Evening star., 1938-10-02
CITIZENS SEEKING
SCHOOL ADDITION
Program for Year Drawn
Up by Rhode Island
Avenue Group.

'VStsNS W VAPs
Omcial objectives for the coming
year have been compiled by the Rhode
Island Avenue Citisens' Association.
which opened It's regular season last
month. Dr.. Freeman Weiss, who has
served as president Of the group for
two years, will complete his term at
the next meeting, when elections are
to be held.
Taft Junior High School still re-
mains the chief thorn in the associ-
atoms side. For over three years
efforts have been made to secure for
the present structure the construc-
ton Of two wings and q gymnasium,
as specified in the original plans for
the school building. Shortly after
completion Of the school as 1t now
stands the association Investigated
and found the condition Of classrooms
"overcrowded, locker facilities made
quate and no possibilities for an in
door recreation center" A resolution
was adopted protesting these points.
Recreation Lacking.
DR.. Weiss, who has worked closely
with his School Committee. headed
by George Gee, pressed the issue with
the School Board, pointing out the
fact that the children on school days
had no recreational activities In in
clement weather, that individual classes
were far over the quota. The ensuing
action Of the District, however, was
to divert the overflow to the nearest
neighboring junior highs. Langley and
Powell, which. Mr.. Weiss declares,
aided two-thirds Of the question for
the time being.
THE inevitable snag," Mr.. Weiss
states, "materialized when the COM
munity commenced growing on q
rapid scale, witness the new Brent
wood Village community Of several
hundred families. 1t stands to rea-
son that Langley and Powell cannot
handle overflows indefinitely, and
Taft School will certainly face the
same problem again unless 1t Is fully
completed as intended according to
official plans"
Other school problems Of the COM
munity in need OF urgent" solution
include completion Of unfinished rooms
in the Woodbridge school as well as
construction Of an auditorium-gym-
nasium, acquisition OF site for an
elementary school in the vicinity Of
Twenty-second street and Bunker Hill
road and for q senior high near Six
teenth street and Rhode Island ave-
nue.. all in the Northeast. Along leg
islative lines the association intends
to carry on efforts to require payment
Of tuition by nonresident students Of
District public educational institutions
and development Of q full-time all
year program OF supervised recreation
Of school Fairgrounds.
The Rhode Island group will renew
action to secure full-time library serv-
ice at the Woodbridge Sub-branch
Library and Endeavor to impress au-
thorities with the need Of . perma-
nent branch library centrally located
In the area.
Paving Projects Sought
A List Of new paving and street i'm
provement projects has been formed
by Committee Chairman ]. H. DurAnd,
including the following: Franklin
street from Twenty-second to Twenty
fourth streets, Twenty-fourth from
Quincy street to Bunker Hill road,
Twenty-fifth from Perry street to
Bunker Hill road and Twenty-sixth
from Monroe street to the same road.
Opening. grading and surfacing Of
Twenty-sixth street, Rhode Island
avenue to Monroe street, is also listed
among the projects. Curb and gutter
installations desired are Douglas street
from Twenty-ei street to Bladens-
burg road, Hamlin from Sixteenth to
Seventeenth streets, both Hamlin street
and place from Rhode Island avenue
to South Dakota avenue, Twenty
fourth street from Rhode Island ave-
nue. to Hamlin street, Twenty-sixth
street from South Dakota avenue to
Evarts street and Twenty eighth street
from Franklin street to Bladensburs
road.
Expressing gratitude to the Park
Commission for extending the day
and year Of the Langdon Park sea-
son, the association nevertheless will
insist on provision and development
Of two new entrances to the park, at
Eighteenth and Franklin streets,
Twentieth and Hamlin streets, re-
spectively, as we'll as installation OF
comfort stations In the park.
The quotas Of two standing COM
mittees have been hlled by Mr.. Weiss,
those Of the sewers and water body
and lights and mails. Members serv-
ing on the former are D. ]. Burke,
chairman: A. E. Hummer, Ernest H.
Wyatt, Guy w. Pearson, M. L. Palmer,
w. s. Pratt, g. N. Becher, F. j. Ken
nedy: the latter group includes Ches-
ter r. Smith, chairman; Joseph B.
Cook, D. A. McIntire, M. L. Schirmer,
H. w. Smith, John H. Timke and H.
w. Titus.