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CLASSROOM IN BELMONT SCHOOL
Paul Rvr Scheel Building, Al
though In Ui, Is Falling
Inte Decay
PROTEST FROM MOUNT AIRY
Officials of the Beard of Educntlen
tre constantly receiving complaints
about the condition of school buildings.
In rapid succession personal appeals
and long petitions signed by whole
remraunltles are sent te the educational
headquarters at Nineteenth and Ludlow
"'one'ef the most confused and dan -ereus
conditions te be found today
ixlsts in n school, net ever old, In a
Jeed community at Fertyflrst and
Brown streets, where the rooms are
overcrowded and by special awltchlng
of classes It has been found necessary
te accommodate five different classes
In two rooms In one day.
The Belmont Scheel has already been
subjected te one serious Are, In 1016,
but fortunately It occurred after school
hours. Had the children been In the
building there would have been a gnu
some tragedy, for in the ranse of seats
nnd classrooms aisles nre designed by
signs as pnssagewnys from room te
room. Each deer nns a spccim pur
pose, nnd only by strict observance of
the complicated traffic laws Is ft change
of class accomplished.
Main Stairway of Weed
Matters are made mere serious by
the presence of n Inrge wooden stairway
In the center of the building, surmounted
bv a glass skylight. Firp Inspectors who
went through the structure lately eon.
demned it, for it would be a flue which
would quickly convert the cntlre build
ing into a raging furnace of ilame In
the event of a fire.
The space new used for the stairway
used te be interior classrooms. They
were se dark that in 1880 they were
tern out and n stairway of weed in'
stalled. The hallway en each fleer leads
directly te the classrooms, nnd nothing
would impede the flames that might find
their way up the chimneylike space.
Every effort has been mnde by J.
Wislev Feete, the principal, te improve
conditions and keep ns many children In
school as possible. He has utilized every
possible bit of space. He linn turned
two former classrooms into an audito
rium in an effort te use that as a study
hall and thus provide space in ether
looms for recitation.
The entire building is nntiqiinted nnd
unfit for a modern school. There nre
twenty classrooms nnd twenty -nf no
elapses a aay arc new in mem. There
are no rnrrlders in the buildings, and
nil classci must pass through ether
rooms. A a result the 13." children
attending often experience difficulty en
route.
r04 Pupils en Part Time
Se that the large number of chil
dren may be accommodated "04 are en
part time. Classes begin nt 8 A. St.
and continue until 4 P. M. Certain
Masses are held while ethers are at
lunch and the complicated system re-
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In this school,' at Forty-first and Brown streets, the rooms are se overcrowded that five different classes must
be accommodated each day in two room. Dilapidated condition of the school is considered a grave danger te
pupils
quires that each day cighry-six different
bells be rung announcing the end of
pcrieuH nna ciinngcs. The bells nre
controlled by an automatic clock, but
if the clockwork falls it requires one
The Belmont Scheel was built In
1808 nt n cost of $35,000. In 1D0O
sis classrooms were added nt a cost of
5ii,ew. it in listed en the plans of
the beard te be entirely rebuilt at n
cost of nearly $300,000.
Xet far from this school Is nn old
building new known as the Paul Revere
Scheel, nt Thirty-sixth and Ludlow
streets, where special classes for crip
pled children nre held. Here every pos
sible aid In given the unfortunates that
hnve te he breucht in nutehnspn nml
carried into the classrooms. Here the
t cnrhei$ enter Inte the spirit of the chil
dren nnd try te give the Ilttle handi
capped ones nil the cheer Dessible.
But the building it has net the
chance te nfferd help. It is of the obi
style and Is fast decaying. The yard
where the little ones hobble around is
uneven and rough. The drinking wnter
runs out of old-fnMiiencd wooden hy
drants. There nre no fountains, se
the child must bend down under the
faucet.
Stairway Is Dangerous
In the rear there Is a stalrwev into
the yard which Is fast wearing away.
The children must use it ns one of the
exits. The steps nre uneven, nnd meld
and decay are evident in nil the wood
work. The bnmlrail Is gene, broken
off one day when n child en crniclip.e
slipped en the perilous steps.
in 1800 nt n
The school was built
cost of $13,481. It was remqdeled In
1IU, nt a cost of $2091, for use for
the crippled children. It was known
ns the Newton Scheel at first nnd then
Inter ns the Newton Annex. This last
j ear it wns renamed the Paul Revere
and detached from the Newton Scheel.
