Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-10
SCHOOLS
FOR LIBRARY USE
Dr.. BoWerman Suggests
Temporary Quarters Be En-
pIoyed for Branches.

Establishment of branch libraries
in senior and junior high schools. In
grammar schools, rented and public
buildings, to serve primarily as stop
gaps for the present city-wide need
of library service until permanent
| branches can be opened in separate
buildings was outlined to the Ma
| tional Capital Park and Planning Com
mission yesterday by DR.. George r.
| Bowerman, librarian of the Public LII
| brai'y. in requesting the commission TO
select sites for II separate branches.
Estimates totaling $S1 400 for the
establishment of branches to serve
adults and children in two senior high
schools. five junior high schools and
two grammar schools have been sub
mitted for the fiscal year beginning
July /, 1927, and Maj. u. S. Grant, Sd.
as director of public buildings and
public parks has been petitioned by
Dr. Bowerman to have canvass con-
Quoted by the Public Buildings Com
mission for appropriate spaces in Gov
eminent buildings which would serve
until separate branches can be erect
ed. Should there be no available
space in the vicinity of Eleventh
street and Pennsylvania avenue and
seventeenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue, DIR. Bowerman, under au-
| thority of law, would be forced to rent
! quarters.
The school buildings for which esti-
mates were asked to open branch
libraries are: Eastern High School
! and Armstrong Manual Training
school, CORDOBA, Langley, George
town, Francis and Stuart Junior High
| Schools, and DeanwOod and Garnet
| Patterson Grammar Schools. 1t also
| is proposed eventually to establish
branches at Macfarland Brightwood
| and jefferson Junior High schools and
Park View, Wesley Heights and Con-
duit Road Grammar schools.
Would Enlarge Central Library.
Or. Bowerman's plans also call for
the enlargement of the main library
building. The Central Library, he
said in his letter to the commission,
lis located about the center Of popu-
lation. but somewhat off usual lines
of travel; access dangerous for chill.
dren on account of traffic conditions
building full to running over with
books; cramped and badly arranged
Tor the administration of a large H.
brary system. Building should be en-
lar@ed by the completion of the rec
tangie, and the new parts devoted to
administrative purposes. This would
set free for public use space in pres.
ent building much needed for that
purpose"
Under the heading. Branches in
school Houses" DIR. Bowerman's let
ter TO the commission said:
Such branches are designed to af.
ford library service to the adults of
the neiShborhoods as we'll as to the
pupils attending the schools.
Junior high schools: 1t is proposed
to establish such branches rather gen
orally i'll the Junior high schools, part
~ beca use such schools are regional
in their service and for the most part
suburban in their location AS there
is no provision for the maintenance
Of school libraries in such Junior high
schools, the branches of the Public
Library VIII render q school library
service as well as a general library
service. Where Junior high schools
are located near branches of the Pub
lie Library no branch library will be
established in them. Moreover, as
new branch libraries are built in the
vicinity of such junior high schools
the branch library service will be dis
continued. Such branch libraries are,
therefore, likely to be somewhat tenn
porary in character-that is, they will
sometimes be stop gaps, and their op-
Grafton will perhaps serve as demon
STATIONS of the need for the larger
service to be rendered by full.fiedged
branches.