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son iday nily her v ith self, ison nity by vithsediewandsta-indlayRofreJohn Niederhauser, ex-member of the Board of Education and a member of the building- committee while a member ot the board, in un interview with the Xcws Monday said I do not care to embarrass the Board ot Education. They have hard enough woik without pay. But there are certain matters which ought to have been placed before the people. They should be given an opportunity to decide ar the present time whether they want a new high school or to spend $100,000 on an admitted mere makeshift.in the first place the proposed addition will not relieve the situation any Quicker that a new building would. The contract for the proposed addition can not be made in less than thirty days, which would bring the time of building into July. Additions of two stories to eight room buildings have been commenced early in April and were not ready for occupancy until the holidays.Hi at argument for immediate relief is false.When a member of the Board I saw the pressing need of a new high school building, I urged on the Board of Education the necessity of action then, but they did not pay any attention to it.Financially, I wish to say the figures given in the “Morning News’’ of Monday are correct and w'ould call attention to this significant fact, that bears out, the News.Crystal Park school was built In 1906, Stark school in 1907, Summit School in 1908, while WashingtonTo Old High SchoolEXPRESSIONS FROM CITIZENSWhy don’t theyFollowing are a few expressions on , in neiiheast canton, the $100,900 school bond issue for an build (here, addition to the high school which I 11. Cohen: 1 a.gie» with tin Timescomes up for the people’s approval I that we should not have the additionat the election Tuesday. In securing j but. a new building. thvse no person who was seen favor-1 City Treasurer Poorman: if theed the idea of building the proposed addition, but all preferred a new high school building;C N. Vieniy; *•[ am utterly opposed to the $100,000 bond issue for an addition.herd Zettler; They need a new-building. i graduated from that rattle j trap and know, a fine new building could be erected for what the proposed addition would cost.’’A. T. Dennis: The Times is right in the stand it takes. I am opposed to the addition to the high school.E. M’. Shreiner: It is foolish tobuild an addition. Our young people are building on the outskirts. Evrn-money were for an entire new l j|lt;l ing, located elsewhere I favor it; siuee it is for an addition. 1 am op posed to it.”Police Captain Patterson: l amin tavor of more school buildings but no addition to the present high school building.Attorney .1 II Sponseller No bond issued for me for the purpose of tin addition.City Auditor Brumbaugh: That istoo large an amount for an addition to i lie high fichqpl and 1 will not favor it.Health Offher Dallinden: Iwould favor u new school building in preference tlt; making any additionstually they will furnish the high I the old one The present place isK stlldenth- Thlt;- b°ard has a lot I cramped and more room is needed.Av.nue am tdio three additions to If thlt; same ratio carrlea out with ward school buildings were built sim the high school addition it will cost ultaneously in 1909. Here is the nig-j over It'u.ooo more tliar the same num-nmeant fact: ; Washington. Avenue her of rooms would jn an independent school, an independent ward school I building. Those figures were for building of six rooms, was built at a ; buildings alone, not including heating, cost or $lo,,48, while the average j plumbing and ventilation.«?®t °f thl'ee four nfm additions was I The conditions in regard to light ;,d4G. The tour room addition to at the High School building win beof the wings would be much longer.1 think an addition to the high school in, tin m nh side to ly impractical i( lie.s reason-': No siderooms l.i ing north are well lighted My exp icnci with additions to the ward buildings Hiowt that when ad-J dittoes are built on any side. It iisii-| ally inter! m with oulit in iln rooms | of tin- old building, next to tie ad-| dit ion. The proof of this ain one tan ■see by investigating conditions in tie i ward buildings where the reaclmi-I complain about the poor light end vent nation.To put the addition to the high school will dc troy two rooms for reci tation purposes and senoush affect tin' usefulness of three others. The distance between the buildings would only be nine flt;-ef while at the ward school buildings it is twelve or tliir tlt; ■'ri feet The plans provide for the abandonment of two rooms,My comic lions .are based on the actual oh crvatioiis of conditions While tlm thrci rooms in the high •chool huii dnn would b- seriously at tecti'd, (otiditiun would be ton-fold worse if the rooms in the new addition were bail: on (he walk line. Tim noise there would be intolerable.ItA high school building in the northLiberty street school alone cost $!lt;;,000. or more than building.worse than in the ward hnildinTamsix room new | since it would lie a three instead oi a _ i two story addition and the extensionend would not only relieve the situation in the high ■ bool but also schools in t.lie north and make ir necessary to go to the expense of building grade schools. | hardly think it is fair to make eighth grade pupil,- walk two miles to school a: is suggested might be done.RAnit nA i___IBM*na
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Canton Morning News
Canton, Ohio, US
Tue, May 17, 1910
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