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Show PARERIT8-TEACHERS IT ! QIMCY SCHOOL j . ENTERTAINED The Parents -Teachers association of , the Quincy school met yesterday at j the school and enjoyed an excellent program of dancing and short talks j by the young students of the school, and also a talk by J. U. Eldredge Jr., on the school bond issue. Officers for I the ensuing year were elected. The , progiam was as follows. Folk dance, by pupils of the third I grade. Recitation, by Miss Irene Yates. Minute talk on Liberty bonds, by Master Harry Richardson The School bond issue bv J. (J. Eldredge El-dredge Jr. A Twelve Month School Year, by Miss Moyes. The following officers of the asso- j ciation were elected for the ensuing year: Mrs. H. C. Marchant, president; Mrs. J. T. Reeves, vice president. In speaking regarding the necessity of oiin the school bonds, Mr. El-j dredge ; i 1 in part : Those of you who have visited the Central Junior high school know of the deplorable unsanitary condition of this old remodeled, repatcherl structure, struc-ture, built 32 years ago as a church and which In the first place was totally to-tally unfit for a modern school building build-ing where our children are housed the larger part of each day for nine months of the year, "The lavatories arc a disgrace and a menace to the health of the pupils attending there. The heating system Is totally inadequate and dangerous and no amount of replacing could possibly put it in condition to properly proper-ly heat the building. "All agree that the lighting arrangements arrange-ments are such that the pupils are at a great, disadvantage as in most moms lieht comes into the room from two sides instead of one, which probably prob-ably accounts for so many children with defective eye-sight. The rooms are over crowded and it Is necessary in some class rooms to have two pupils to a seat. I believe the aver age a 1 1 eiiuaiice in men room uj ue GO to 70 when the regulations for modern school structures provide not to exceed 35 per class room "The present structure has a rapacity rapac-ity of 350 while 550 are attending, making it impossible for the pupil to pi ogress to the extent that the parents par-ents would wish and to which he or she is entitled as an individual. Remedy for Condition ' The remedy for this frightful condition con-dition is to erect a modern structure on the present site, capable of prop-erh prop-erh housing at least 1000 pupils, where sanitary conditions, light and heat and general environment, will give to our school children, that to I which they are justly entitled a modern mod-ern school building with all equipment necessary to the development of the pupils mcntallv, physically and morally. mor-ally. "We cannot hesitate because of cost. All progressive communities have long ago ceased to measure health, education and means of right,! and proper living In dollars and cents. It would be better for us to give up .m'I the worldly wealth we possess il it would be the only means to se cure those things which make for better future citizenship and present health and happiness of our children. South Washington School "The South Washington school la In practically the same condition as the j Central junior high school, excepting that the sanitary conditions are even, worse. The building is a veritable fire j trap, with its wooden partitions; Its! oil soaked floors, small stuffy hall-Ways, hall-Ways, etc. It is so constructed that the second floor has but an K Inch outer out-er wall which is liable to collapse and j which certainly would collapse in case of fire starting in the basement. The possibility of a great catastrophe' which would possibly follow a fire or a collapse of this building makes one shudder in its contemplation. That so many of our children are permitted to go to school under such conditions is certainly a reflection on our Intelligence Intelli-gence as an enlightened, pfogressie community. 1 am told that more than 500 pupils are attending this School at the present time. New Building Necessary "A new building capable of having at least 1000 pupils should be erected on South Washington avenue at the earliest possible moment "in, COnclU OH I Will say that the remedy for such unsanitary uncivilized, uncivil-ized, if not criminal conditions, which surround SO many of our children in those two districts, 1- now within your power. Our board of education has proposed to the taxpayers of Ogden that $500,000 school bonds be Issued for the purpose of building two modern mod-ern school structures at ihe present locations, one at the Central junta high school and one at the Washing ton school. These buildings will and should, to care for our present and future needs, and to be a credit to our city, cost In the neighborhood of $200,000 each. Other school buildings throughout the city are in need of minor Improvements and repairs which will cost approximately with the necessary equipment, $100,000. "Our school board has appointed a committee of representative conservative conserva-tive business men of Ogden who will consult and advise with the board, not only to see that the best possible price is obtained for the bonds, but that the monej derived therfrom will be expended only as needed and for absolutely necessary purposes." |
