Evening star., 1935-03-10
EDUCATION CENTER
BEING SOUGHT FOR.
ROOSEVELT AREA.
Citizens, Parent Teacher
Groups Push Many Plans
to Achieve Aim.

A plan for a huge recreational and
educational center on the site OF the
tuberculosis Hospital when that in
stitution moves into the Glenn Dale
Sanitorium in 1895, is taking form
among several of the civic groups OF
the North Washington territory.
For many years, associations of the
area have urged establishment OF
schools, libraries and Fairgrounds
where the present hospital stands, at
the same time protesting establish
ment of hospital on this site.
Last week the Manor Park Citizens
Association adopted resolution which
favors a plan suggested by the Roose-
welt High School Parent-Teacher As
sociation recently, asking for the
establishment of teachers college, a
senior high school, junior high
school, two elementary schools and a
public library at the hospital site
bounded by Thirteenth, Fourteenth,
Upshur and Allison streets, in dis
trict estimated to have more than 50,-
600 inhabitants.
Manor Park Proposal.
Ernest H. Pullman, president of the
Manor Park body and chairman of the
Legislative Committee of the Parent
Teacher Association, said DR.. Allan
Davis, principal of the Roosevelt High
School, had suggested that the prof.
ect be carried out under the proposed
public works program.
The parent-teacher association has
submitted the plan to DR.. Frank w.
Ballou, superintendent of schools; the
District Commissioners, the National
Park and Planning Commission and
civic bodies for their support.
Recently DR.. Ballou suggested that
the Wilson Teachers College, at
Eleventh and Harvard streets, be re-
located at the Upshur street site
when the hospital is transferred. The
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission at a recent meeting con-
sidered plans for establishment of
recreational facilities at this location
Last month the Piney Branch Citi-
Eens Associations special Library
Committee brought in report favor
ing the converting of the nurses
home of the hospital, directly oppo-
site Roosevelt High School, into a
library. The plan conflicts with the
plans of 10 years standing of the
Petworth Citizens Association for
establishing a library at Georgia ave-
nue. and Upshur street on the south
east corner of the Roosevelt High
School site. However, should the
Petworth plan be successful the prof.
ect would still be in the proposed
center.
Opposes Hospital.
G. L. Shorey, president of the Piney
Branch Association, said his group
many years ago opposed the erection
of the tuberculosis Hospital at its
present location. The association has
always held the area should be used
for recreational and educational pur-
poses, he said.
Although no action has been taken
on the new proposal, Shorey said
F. C. Merritt, chairman of the Spe-
cial Library Committee, will report
tomorrow night on the nurses home
project. When advised of the action
of the Manor Park Citizens Asso-
citation, he declared, II am sure we
would be in favor of this use of the
hospital site"
Horace j. Phelps, chairman Of the
Library Committee Of the Petworth
Citizens Association, recalled the op-
position expressed by several associa-
tionS OF the area at the time the hos
pital was erected and the previous
successful efforts of civic bodies to
prevent the erection of Gallinger Hos
pital on the property
Many of the citys women's organ
tZations have favored the transferring
of the Dennison Vocational School
from its present location on street
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets to the southeast corner of Alli-
son street and Arkansas avenue. This
latter site lies in the extreme north
west corner of the proposed center.
Women Support Plan.
Mrs. Phelps revealed she had rep
resented the Federation of Women's
Clubs before the Commissioners in
behalf of proposed $280,000 appro-
priation for the transfer of the voca-
tiolal school from its present loca-
tion to the proposed site. She added
that Mrs. Harvey Wiley, president of
the women's group, appeared before
the Budget Bureau to support the
project and while neither has yet
been successful, both will appear be-
fore the Senate Subcommittee on Ap-
preparations to seek inclusion of the
appropriation in the 1886 District
budget.
The action of the Manor Park asso-
citation has been sent to the Fedora
tion of Citizens Associations for its
support. In addition, the association
has notified the Park and Planning
Commission and the Board of Edu-
cation of its Endorsement of the action
of the Parent Tea chnrc' Association