Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1930, Page 4

SCHOOLS ARE FOUND DARK AND CROWDED Antiquated Heating, Lighting i and_ Plumbing Revealed & " in D. C. Survey. % (Continyed From First Page.) Corcoran School, lacking a single port- l.ble. p.n-ugle Class or oversized class ln'-hc'hnledlvfihnuuumonly four schools with auditoriums or combi- nation assembly hall and ‘These are the Curtis, E. V. ney and Oyster Schools. m urch School, which epened next week in area, will give the division its sembly hall, nearing completion, the Oyster School. But it has also the old School with its four hot- boasts the New Key sehool destined to be & 16 or 24-room Wwith every modern facility, and nurby it owns l.he antiquated wooden Cn-m Tell Story. Comparisons are odious, perhaps, but they tell the story of &e D' schools as they are today. One by one, the buil and their mptcun conditions were found as fol- m School, Twenty-eights street between M street and Olive avenue— ‘Two stories, eight elass rooms; total en- nnmm&uzdulwm sittings, 259. seven hpflnlpd corresponding stairway cipal's fimmntmmmuum Hyde School, Thirty-second and © stories, eight class rooms; total enrollment, 290; total sittings, 291. swmrmun!urah-u one, available rnln( Gordon Junior High Sch u.ledtarmhmg All graded classes oversized—Kin garten, 52; three first -.fl.“ and 41; two second , 36 and 37: combination third the E. V. Brown School, in Chevy Chase, has been brought in to work in a corridor use for regulation adjacent to a wooden stal Thc windows in the that no daylight whatever is availalbe for the exacting work d needle-threading and ited hot-air furnaces and a corridor on which it faces. The sheet alling against the furnace doors as the class picture lbl"e. the photographer’s flashlight bas flooded the dimly lit the children themseives never enjoy. ther school house. Only in outhouse, whi Seven | sewer system, is en! triet Health Denu&mld V-ll linic ent dental clinic mhc-chaolchfldnno Addison School, Thirty-third and P street—Two stories, seven class rooms; total enroliment, 190; total sittings, 195, One oversized cll-, & 4A-B 37. A combination 2A and 1A “opwr- tunity” eh- has 27 puplls, and another special has 17. The basement “vault” plly Tooms are so cold that principal forbids their use; bad weather held in class and lunches eaten ecoal dust nu'auxhout building—inade- quate; reporter found building tempera- ture low. School personnel declares only constant feeding of soft coal will produce a maximum of 70 degrees in cold weather. Playground needs sur- facing. Teachers have small stair land- ing lunch room, but no couch in build- ing for emergencies. Key School, Hurst Terrace and Dana place, Potomac Heights—One story ao- ulkd taur-room extensible buil total enrollment, 1 'o".l littln‘x, 20!{ one part-time clm All class rooms occupled. Theu are two with oversized.classes—a part-time first grade with 41, and & combmnlon d of 38. Com- grade of 33 is . _Smallest class lass; play in cor. in bad weather, working h-rd- ship upon children coming great dis- 'Ancud Ink lhlll. suburban ."I‘A sl"k- ground, leveled space clay bank, nelther fenced nor surfaced. All Combination Classes, Reservolr School, Elliott place and Potomac avenue; two mrt-. frame- stucco construction, class- rooms; total enroliment, lM Iotll sit- hnn '160—No room fiiled; are combinations, such as 25 puplls in one room doing 4B, 5A and 5B work, and another of 30 dof ‘all classes | 8if 1A and 2B, ac- | 3 Wr t::un%hll nr;chxu :i;d ':: e Tat ly water su m unhoused bubble fountain, w%lch froze ency room by home and school 18- tion, which pays u.hr‘.:x fulltime matron, Main b\nldlnlcn b excellent; tollet facilities old-fashioned; play rooms m'fg Ifir heavy roll, but well lighted ally, Portable housing 4B class not warm; two doors lgrunz, permitting cold air en- try; several bolt holes in floor whe; pupils’ feet rest, allow air draft suf- le n-:umly strong to extinguish