Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-01

here to portray the school SYSTEMS faults
IN an exaggerated light. The two re-
porters who Uisited each school building
are merely presenting the conditions as
they san them.
The eighth article DEALING cith another
school system divfsion piH appear to-
Morrop.
Nowhere in the District of Columbia
can stronger contrasts in school house
accommodations be found than in the
combined tenth and eleventh divisions
Of colored elementary schools.
The 81 school houses range from the
up-to-the-minute John r. Cooke
School, which was completed only sew
eraI years ago and includes all the
n1odernity typical Of the new schools. to
the tiny Chain Bridge School. which
relies upon an old-time wooden pump
for its water supply and lacks even
an approximation Of a sewerage system.
Unsurpassed In Congestion.
There is the district centering about
Tenth and u streets, formerly served
by the old Garnet and the Patterson
Schools, which gave way to the new
Garnet-Patterson Junior High School,
that probably is surpassed in the mat
ter of congestion by no region. although
some may equal its unsavory and UNI
fortunate record. Contrasting is the
Reno section, where a four-room school
Is adequate without a single part-time
or oversize class.
Congestion in terms which embrace
all the schools of these combined di-
visions is shown by the existence Of SO
part-time graded classes, 10 portables-
all of which are set up in long-estab-
lished neighborhoods- 142 out of
as classes of more than IS pupils each.
which school administrators and
teachers unanimously declare the maxi
mum number that should be placed in
any one class today.
The two divisions, further, have only
three auditoriums, thus making the
complete exercise of present-day edu-
cational methods generally impossible.
These are at the Mott, the Cooke and
the Cleveland Schools. A fourth audi
torium soon win be added to these. with
the completion of the 16-room and as
sembly hall addition to the Morgan
School, recently transferred to the COL
ored divisions from the white school
units.
A building building description of
the schools as seen by reporter for
The Star follows:
Cleveland.
Cleveland School, Eighth and T
gtreetS-Twelve rooms, four portables,
eight part-time classes; total ENROLL
ment, s2l; total sittings, $50. There
are is oversize claSseS-6AB of Al; two
5AB's of AZ and As, the latter quar-
tered in portable; three 4AB's of 4S, A
and AZ, the last in a portable in which
extra odd chairs are being used for
overflow; Sab of So; two 3A's of A
and IS, latter in portable; two part
time 2As OF So and 40; two part-time
lbs Of 50 and AZ; three part-time las
Of Al, 81 and 40. Other class in port
able is a 2AB of IS. This portable is
one of the oldest in the District, having
been among the first purchased in 1910
or 1911; it lacks ceiling; was so cold
the day reporter for The Star visited
It that many Of its pupils were wearing
galoShes to keep their feet warm. and
1t Is the same building in which the
same reporter found temperature Of
more than 100 degrees when the mu-
nicipel architects inspecting engineers
examined all portables last Summer.
Other part-time class is q 2B Of a.
Prlncipals "ofhce" is a corner of a
cloak room; the auditorium is insufi-
GENTLY lighted; hot-air heating plant
Is giving insufficient heat and the toilet
rooms are badly lighted and were cold
the day the reporter called. Play
ground, occupied by the portables is
useless; children play in blockaded
street.
Harrison.
Harrison School, Thirteenth and w
Streets-Eight class rooms, three port
aples, eight part-time classes; total en-
rollment, 678: total sittings, 4SO 1929
IN main building and % in portables)
There are IA oversize classes-two 5ABs
OF AZ and 43; 4B Of ~ in a portable:
TWO 4As Of AZ and SO; a part-time 3B
OF a in portable; a part-time ga of
A In portable; another "a of A:
part-time 2B of As; two part-time GAS
OF 40 and SO; part-time 1B of As and
Two part-time las of Al and A. Two
klnoergartens of AZ and 81 alternate in
use OF same room. The portables are
located on v street between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth, block away. Despite
large classes, regulation school flrni-
ture Is provided for all by crowdinp
class rooms. Toilet rooms are old.
fashioned in equipment and design and
are cold; virtually no playground Girls
nave no play room and boys rooms is
OF III lighted vault" type; teachers
room Is inadequate.
Mott.
Mott School. Fourth and w streets
twenty-five class rooms in connected
OLD and newer units OF the building:
Two part-time classes: total enrolment.
!.O48; total sittings, 1000 There are
10 oversize classes-6B Of 43: two GAS
OF 50 and one of 80; a SD of AZ. in
which odd chairs are used for overflow.
two 5As Of Al and 40; Alb of Al: 81 of
q; 3AB Of 80; two 3A's Of AZ and az:
1B Of A; lab of IS and two part-tine
Ia OF 40 and A.. Two kindergartens
OF 40 and SO alternate in use Of same
room. There are two adequate carpen-
ter shops, good domestic science room
ana q good sewing room. There are
toilet rooms In both building units.
tnose In old wing are cold and damn
and are equipped with old-fashioned
Iacnitles; those in new wing are mod
ern, better heated and lighted. Audito-
rum is good. but needs new window
shades. There Is good pupils lunch
needs Restricting.
Langston.
Langston School, P street near North
Capitol street-Eight rooms: total en-
rollment, $50; total sittinRs, 326. There
are three oversize classes-lAB of So
IA OF 46, "A Of ~. kindergarten
class OF 4s and pre-primer class of ~
alternate In use of same room Toilet
rooms are dark and have old-type eoIir;-
ment; the boys play room is cold; hot
air heat insufficient for upper floors.
teachers lack rest room. but have tinv
unheated toilet room; playground
scarcely adequate.
Slater School, p street near First lad
Joining Langston) Eight rooms; total
enrolment, 800: total sittings, SAT
There are f1ve oversize classes-5B of
81, 4AB of 43, two 6A's of 80 and 81.
3B OF 40. Steam heat good for upper