Residents of Mount Airy are incenscu
ever conditions at the Mount Airy
Public Scheel, Allen lane east of Cres-
beim read, and nre getting signatures
te petitions today at all the polling
luui'i'B in me uisinci.
Citizens Plan Pretest
A citizens' commlttee will meet next
rnuny evening in uciu Fellows' Halt.
Mount Airv and flcrmantnwn nnninu.
nnd prepnre te lay before the Beard of
iMiucuuen a uemanu ter better school
facilities.
The present Rehoel building was
erected about 1871 and has had no
improvements except about 1002, when
u few mere windows were provided.
i an' Carmlchnel is cjieirmarv
... t..u v.. .- uiiiimiiri) wnicii nns
drawn tip n severe Indictment of the
I'ehpel. a he petition sets forth that the
building has no corridors nnd that there
is only nn outside uncovered lire-escape,
perilous in the winter months.
There is insufficient natural light In
the antiquated structure, the petition
continues, and artificial illumination
is furnished ,by inadequate gas burn
ers. There are no cloakrooms nnd cloth
ing must be pile In the schoolrooms..
'I he outside tellels nrw described as n
menace te the henlth of pupils.
Many parents, the committee asserts
are fending their children te prlvate
m:iiuuii rpuiiT iimn nnvc mem undergo
the inconvenience nnd physical danger
attendant en studying nt the Mount
Airy Scheel.
Means of proper ventilation in the
school are entirely lacking, the com
mittee asserts further, and all the rooms
are greatly overcrowded. The erection
of new homes In that section will mean
still mere overcrowding, the commit
tee points out. The school building has
no retiring room for teachers and no
assembly hall.
Of the 0H3 children en the rolls of
the school 102 are en part time.
The committee meeting next Friday
will be open te the public. Among
the committee members nre K. A.
Keller, Dr. F. W. Themas, Geerge O.
Kleglcr, Jr., Hareld S. Sherts, Lewis
It. Fergusen. W. Walnuman. Charles
Becklus, F. If. Krants, E. Shachterk,
William Blackwood, Mnhlen Picket and
Everett 8. Elwood.
Sub committees nre gathering data en
the exact number of children in the
district sent te private schools because
of conditions at the Mount Airy school,
and Information regarding the assessed
valuation of property in the district
served by the school.
The Beard of Education, in Us plans
for new school buildings and improve
ments te existing schools, proposes the
erection of n new building costing
$180,000 en the site of the Mount Airy
school. Lack of money te finance the
new building plans is retarding the
beard.
Tomerroie's artMe will telt of con
ditions In the Herbert school, at
Frankford avenue and Foulkrod street,
and the Catnae school, at Salmen and
Somerset streets.
BOYS FIND MAN'S BODY
Gloucester County Police Probe
Mystery of Pend
Gloucester County authorities are in
vestigating circumstances surrounding
the finding of the body of Edward
Nncy, fifty yenrs old, of Swedesboro, in
Mitchell's Pend Inte yesterday.
The body was found by two school
boys while canoeing. It was almost
hidden by thick underbrush and the
upper part of the body was in the mud.
Nucy was released from the County
Jnil several days age after serving a
thlrty-duy sentence for being intoxi
cated. He lived with a sister, Mrs.
Andrew Morrison.
TOOK AUTO AS "JOKE"
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Magistrate Can't "See" It
Ha Holds Three Youtha
Three young men who said they took
en automobile for a Jeke were held. In
$800 ball each for court today by
Magistrate Llndell nt .the German
town police station.
They rc Harry Gorden, nineteen
years old, 0125 Musgrnve street s .Tames
McMnhan, eighteen, G134 Wakefield
street, anjl Mike Lupplnaccl, eighteen,
444 East High street.
According te Frank Coffey .owner of
the automobile, the trio broke Inte his
garage at 424 East High street last
night and took n joy ride In his car.
When he missed It he notified the police
and District Detective MsCnrty i& said
te have arrested the three in the auto
mobile. , "J can't see the Jeke." Magistrate
Llndell remarked dryly. "Perhnps
there will be a teener m of humor
than I hnve In the hfghei court."
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