a lighted umlchool. Albemarle nrm near avenue—Two stories and numenud by '.hm and 1 nxtam“ . “f'r fiié"?.f“ffi fourth grade, s tings, necessitating odd h:tr:l::rux;nd crowding room. One “oppo! y class™ is oversized % | of 3¢ vidual” attention each pupil is -up- posed to receive, while other “oppor- tunity” classes have 22 and 31, resepe- tively. The unassigned room, which vrdunrfl‘ would be used for wumn. or special class handicaps purposes, has Eupu.s by absence of regulation blu:k- 3 Tug;el:"rroom uml!or Pcoul;- and cou t of scl 's Parent- ’Tngu:h!l Association, placed in audito- rium, where sick children may rest, ‘Teachers’ lunch room equipped with gas stove which never has be'n con- nected with gas mains, mf xwm. mes ately lighted and he- for menual training classes, (urcln‘ boys to play in corridors or class rooms in weather. Building’s walls never tinted, now dirty. Play- ound unsurfaced, 80 school's ashes are jumped on it; students themselves pick up big cinders and stones on periodic “rock days.” This school expects to have portable assigned to it to meet next semester’s increases. Tollets mod- ern and huw\' and lighting all right, ‘Tenley )], Wisconsin avenue at Albemlrle streets, two stories, eight class rooms; total enroliment, 276; total sittings, 273. All class rooms occupied; four oversized classes—combination second and third grade, 50 with 42 sit- tings, necessitating tables and odd chairs in room corners; second gra 43 with 42 sitings, e i hair, dergaten, 55 with 50 l'e(\lllficn ll'.unll ‘Whole buildi needs painting; toflets old-fashi dark and cold. One class room used as cooking household arts center. Play rooms ML!‘IHM and ventilated— girls’ room only one window and & door letting out onto & deep and nar- row areaway. Heat and light all right, High Enroliment. E. V. Brown School, Connecticut avenue and McKinl meet 2 stories, 6 rooms, 3 portal 6 part-time to their respective status. Chief = to obtain more pupils. Build~ room, one of 51, the other of 53 g sif articifiall; yground adequate. ‘Wesley Bfl‘h':q portable unit, Ne"- ew a m“4 in part-time 2B. Mltmn, [3 ~time classes are 1B of 31, 1A of , 2A of 35 and another 1A of 35, ‘Two kindergartens also share umplk S | trom 4 Brald Branch Roard Portable Unit (under E. V. Brown, principal), Thirty- third and Oliver streets; two one-room structures, equipped with separate toi- let and water facilities. '41'0'.61 enroll- ment, 72; total sittings, 84. One over- size class of 42, 2B, 3A and 3B grade pupils. Other portable houses 30 1A, l. and 2A puplls. Heat in class typical rtables. Tollet outhouse, connected wl sewer, but bitter cold. Unhoused hydrant and bubble fountain froze dur- ing recent cold wave, and lchool unit got water from neighboring house. Both structures lighted. 0dd Chairs Are Used. Grant Road, Portable Unit (under E. V. Brovn, principal, pending ognln( of new B. W. Burch School adjof |n|), Thirty-seventh and Davenport nree four one-room structures with separal tollet and water facilities; total em)ll- ment, 204; total sittings, 185. There are four oversize classes, two of which are on part-time combination 6A, 5A and 5B, of 43 pupils; combination 2A and 2B part-time class, 36; combination 1A-1B part-time class, 50, and combi- nation 4A-4B, 41. Tables and odd chairs are used to accommodate excess children. Heat and tollet equipment | jg typical of portables. These five classes form the nucleus of the new Murch School's enrolle'me‘x;!, 'lklk:h probably opened ne: 'l-lvlol'?l: fi‘:‘l‘nn School, Thirty-fourth street and Lowell place; two stories, 16 rooms, portables, four pln ume classes, and two kin room; total enroliment, uv. wtll sittings, 811. [Eighteen oversize classes—8A of 36, TAB of 45, TAB of 42, two 6As of 41, another 6A of 42, two 5 ABs of 40 and 39, rupecuvexy, 5A-4B of 36, 4AB of 45, 4A in port able of 43, 3AB in portable of 42, an- other 3AB of 42, 3A-2B in portable, 41; 2AB, part-time, 43; 2A of 43; 