New Britain herald., 1930-07-02

most financially prohibited. To en- large the freshman high school site, or the old high school, would be ex- pensive if additional land were to be acquired, and playground facili- ties of some nature in all fairness to the girls and boys, should be avail able for them. Again, if the old high school were so increased as to take care of the first two years the or ganization. or set-up, would be quite wrong and incompatible with high school practices and procedure on the basis of the six, three and three plan, or junior high school system.
 Therefore. it seems quite evident that only one thing should be con- sidered and that is the purchase of another site. In considering another high school site three very impor- tant items should be considered,- namely: First. a site that is as near midway as possible in the lane of growth of the city. This is easy to determine. Second, the site should also mean that pupils from certain parts Of the city are saved both a long distance to the high school and travel through the citys traffic dis trict. Third, the site should be suf- fciently large 10 enable proper playground facilities which should include a regulation diamond and a proper area for football and track.
 ''Also. in this connection. the site should be available for playground purposes for the city just as the senior high school athletic field is working out and should be real playground center for the youngsters in this vicinity.
 The best available open site that we know of" the judge averred. was located on Burlington avenue and was owned by John Heffernan and John Bachman. The former. real estate man. had already sub divided his portion of the land to be sold as building lots. The board has an option on the property which ex- pires on July 6, but, according to Judge Jennings. it is believed that an extension of time may be ob- tained.
 George ". Hull, local realtor. par tially exploded the plans of the school board when he suddenly arose and offered 10 acres of land on Burlington avenue. "a three-minute walk from the first piece of prop erty," for S2O. .0OO. The property, he said. would require no s15,o0o ex- penditure for filling as would the first proposed. The swail in the oth- or land, he stated. was spoken of by Dr. Benjamin B. Robbins, health of ficer. as a nuisance
 The land offered by Hull ts known as the Fernwood tract It is situated on the west side Of tn" John Jennings school. Hull told the council that he thought the school board was lax in it's search for sul;- able sites and added that the lani which he proposed was known to every person in the city" The mat ter was argued by the council for a long time. Councilman Thomas 4 Tracy thought that Forestvil2 should be given the next chance to have a high school.
 Mayor Crumb. after hearing all sides Of the question, appointed Councilman Tracy, William A. Hayes and Louis G. Parsons to investigate.
 Hayes Comments Board Councilman William A. Hayes strongly commended Judge Jennings efforts in attempting to secure site l for a high school at this time flor the good Of Americas future citi- zens." When Councilman Tracy re- marked that there would be no in- crease in the registration of pupils next year because of the industrial depression. which. he contnded, would force many children to work because of lack of funds, Council man Hayes replied with great en- phasis: All the more reason why they will go to school instead. They can't work when there isn't any work to do
 The two councilmen debated tor ridly on the subject for some time, | Councilman Tracy's contentious were that the needy of the city should bo cared for and money should be sav- cd instead Of squandered. Counc V man Hayes was referred to by his opponent during the squabble as eiI
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 Special Charity Money Voted
 A special appropriation of oo,o0o 10 meet the needs of the charity de- partrlent for the next six months was voted by the council at it's meet | ing at the request of Charity Su- perintendent William r. Smithvicit who informed the council that the yearly appropriation Of s35.ooo has been exhausted because of the in-
 dustrial situation and failure of the
 state 10 forward moneys due. | The council, at the recommenda- ! (Continued On Page 1s)