New Britain herald., 1926-03-11
PUPILS CAMP PAIGN
 FOR NEW BUILDING
High School Scholars Show Go-Getter Spirit
10 YEARS WITH P. Q.
James J. Graham's Anniversary To- day--Plan Nt, Patricks Party - Struck by Auto-Small Boys Pick cd Ip-Plainyillc Briefs.

The pupils of the high school arc
 conducting an ardent campaign in
 behalf of the proposed new build-
 ing. Greatly excited by the pros pcct of q larger and better adapted
 building, and heartily in favor of it,
 they are carrying out a propaganda
 campaign which is worthy of those I during the World War. They eat.
 talk, and sleep nothing hUt thew
 high school building" urging their
 parents and friends 10 attend the
 town meeting Monday night and
 vote for the plan 10 be submitted
 by the special committees appointed
 for that purpose.
 Cards have been made by the
 pupils and placed in the windows of ' the stores about the center. These 1 posters call the attention of the | townapeople to the fact that the children themselves want added | facilities for study and instruction
 and urge them to bc present Mon
 day night and voting in the affirma-
 tive
 Several of the students have writ
 ten essays on the subject, pointing
 out the needs of the school depart
 mont and urging action on the mat ter. Ono says, in part:
 The need of a new high school in Plainyille is obvious to all who have carefully investigated the con- ditiOns of our present schools. To those Whoh ave been negligent in doing this, l shall try 10 prove its necessity by giving the following reasons;
 Our first and second year high school pupils are being accommodate ed in the Linden street school, but the time is fast approaching when the third year pupils and the fourth year pupils will have to he provided for. The school cannot be used for high school pupils because 1t is needed for children from the gram mar school, which is now over crowded.
 ''ro meet the college entrance TO- qurcmcnts, science laboratories, commercial convcnicnccs, and q gymnasium are necessities. Plain vile will soon he of the map" if the boys and girls do not have a good high school education. The cost per pupil will be far less than when tho high school pupils attend cd in New Britain and Bristol.
 Tt is necessary 10 provide q high school which will accommodate pupils in the future as well as at the present time. Additions make building more costly than if it was all built at once. If the citizens Of Plainvillo would realize the facts much money would be saved in the constructing of our new high school"
 Additional reasons are set forth by another pupil, q freshman, who says in part, Tn the Linden street | school every scat in several of the | grades is taken. In the Broad street ! school the children of certain grades ! are receiving their education in portable buildings where the heat in | the summer is almost unhcarabln. 1t ! is Impossible 10 ventilatc these i buildings properly and in the win ter heating is a very difficult pro- i hlcm."
 The original elevation Of tho now school as prepared by the architect . may be seen by the public in the of Thralls drug store.
 Ten Years With P. O.
 Jomes J. Graham, assistant post master of the Plainvillo post office, Is celebrating the 10th anniversary of his connection with that office today. "Bud', as he Is known 10 ! everyone in Plainvilo. went 10 work in the post office as q sub-clerk on March II, 1916. After only four months he was promoted to tho position of assistant postmaster and nas held that ever since.
 Bud" is very active fin the affairs | pr the Church of Our Lady of l. Mercy, where he is organist, and has an open sesame 10 practically all of the societies in town. His perseverance,, and help 'ul spirit have made himc host of friends among those who see him It his work or meet him elsewhere.