1B, flrt-llme. 39; 1A of 40. Only an BAB grade of 34 and a 1A grade of 85 fall within the “ideal” maximum roll limits. One kindergarten has 40 pupils, an- other has 50, both using the same room on alternating shifts. Manual training and domestic science are taught in basement rooms, while the sewing classes use a small room in- ten for offices or storage purposes. While in good condition -nd ‘modern, toilet facilities are limited in number. The building’s play rooms are too small fo rthe roll, and bad weather recesses are held in c(\l;: The les were found comfortable. James Oyster School, Calvert and Twenty-ninth streets; nine classrooms and -assembly-gymnasium, extensible bullding of new type, uitimately to have 16 rooms; total enrollment, 356; total sittings, 376, _Seven oversize classes, 7TAB of 37, 6AB of 40, 5AB of 46, 4AB of 42, 3AB of 36, 2AB of 38, 1AB of 43. The only class within ideal led, | imits 1s the 8AB, of 31 Kindg has pup! 43, recently reduced All but the S8AB room are decld-dly wmdm H’lhbll‘{h '-l‘wrew ull sufficient ation _furniture o commodate even the largest class. The Star reporter was told the rooms of this structure were designed to seat 32 children, and in virtually every instance ‘where the roll exceeded 356 rows of movable desks and chairs were Junlned inst windows or blackboards. a small basement library room wn.h shelves, which also accommodates sew- classes, now being equipped, and a (.qu ro‘:n in ‘;l'm‘.h the 8 matron. This school's white-plastered u' b/ w:uhuun Schoc:, mv-m and pass to and from the toilet ~—Star Staff M streets—Two storles, 8 class rooms; total enroliment, exclusive of school for crippled children, which is quar- tered in this building, 124; total sittings, 140. The 4 second-floor eclass rooms are occupled by regular classes, only one of which is oversize— that is the combination 3A-4AB, which has 40 w{fla Contrasting are the com- binat AB-6A of 32, the combination 1AB of 28 and the combination 2AB-3A of 24, The crippled children’s school, on first floor, contains 39 pupils and will be described in a later article. Building’s heating plant of four anti- quated hot-air furnaces supplies un- even warmth and, by virtue of thetr facing on common corridors, are re- ponfible for much tracking of dirt mrou(hout the building. One plny room dark, deamp and cold and is DNV"I’(‘!ed w".h‘n’fonl‘ little ‘Ili’nhfluwl. another, equ: uncomfortal i slightly lighter, Plumbing Is Inadequate. Fillmore School, Thirty-fifth and T ltmw—-’x"a -llnrl-s, elght unusually large total enroliment, 460; wm ll".lnu‘ 417; two part-time classes, two portables. Nine oversize classes: 6AB of 48, 5AB of 41, 2 4AB’s ot !'I and 38 respecnvely. :AB of 43 portable, 2AB of 44, 2 part-time lAB! ot 36 each, combina 1B2A of 44. “op] rlunlty" class bf 28 first, sec- ond and third grade puplls is quartered in a portable. Two kindergartens of 33 and 32 children, rspectively, use one room in lltemnunx shifts. A tiny store is used for coaching purposes, Main building class rooms exceptonally well Ilshmd, heating good, but »lumh- old and toilet rooms cold. Play- lraund adequate despite space occu- w by portables lnd featured by at- tive garden Grant School, 0 street at Twenty- first—Three stories, 12 roonu, total en- rollment, 472; total st oversize classes, 8AB of of 50, 6AB of 43, SAB of 48, 3AB of 37, 3A, 2B of 38; 2AB of 47, 1AB of 44 and another 1AB of 42. Class rooms are fairly large and additional regulation school furniture has been installed for excess puplls. One class room is oc: ESIDES secur- ing the regular 3% on your savings in this bank you can take out a Time Certificate and obtain 4% when your savings reach $100. A Time Certificate matures in 6 months and your agreement is forfeited if you make a withdrawal before that time—but you still receive your 3% interest dating from the time you took out the Certif- icate. “YOUR BAN 1726 Pa. Ave. N.W. Phone District 2709 Under U. S. Government