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Show SUPERINTENDENT IS DELIGHTED OVER THE VOTING OF THE DONDS AND OUTLINES WORK TO fiEDONE Superintendent Johnson made the following statement, expressing pleasure pleas-ure over the victory for the school bonds: "The Children of Ogden are the happiest hap-piest people on earth today. I had a number of requests today to" celebrate the great success of the bond issue, and the pupils and teachers are cele brating by doing the best studying and giving the very finest service possible. "No city in the world can boast of a finer typo of children. The conduct in every school gives evidence of a beautiful home spirit. To work with ;i ?roup of childreu in the Ogden schools fills one with enthusiasm for the very beBi in teaching, courses of BtQdy, apparatus, ap-paratus, and buildings. "By yesterday's -soto the taxpayers of the city went on record for the verj best buildings and schools for the children chil-dren of Ogden Durinc: the last iw; years I have been convinced that Ogden Og-den would provide adequate buildings as soon as the war closed, and to this end I have given considerable attention atten-tion to the needed buildings for the school district. "Wo have in the office detailed plans of some of the most noted junior hich school buildings in the country, as well as full reports made by committees studying the problem. We realize that the problem will he worked out during the coming year in the way of a com-prehensile com-prehensile building program for I den is by far the most important problem prob-lem befon the city. "The teaching force connected with the buildings to be improved will give the matter careful study. We appreci-ate appreci-ate Lincoln's saying, When an occasion occa-sion is piled high with difficulties, we must rise to the occasion.' "The teachers in every department are planning to work out the details for their rooms. All these suggestions must be used in a careful study to be presented to the board of education, who may present it to the citizens' committee and the architects they select, se-lect, if we m:iy hope for buildings that will prove to be up to date and con venient in every way. Tentative Plans. The result of the preliminary survey sur-vey made of the school plant and enrollment en-rollment Jndicates quite clearly that two junior high school buildings are needed; a central building, and one for the south part of town. These build Ings must be large enough to accommodate accom-modate a probable enrollment of from 800 to 1000 junior high school pupils at each building, besides the grade pupils pu-pils of the south part of town The present Lewis building is better bet-ter adapted for grade work than junior high school, and will in all probability probabil-ity be used to take care of the grade children around the building who are now forced to walk great distances to other schools. It is planned to install a modern toilet toi-let system at the Five Points school, - to put new floors in most of the rooms, and to build an outside entrance for the basement room. Minor improvements will also be made at several other schools. At the Grant, Pingree and high school the roofs must be renewed. Careful study of buildings and de tail plans will be started at once, so that the school children may be provided pro-vided with the much needed room as soon as possible. |