Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CONDITIONS IN ' SCHOOLS OF U. S. Report Says Many Housed In Fire Traps and Makeshift Building; Tens of thousands of school chil dren housed in fire traps and hun dreds of thousands of them either ?n half-time or in makeshift build ings is the condition of 429 cities of the United States as disclosed in a report made public in New York. The report as issued by the na tional committee for chamber of; commerce cooperation with the pub-j Ii? schools on a survey conducted by j the American City Bureau. The committee was organized inj February 1920, to inquire into t school conditions. Its executive com-j mittee is headed by George D. j Sbrayer, of Teachers College, Co lumbia University, New York. The evidence presented "shows clearly that there are tens of thou sands of children now housed in old insanitary, dangerous (buildings" j says Mr. Strayer in his introduction j to the report. "Many of these struc- ( tores are best classified as fire traps." Data was received from 492 I cities. The report says: "These facts, | btained from 75 per cent of all the j cities reporting, show that in these j cities even excluding those housed j .... . M in annexes wucic tuimiuuno may normal, there are more than 453,000 j children who are either on half-time because of lack of building space or ! are housed in portables, rented J buildings, attics, basements or cor- J ridoirs. It would require an average f two 30-room buildings in each of these cities to properly house these croups of children. Need of Playgrounds The report sets forth statistically the inadequacy of playground space. "It is clear that in many cities chil dren are now housed in buildings in which there is less space on the play ground than is supplied in the class rooms in which they are taught," ays Mr. Strayer in the introduction. "l j I "Three million six hundred thou ?and children are represented in this report on playgrounds," is stated, '^and the study discloses ' that one half of them?1,800,000 children? have each a Dlaveround less, than six &y six feet per pupil and many of them have no playground at all." "These facts of limited play ground space," says the report, 'pre sent one of the serious problems confronting those who are interest ed in the welfare of American school children. Whatever the cost adequate playground space should be provided for those school build ings already erected in congested districts. Public sentiment must be- j come s& strong that it will be con-J sidered a breach of trust for school j authorities to erect a school build ing on a site that will not afford adeauate olaveround space for all the pupils housed in the building." On the subject of fire hazard in schools, the report states: "Only five per cent of the total number of building are of types of construc tion, usually called fireproof. Only a number have fireproofing ele ments to less the fire hazard to the children. At least 25 per cent' the two poorest types of buildings ! are of two or more stories and do [ not have a fire-escajfe. Thirty nine per cent of these two types are with-1 out fire extinguishers and less than I ten per cent of them have automatic J . sprinkler equipment in any part of | llite ftualdings. Only 11 per cent havej! aa^OOBztnr fire alarms. Such facts as IJ these aensonstrate me existence 01 a real menace to the children of these I cities." One-half of present-day I schools were built prior to 1897. Children Leave School* |L iff The report directs attention to the! 5 "large number of children between; the ages of 13 and 16 years who leave the public schools." "There is probably no more serious problem I or more difficult to solve now facing j I the people of this country," it says. According to the reports from J 280 cities, six per cent of the chil-j? Aren have left school before their 18th year, 19 per cents before 14, 38 per cent before 15 and 64 perl ? cent before they are 16 years old. ! "In the geographical groups," the report continues, "the highest perj cent of these children remain in the, western cities. Next in order are the Great Plains cities, then the south-, ern, the Great Lakes, the lowest of. all are the eastern cities. In this last group only 29 per cent of the chil-j WANT A SPECIAL TERM TO TRY TWO HOBOES Greenville, Mrch 10.?A special term of court will be requested for the trial of two hoboes, James Wil son and Wade Ballew, who are held for the killng of Chief of Police Hol combe at Easley Monday afternoon, according to information brought here today from the Pickens county courthouse. The ^French Academy of Science has proved that the age of a picture can be infallibly calculated by use of X-rays. The old masters used min eral colors which can be penetrated by the rays while modern painters use vegetable colors which are im penetrable. dren 16 years of age, and' 56 per cent of those from 14 to 16 years, inclusive, are in school." Attention is directed to "a