Supervisigm ADMIRAL KIMBALL DIES AT AGE OF 82 Navy Submarine Develop- ment Pioneer Is Victim of Heart Attack. morning from a home, 1757 Q street. He was 82 years old. Graduating from the United States Naval Academy in 1869, Rear Admiral Kimball’s naval career was climaxed in 1908 with his appointment as rear ad- . Retired two years later, he was,| Cq recalled to active service during the World War, occupying an executive position in the historical section, office of operations, in the Navy Department. Commanded Flotilla. Interested in the combat phases of submarine development, Rear Admiral Kimball was torpedo officer of the first two torpedo craft of the Navy in 1874, later organizing and cdmm&ndlnl the Atlantic torpedo boat flotilla Spanish and American War. John P. Holland, inventor of the Hol- land submarine, one of the first practi- cable underwater craft, once wrote of Rear Admiral Kimball, “Submarining owes more to him than to any other living man.” Besides his activity in organizing a submarine fighting unlt, lu.r Admiral Kimball was interested in land warfare, designing and constructing the first armored used by United States In 1909, 88 commander of the Nica- raguan expeditionary squadron, he com- pleted his last active command. was & member cl v.h. Metropolitan Club ul ln avy Club of America. ¥ Rear Admiral Kimball is survived by his widow, Mrs. Esther Smith Kimball. Burial will be b = whmponrflyl Arunnm etery. take place later in Paris, Me. FORMER BANK EMPLOYE HELD AS EMBEZZLER Cashier Swears to Warrant Ac- cusing One-Time Bookkeeper of Institution. By the Associated Press. aAMBOl, Ala, January 27.—J. g, former bookmper nt the de-~ funct Hflt National Ba { Samson, was under bond yelmda m\ :t‘mn u‘}m with the g emm Tobbery ect Tepo! the institution December 31, which re- sulted in its suspension. He was ar- rested Saturday night. Moring was arrested by William J. ey of the Attorney Oenemll ent on & warrant sworn out by the cashier of the bank, J. Norton Mullins, circuit solicitor, sald Moring denied hlr' DE VALERA’S PARTY BACKS | i INDIA’S LIBERTY PLEA Cables Sympathy Wth the Effort to “Smash the Power of the Invader.” - | By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, January 27.—The acting resident of Pianna Fail, Eamonn de alera’s party, yesterday cabled Ma- hatma Ghandl and the president of the Indian National Congress committee at Lahore expressing sympathy for India's n.rurh for independence. e cal said: “Republican Ire- land ulut.u you and sends warmest ex- pressions of “sympathy with you and your comrades in your renewed effort to_smash the power of the invader.” cupled by domestic science classes while lflvlnz sessions are held in small office~ ype chamber with only two windows, nunem light is & necessity. Manual training el use basement play room which is badly lighted. Toilet rooms are very badly u%ua poorly ventilated and are cold, fle facilities are old. Pla; ind 18 in fair condi- tion but sl id be larger. Residence on west side of bullding darkens lower floor class rooms. Teachers’ “rest room" the | parts of the country for publ t aviation in general, Gen is & corner of a class cloak room, but prineipal’s office is adequate. 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High Altitude and Night Fly- ing Pictures Are Basis of Award. Air Corps Pilot’s Courage Is Lauded by Fechet in Announcement. His high altitude and night photo- graphic flights having been adjudged the most meritorious achievements by an Army Air Corps pilot during the put ynr, Capt. Albert W. Stevens, Alr has been awarded the Mackay Tmph.v for 1929, it was lnnolmced to- day by the War Departmen Am ccg long lchuvunenu of Stevens which won him the was @ night flight over the National Caplital on the eve of President Hoover's lnnugunl.lun during which hé made {:mum. th the ald of heavy flash- light parachute bombs, of the Capitol and White House, These pictures were sent by telephoto