Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-31

to the fact that the public and the chill
dren walk over 1t.
ROsSelIe.
RosSellc, Ninth and E streets south
west: Eight class rooms; seating capac-
ity, $40; enrolment, 1856; no part-timc
classes; lighting satisfactory; heat sup
piled by old hot-air furnace and rooms
sometimes cold in Winter; new heating
plant applied for; small rooms t1at
might be used for special activities not
heated; old-style toilets; play space
about one-third of what is needed, so
that children have to play on closed
street.
Amidon.
Amidon, Sixth and F streets south
west: Eight class rooms, one being used
for a teachers room and ONCE COM
bined; seating capacity, 285; enroll
ment, 238; no part-time classes; light
ing satisfactory, except that artificial
light Is frequently needed in some of
the rooms that do not get much day
light, one flrst-grade room requiring
electric light all the time; old-style
toilets; hot-air furnace, very old; base
ment cold; old stoves in the toilets;
second floor sometimes too hot; SCOT
and coal gas very bad, walls, ceiling
and desks being often blackened; vir-
tually no playground and children use
about 100 feet of street closed to trafic
at certain periods; building badly in
need Of repairs: teachers equipment,
chairs, desks, etc, in poor condition,
although some new furniture is being
supplied; exterior unsightly, no lawn
space; plumbing generally old and in
poor condition.
SnaalIwoOd.
Smallwood, I street between Third
and Four-and-a-half streets southwest:
Eight class rooms, one of which Is used
for manual training, one for domestic
art and one vacant; seating capacity,
1852; enrolment, ITO: no part-tinae
classes; lighting Satisfactory; hot-water
heating plant, generally satisfactory:
playground space sufficiently large, sur
face concerted; old-style toilets. This
is very old building, but 1t Is In fairly
good condition. -
Bowen.
Bowen, Third and X streets south
west: Eight class rooms In old portion.
five class rooms in new portion, also
one room for o wood shop and one for
domestic art; two of the Is class rooms
AAC VaCoA1t. SCabulB CAPdClIy, 4141 en-"
rollment, 1884, no part-time classes;
lighting satisfactory; new steam heat
ing plant, satisfactory: toilets old style,
but may be modernized In Spring;
playground adequate as to size, but sur
face In poor condition.
Greenleaf.
Greenleaf, Four-and-a-half street be-
tween NJ and N streets southwest:
Eight class rooms, one vaca 1t; seating
capacity, 260; enrolment, 203: no part
time classes: lighting satisfactory;
steam heating plant, satisfactory; old
style toilets; playground too small.
Brent.
Brent. Third and D streets south
east: Eight class rooms, seating ca
pacity, 200; enrolment, ass: no part
time classes no rooms for manual arts
or other activities outside of regular
class rooms, boys and girls must 20 to
another building in all kinds of weather
for such work, lighting satisfactory,
steam heat satisfactory, old-style toilets,
Fairgrounds large enough, but needs
resurfacing and draining, also fence
and gates for protection against. tres
passing after school hours. This play
ground in wet weather is so muddy and
has so much standing water that 1t Is
UNIT for use. The terrace In front Of