not able falling off in attendance," at evening schools during the last six years, a "period of unusually high wages. / gMSISEJSMSMSlJSJSJSJSMSMaJSISISIc & $ i I S $ Interest Tkn for?f x xi^ iav/1 The b have lent t Fabrics of p wool: new f tern ideas ;t | TRIBUTE TO WILSON ! I MAY BE LARGE FUND I New York. March 10.?The na i ' , toin-wide tribute to Woodrow Wil I i ! son which has been prompted by a; ' J number of his admirers probably (* ; will take the form of a $500,000 1 I fund to be contributed in small A | amounts the interest on which will 1 i be devoted to rewarding the one who during the year has done the greatest service to humanity. The ( nature of the service for which the award will be made it was announc- e ed here tonight is to be defined by c Mr. Wilson who has 'been informed of the project and is said to have expressed himself as deeply appre ciative of the honor paid and the purpose for which the money is to be used. The idea originated with women admirers of Mr. Wilson, who worked in the last campaign to gain support for the league of nations. The proposed fund at 5 per cent would yield $25,000 a year and would be awarded by a jury. It would compare favorably with the Nobel peace prize which amounts P ordinarily to $40,000 a year. iISJgjgfSJ2I3J3J3JSI3M3JSISISM2I313M3M5ISM3M3 do you think GOC j.00 $ 20 QA.00 ing news, isn prices are no attractic that the price of at the expense louse of Ki their resources in I? hey should be, ai the kind o -"PARK) i. ajgjgj2i3J2J3JS(3JSJSISMcMS?3MS?3fSirSJBM2?E fwssHfiyaaiywifiifSfii *EW YORK CENTRAL TO REVISE WAGES . f New York, March 10.?The New fork Central railroad announced hat beginning April 16, wages of ipproximately 43,000 employes in virtually all departments, would be evised. A conference will be held ater to agree on the new scale. The date and place of the confer 1 A. i. 1 J ! J 1 ?nce nave nw, yet oceii ueciueu. The formal order, addressed to smployes coming under 85 official :lassifications, affects virtually ivery department of the system >etween New York and Chicago. The notification follows .closely ipon similar notice addressed to all mskilled laborers, numbering 26, 100 workers, which was the subject if a conference betwen officials and imployes' representatives last Tues lay, at wihch the company proposed ower pay for unskilled labor from ,8 1-2 to 57 cents an hour to from 0 to 45 cents. The wage reductions proposed for mskilled labor, which the em loyees' representatives took under onsideration with the promise of FtiyyftiyyyHyftyytt JSMiSfSISIcUSJSOMISISMSMSfSJSMSISJSMSISJc of this? i i )D CLOT] ?^AT m $2J \ fc i $OG.00 JJ t 't it? But % t the only >ns these fine clot! of quality, is aJ information. lppenheim helping us to bi id maintaining, < if quality it pays ER & F RtfKfiHHffiHfiHfiHitfWi EGGS OFFERED AS LEGAL TENDER Atlanta, Ga., March 10?Postmas- * ter General Will Hays can keep his pantry well stocked if he permits Georgia negroes to pay letter postage with farm produce, as they expect him to. During the campaign a rumor was circulated among the negroe3 that regulations to this effect would be made if the Republicans were elected. TVio o ffor ProciHonf T-T q T?r^ i r\ cr was inaugurated a negro girl appeared at the window of the postoffice at Ir winton, Ga., with a letter in one hand and an egg in the other. Laying the letter before the clerk, she placed the eg? on top of it and walked away. When she was called back she said the negroes believed one egg was legal tender for one postage stamp under th<! Republican administration. Similar incidents are reported to have happened elsewhere in Georgia : since the inauguration. . answering at a second conference to j be held April 22, amount from 17 1-2 to 21 percent. 1MSSM3MSJ2M3J3M3J3M3M2M3M2M3M2M HES > .00 lower les has not been Iso interesting er and Sty] ring prices down I at the same time to wear. tEESE 1 iJSM3f3J3M3M5M3MSMSMSi,3ISf3MSr3M3MSfi RKfiffiaMfifflfHMHfiHi! D. R. CRISSINGER IS NAMED COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY Washintgon, March 10.?D. R. Crissinger, of Marion, 0., was nomi nated today by President Harding to be comptroller of the currency. Mr. Crissinger will succeed John Skel ton Williams, who resigned two days before the Harding administration began. He is a lawyer and banker and lifelong friend of the President. MILL MEN WILL MEET NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS MARKET CONDITIONS Greenville, March 10.?Market conditions will be one of the princi pal tops of discussion at a meeting of the South Carolina Cotton Manu facturers' Association to be held in Spartanburg next Tuesday. J. D. Hammett, of Anderson pres ident of the association Is calling at tention to the convention stated to day that manufacturing cloth is a losing proposition. Watch the label on your paper. i 3 lowered I ^nli i? TV to where s s e the i s indow 1 ffi :hibits i | 9j I ft HTT'^nnnnnnnnr ItJiJiJuanj III 111 111 t-i i-l ?-jT ?