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

to the part-time classes mentioned
above there are kindergartens, using
the same room at different periods.
Smothers School, Forty-fourth street
| and Washington place northeast-lO
class rooms total enrolment 290, total
sittings, 1922; no portable nor part-time
classes. Three classes have more than
IS pupils each, 2 of them being above
40. There Is room for visual educa-
ton and another for domestic science
work. The lighting is satisfactory, and
steam heat is satisfactory. Toilets are
| modern. There are no inside play
rooms. The playground outside is
ample and was being surfaced. 1t had
not been fenced. The reporter found
Semblance Of grass. This is a new
building and the grounds need grad
| ing. In front of the building there
is new concrete sidewalk, but the
streets that bound it on the other
/ three sides have no sidewalks.
Garfield School, Twenty-fifth street
and Alabama avenue southeast-Twelve
class rooms, only five of which are used
| for classes. There is a good assembly
hall. but it is inadequately heated.
There are no portables and no part
time classes. Total enrolment, 156;
total sittings, SAT. Five of the class
rooms are used for supplementary in
struction, one for domestic science and
one for sewing instruction. Only one
of the five classes has more than IS
pupils-a combined SAB and CAB
! grade with 38 pupils. This building
\ has plenty of room, and the COM
nunity is not growing in population.
The lighting is satisfactory, but hot
1 air furnace does not heat the entire
building satisfactorily. Some of the
rooms not used for regular classes have
to be closed in very cold weather.
| There Is an abundance of SCOT. The
| toilets are strictly modern and are con-
nected with a septic tank buried in the
| ground about 200 yards from the build
ing. They can be connected with the
| city sewerage system as soon as 1t
/ reaches this point. There is no teach
| ers' toilet. There Is a play room for
boys, and the girls play in one of the
extra class rooms. The playground is
/ ample but needs grading and fencing,
/ particularly as it is near q much-used
automobile road.
/ Birney School, Nichols avenue, near
| Howard road northeast-Sixteen class
rooms; six of these rooms are in new
section; also an assembly hall. There
are no part-time classes and no port
ableS. Total enrolment, 572; total sit
/ tings, 500. Nine classes have more
than IS pupc;S each, all but one of
| them exceeding 40. The rooms are all
crowded and extra chairs and desks
have had to be placed in many rooms.
! A. Ia grade has So pupils. This class
has movable furniture, but only 81
double tables and AZ regular chairs.
Borrowed kindergarten chairs are used
to make up the deficiency, and most
of the pupils sit three at a table.
| The lighting is satisfactory and so is
the steam heat Toilets are old style.
There are two play rooms for girls and
one for boys Playground Is fairly sat-
isfactory in size and surface. There Is
no Office for the administrative prin-
cipal, who has a desk in the main
| corridor on the first floor, where 1t is
exposed when community center and
other public meetings are held there
at night. An addition to the building
seems to be required to take care OF the
children in the oversize classes.
CrummeII School, Gallaudet avenue
and Fourteenth street northeast-Six
class rooms, total enrolment, 1892, total
sittings, 241; no portables; three part
time claSses-one first, sharing room
at different period with a kindergarten,
and another first and second grade.
| rive CldSSco lldNC lllOAC Jlld1l RuPAAo
! each, one of them having more than
40. The first grade in the kindergarten
| room has 35 pupils. This room has
only 26 regular sittings, and some of
| the pupils use long benches and crowd
around the kindergarten tables. The
| lighting is satisfactory. An old hot
air plant gives uneven heat and walls,
! etc., are soiled with SCOT The build
! ing Is detached and exposed to winds
ON all sides. 1t is impossible to heat it
properly with the old furnace. Toilets
| are old style. There are two base
( ment play rooms. The playground is
too small and needs resurfacing and
| grading. In wet weather 1t is very
muddy and rain water backs up to boys
entrance 4 and inches deep. There
| is an office and teachers rest room,
but the equipment is poor. There is
no teachers toilet.
Logan School, Third and q streets
northeast-Eight class rooms; total
enrolment, 467; total sittings, 351; no
| portables; four part-time claSseS-three
! first grades and one second grade.
| Nine classes have more than IS pupils
each, seven of them having more than
40. The part-time second grade has
81 and the fourth grade SIS pupils.
| Folding chairs are used in several of
| the rooms with diversified classes and
| there are not desks enough to go
around. In some rooms some regular
furniture Is broken and unfit for use
The floors are In poor condition in some
rooms and number Of the stationary"
seats cannot be securely screwed down
The halls are small. The daylight is
poor in four inside rooms, but electric
light is satisfactory. The steam heat
Is all right. There are two basement
play rooms with half windows. Each
has steep flight of steps to an open
| half-length window, through which the
children reach the street by STOPPING
down to pass through. There is a play-
ground but it is across the street from
the school. The teachers room is too
small. The chief need of this school
Is more class rooms, better play rooms
and better furniture for pupils and
teachers.
Douglas School, First and Pierce
streets northwest-8 class rooms. total
enrolment, AGO. total sittings, 1856; no
portables; two part-time claSses-both
first grades, one OF 40 and one of AZ
pupils. All of the 8 graded classes
have more than 40 pupils each, two of
them having more than so. Extra
chairs are used In many Of the class
rooms where the regular desks and
chairs will not go around. The light
ing Is satisfactory; steam heat all right:
toilets Old style; two basement play
rooms. There is no playground. the
children playing on Pierce street. AS
First street Is an arterial highway. ID
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