The school buildings for which esti
mates were asked to open branch
libraries are: Eastern High School
and Armstrong Manual Training
School; Cordoza, Langley, George
| town, Francis and Stuart Junior High
I Schools, and Deanvvood and Garnet-
Patterson Grammar Schools. It also
is proposed eventually to establish
branch< s at Macfarland. Brightwood
and Jefferson Junior High schools and 1
Park View, Wesley Heights and Con
duit Road Grammar schools.
Would Enlarge Central Library.
I >r. Bowerman’s plans also call for
the enlargement of the main library
building. The Central Library, he
said in his letter to the commission,
"is located about the center of popu
lation. but somewhat off usual lines
“f travel; access dangerous for chil
dren on account of traffic conditions.
Building full to running over with
| books; cramped and badly arranged
: for the administration of a large li
hrary system. Building should lie en
j larged by the completion of the rec
tangle, and the new parts devoted to
| administrative purposes. This would
I set free for public use space in pres
! ent building much needed for that
purpose.’’
l.’nder the lieading. "Branches in
School Houses," Dr. Bowerman’s let
ter to the commission said:
"Such branches are designed to af
ford library service to the adults of
the neighborhoods as well as to the
pupils attending the schools.
