New Britain herald., 1928-10-19
BOARD OF FINANCE APPROVES .SA,000
 FOR H. s. ADDITION
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 be carried out because 1t would not stand. while another didn't even hit the program. Mir. Levitt said.
 Questioning by MT. Kelly brought cut the fact that the auditorium will cost about $l25,000.
 That's rather expensive" MT. Kelly opined.
 "It's economical" MT. Levitt an swered. ''the Strand theater cost more than half a million dollars"
 But" Mr. Kelly shot back. you're not building theaters. you're building schools." .
 Burr Speaks for Auditorium
 Committeeman Henry T. Burr was asked to discuss auditorium from g teaching standpoint, M-. Burr having had wide experience as an educator before entering the in- dustrial field. He said that audi toriums are not a notion of the New Britain school board. but that they have been put into every large high school built in this section Of the country for the past 50 years. These halls should be large enough, and usually are. he said, to accommodate all pupils for whom the building is intended and he would regret it were he a school principal without an auditorium large enough to meet all his pupils at one time. It would be an innovation not to have a large auditorium. rather than to have a small one and he insisted that the burden of proving it's case rests with the group which would exclude auditoriums.
 Daily emblies, group singing. student councils, dramatics and public meetings should make an auditorium usable at least once a day and usually two or three times a day, he pointed out.
 Mayor Paonessa stressed the need for careful study because of the city's financial condition and the straitened circumstances in which many property owners now find themselves. Delay is justified, he argued, because the proposition is . large one and the school commit tee has not always conducted itself without mistakes.
 Tn a proposition as large as edu- cation, wouldn't it be strange if there were no mistakes?" MT. King asked.
 That's quite correct. Mir. King" answered the mayor, but it wasn't necessary for the school board to create this rumpus."
 MT. King explained that the board had ordered him to bring the ques- ton to the board of finance and tax ation and that he was only doing his duty.
 Paonessa Critictzes School Board
 -Four or five years ago" the mayor began, ''the school board came out with a statement that a great many pupils were going on part time, and they were put on part-time. One week of investiga- ton reduced the number on part time by 50 per cent. At the same time Mir. Holmes came out with a financial statement. which I studied and found to be incorrect. Later on your board sent children to the Stanley school in the cold. There was no heat: the children were re- quired to go to their homes shiver- Ing from the cold. l took steps to have the heating pipes connected. It was a small job, but it wasn't be- ing done by the school board. Yet was criticized. I feel it is my duty. and instead Of criticism, the school board should give me an op- portunity to investigate.
 Fears 31 Mill Tax
 we must have elementary schools. The $540.00o the school committee wants means the equiva- lent of five mills. which with our present rate would be 31 mills We would have to spend on elementary