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

an exaggerated lioht The ttDo reporters
toho Ufsited each school building are
merely presenting the conditions as they
The ninth article dealing ,Dith another
group OF schools mill appear tomorrow.
Crowded conditions are found in a
great many of the schools of the
thirteenth division, which includes all
the colored schools of the southwest
ana southeast, most of those in the
northeast and few in the northwest
south of New York avenue. There are
AZ part-time classes in the division
above the kindergartens.
oversize classes are the rllle-not the
exception There are approximately
100 classes, or nearly 20 per cent Of the
whole number. that have more than
50 pupils each-the desired maximum
4or a modern elementary class.
OF this number 81 classes were found
TO have more than 40 pupils each
the practical maximum within which
the local school authorities are try
ing 70 keep each. class. Nine of these
classes had so or more pupils each.
There are several new buildings, or
buildings with recently erected addi-
lions, but the ajority of the structures
are old. Several like the Lincoln and
Cardoza graded school, are strikingly
out of date.
In the entire division of 90 buildings
there are only 4 assembly halls-at the
new Bell, the Birney, the Burrville and
the Garfield.
Heating plants, toilet facilities. space
Tor supplementary instruction and play
furniture, ETC., vary widely Some
buildings are satisfactorily equipped
IN q few particulars and woefully lack
ing in others.
The crowded conditions in the divi-
sion are shown not only by the large
number OF part-time classes and over
size classes, but by the fact that seven
OLD wooden portable buildings are be-
ing used. These structures suffer from
all the ills that portables are heir to.
Report on Conditions.
Conditions in each building, as OBJ
served by this reporter during a sur
vey conducted in the last three weeks,
are as follows:
Lincoln School, Second and streets
enthusiastically so years old and
recommended for abandonment many
years ago; IL class rooms; total enroll
ment, 1913; total sittings, 457; no part
time classes; five classes have more
than 50 pupils each, three of them hav-
ing more than 40 each; no portables
The ONCE OF the supervising principal
of the division is in this building. The
ONCE of the administrative principal
for the Lincoln and GiddingS schools
is located in a small room, which also
is used as a teachers room, a rest room
and nurses office. The building is nat
urally dark on one side, and electric
lights must be used most of time. A
steam heating plant is satisfactory. Old
style toilets are located in outside, I'M
heated brick shed connected with
building by covered passage. There is
no hot water in the building. An in
side playground for boys in the base
ment is dark, and there is no girls
play room. The outside playground is
very meager and children must use
closed street. There are no coaching
rooms. The building is dingy inside
and out. The inside walls need paint;
the halls and stairways are narrow.
Building is generally unsatisfactory for
a modern school.
Giddings School, Third and G streets
southeast class rooms; total enroll
ment, 480; total sittings, Sal; four part
time CLASSES; two one-room portable
buildings: crowding apparent every
where. The part-tine classes are Ia
with IS pupils, "a with A pupils, lib
with 81 pupils and 2B with AZ pupils
There also are two kindergarten
classes, morning and afternoon, using
one room; seven classes have more
than IS pupils each, four of them hav-
ing more than 20 pupils each. Light
ing Is satisfactory; hot-air heating
plant is fairly satisfactory; ventilation
play rooms; size Of Fairgrounds is sat-
isfactory, but only small portion is
available for use, the rest needing
grading and resurfacing.
Jones School. First and L streets
northwest-Eight class rooms; total en-
rollment, 365; total sittings $685. 2
part-time classes. One first-grade with
Al pupils and one first with As pupils;
no portables: all classes have more than
IS pupils each. five Of them having
more than 40 each. Lighting is salts
factory; steam plant gives adequate
heat; toilets old style, in fairly good
condition: two basement play rooms;
outside playground too small, needs re-
surfacing and better drainage, being
muddy in wet weather.
Bannecker School. Third and K
streets northwest-Eight class rooms;
total enrolment, 403;. total sittings, BAL;
no portables; part-time classes. One
first with A and one first with So
pupils. Chairs have to be borrowed
from kindergarten TO accommodate
pupils in these diversified first grades
Every class in building has more than
40 pupils, except one, which has 80
pupils. The lighting is satisfactory:
steam heating plant satisfactory; old
There is virtually no outside playground
and request to close street to traffic has
been denied. Cloak rooms are used for
coaching instruction. This building is
very crowded throughout. Teachers
have difficulty finding enough sittings
Tor pupils Chairs are shifted from
one room to another and frequently
are too large or small for the pupils
using them.
Ambush School, Sixth and L streets
southwest-Eight class rooms; total en-
rollment, 344; total sittings, 1874; no
portables; part-time classes One
first with 80 and one first with Al
pupils; classes have more than IS
pupils each, Of them having more
than 40 each. The lighting is salts
factory; steam plant does not heat
northwest rooms in cold weather salts
lacCorny, new plant or auxiliary
furnace is needed; toilets old style. not
suitable for kindergarten children; two
basement play rooms; outside play-
ground very meager and more space is
badly needed. 1t is not practicable 70
use the street as playground because
of the heavy trafic-street cars and
buses.
CardOza Graded School, First and I
streets southeast--1O class rooms; total
enrolment, 419; total Sittings. 436. no
portable: eight classes have more than
IS pupils each, five of them having
more than 40. When all pupils are
present in these latter classes there are
not enough chairs and desks to 90
around. This building is old and gen.
orally in poor condition. The halls are
naturally dark, but electric light
throughout the building is satisfactory.
Old fashioned iron stoves heat the first
floor and old hot-air furnaces heat the
upper rooms with difficulty SCOT being