fin
lshed floors in the corridors
Visit "Model" School.
Edwin c. Broome, superintendent
of the Philadelphia schools, conducted
the Washington school planners on
their tour of inspection which began
at the unique Logan Demonstration
School. 1t is a model school. having
corps Of teachers picked for their
progressiv ideas in education. Older
teachers who become rusty" in the
service. il was pointed out by Mr..
Broome, are sent to this school, to
learn the latest ideas in educational
training.
The Logan School is a 32-room
building, with a capacity for 1,600
pupils. 1t is a. six-grade school, pro-
iholiHS u In6 junior hlgl
school. The committee devoted a
considerable portion of its time in
this building, studying folding doors
between classrooms. whereby three
classes can be converted into one
large class for special work. The
committee. however, was not i'm
pressed with this feature.
The Roosevelt Junior High School,
a magnificent structure in German
town was next visited by the COM
mittee. 1t has "a rooms, 56 are used
for class purposes with a pupil ca
pacity of 1000. The auditorium in
this building is in the center, so that
it can be cut off from the remainder
of the structure when used for COM
munity purposes, and heated and
lighted independently. The school
has ample indoor and outdoor play
space. There are two gymnasiums,
one for boys and the other for girls.
Both are large, well lighted and
equipped.
Cost AZ Cents Per Cubic Foot.
The John Story jerks, an eighth
grade elementary school, was the
final school inspected. 1t has IS
rooms, including separate gymnas-
iums for boys and girls with adjoin-
ing locker and shower facilities, a
teachers dining room, medical unit
and library.
While Philadelphia's new schools
are architectuRally beautiful, we'll
designed and contain many features
recognized as essential in modern
education, they are costing about AZ
cents a cubic foot. Mr.. Harris esti-
mated that the latest additions to
Washington's school accommodations
cost between 81 and 35 cents per cubic
foot.
The inspiration Mr.. Greenwood
picked up in Baltimore over movable
furniture, was discouraged somewhat
by Supt. Broome, who pointed out
that he had been unable to SELL
this feature to Philadelphia Only
few rooms in the Quaker City
schools have been equipped with fur
niture OF the movable type. Mr.
Greenwood likes the movable furni-
ture idea and indicated that he
would make an effort to have it in
troduced in the District schools,
especially in the primary grades.
All three members of the inspec-
tion committee announced on their
return last night that the results of
the initial trip have been very graft
flying and have furnished them with
many new ideas in school construc-
ton which would prove profitable in
planning the new buildings provided
In the construotion program.
The committee, however. Will con-