to newspapers in all tlon on the morning of Inauguration daj ‘Three Major Flights to His CNIII. ‘Three major flights by Capt Stevens were the basis of the award, it was an-' nounced by Brig. Gen. William E. Gill- more, chief of the training and opera- Mlsnl'rmdlmllo;lh of t:l‘:l Alr kL, and chairman of the board of award. ‘These flights rn.lpuelkd in a m:hflll contribution to the Air Cq o g2 The flights were the result of 1ong study made by Capt. Stevens of hlch altitude flying and lefllLDhflM{lp pllot, Capt. Stevens flew to an mltude of 35611 feet, a record for two-place airplanes. He made complete and accurate notes of the engineering and _meteorological fne;lurea’ of an’l.fi l”(ht, thla data prov- O l?ll ue to in re engineering umu \Dt. Bteven's activi- tles in 1929 u.me 'hen. dunn‘ mile aerial photogra] .“Wflt Northwest, he mnda I Mount Rainier &hl’w& of 3!7 miles. His Bummn'l work, with UMI John D. Corkille as plot, NINM some of the most beautiful scenic ple- tures ever made. The picture of Mount was invisible to Capt. Stevens, Deemed of Military Value. ‘The .military value of bel.n‘g‘-bh to photograph points beyond B.| of the human eye is apparent, the bnlrd stated in announci lddltlm.'l to the p gained on these I the award, In tographic ta long-distance picty “ of it is thought they may yleld lmpomnt n}enuremenu Telatin, o g to the curvature the surfe n;m rays around and aerial photography,” James E. Fechet, chief of t 1;‘ reviewing the decisfon of the “It is typical of him that I mer, ’?kmpf.ln‘ u:n aerial camera fm a fall tooknbsdn.ummullmdhmh arm rather than allow one of 5 Gl oty o', RGN e ane levotion uty are & byword S oote, 3 ke Sty valual con! u'-l Tesult of his 1929 flights.” e m Capt. Stevens is stationed at Wright | ing Fleld, Dayton, Ohio, where he is chkl of the aerial hofacnphu unit of material dlvmnn He was 1.n Maine, March 13, 1886, where he re- ceived the degree of B. S. and M. 8. at the University of M-lnz. His hmne is at Grimes Pass, Bolse County, Idaho, Stubborn Blaze Subdued. ELYRIA, Ohlo, Jlmnry 27 l‘hl:)d lmlln firemen h::thd for Saveral hours early yelmany subdue a stubborn blaze in the downtown busi- ness district here, The fire started in a frame warehouse and threatened to spread to a three- story brick business block. (ediea) oh.‘ DR. CLAUDE S, SEMONES Eyesight Specialist BT e ROOM Courtesy Cars. and from the Auditorium minutes Sales Room, things is soon forgotten. chairs, tables, bric-a-brac, 1334 N. Y. Ave.——Phone Nat, 1703 CAPT. STEVENS' PHOTOGRAPHIC : FEATS WIN MACKAY TROPHY CAPT. ALBERT W. STEVENS. THREE IN CAR KILLED AT ICY RAIL CROSSING Machine Skids Into Path of Train as Brakes Fail to Hold on Slippery Road. By the Associated Press, ‘WILMINGTON, Ohlo, January 37.— , were crushed to dea Death the wheels of a Balf & O} QUINTANAROO INDIANS ACCEPT NEW STANDARDS Abandon Tribal Government and End Friction With Mexican Government Officials. By the Assoclated Press. mentnndtonnwinunmtho( s sithorites ction in and 'lvlotuvlu i i ——.—__ New Mexico, Florida and ehlmtohtheflmlh l.ttlldln IMUIMW what is now the U been first settled in IDI'I, respectively, at Sabin. destination of the men could not Rainier was made at & time when it NTg.lmed. a::*:::. S St Slston A pewi: wmummm DEATH OF RUM RING WITNESS 15 PROBED Key Man in Oklahoma Con- spiracy Case Succumbs on Eve of Trial. By the Assoclated Press. Circumstances surrounding the the Government's principal against 102 officials and rddenu ot Pottawatomie County, on the eve of thelr trial on chmu of rtlclplun' in & glant conspiracy to violate the pro- hibition laws, led today to anltiol of an_investi by Roy Lewis, United States district nm Fuller, former chief of pol.lce of Earls- boro, Okla., died here Saturday night. He had admitted clmfin in the al- leged “rum rebellion,” St. Lewis said, and furnished information on which the Government expected to base its case. 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