The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 8, 1903, Page 13

five days in rge fraction of and come to be there is not room in dings for them. Teachers are t buildings as sm. s who put up with their lerge vent & T s page what some ve to say about the matter. have a new school shoulder t there-is no er the face, wh he eyesight dings had nt in and wa stiil worse by being ace it being admitted f the long sides of the room, ne smaller dimensions to pen- hods of heating are by urnace”’ method, ater heating. di- vstem of warn ng a ilating, and mecha n system, the lat- e last and best and ventilating are born in 4 there are hez g e methods contemplate t all, or heating the y elementary ve an unequal nd no ventila- virtue of their ge of too water are o s to the the same a gath ng. In fon of heavier gh the vent are we. :' ” el el i e knows °%; no fire ir furnace a stack heater” at the base of the t he the air i the stacks and pulls the air « the rooms. and d out, A W sequently drawing in the fresh air > proper st m"” blowe natu ducts system does tions or gravit into the furr m by a large equipment were given — i 2 5S4 a positive pressure plenum chamber is forced through m. Vitiated air ducts leading to le were and their Tawn ou hitect aims to s building and trance halls cod eriess Ealls with at are introd - have bookcase built in f 1 ilings are tint- lar for the o m of chiidry tasen ill are f uced ol A . aiea of By Miss J. M. A. Hurley, Principal of he Boor the Sherman Primary Schoo.. HAT is the first thing that comes into my mind as the need in our buildings? More exits, to be sire h apply to the Sherman, which a new bLuilding. but the schools r FEAN LS CO SCRTOCL, VAR in general have not enough ways to get have to be herded numbers now every time they ig Larder to handle them in o more difficult ers connot be attended are packed doorways and minute is gold like sardines we need more exits in case ntilation 1s putting up new What can we expect of chii- dren who are breathing impure air? large make great differences in the comfort of every- 1 could name a great number of these that sighing for. shelf at the top of the blackboards would handy place for L O BLNDT I GI S CLTOOL ZovS SrovE ARCHITECT - chfidren to s to reach the higPer part of the ck board. An exira tabie is needed in éach room. There should be a fire gong in the model school build ng and a piano for of the lower-9aocr classes And the use o it would be a great help at recess if the boys could have a handball court e B By Miss Mary Scherer, Garfield Primary F all things, let us have seats {hat ft the pusifg. 1t is the to see mites of youngsters reach ing up to their high desks, page of their writing almg a level with their chi 0 gee big., OVErgrown ones stooping desk that is far too low for them. are strained. body muscles > stra We are developing round shoulders and defective vision every by such con- citions. t on Most of the schoolrooms have seats of various sizes in each room, but this s not enough to do away with the dificulty. There are always some misfits left hd upon when they have most deplorable thing the o over — 4 rronrl BoiLIinNG after the assorting done. The only way ) difficulty is to have adjustable which cost money, For the hat we can think of would 1 1 conditions, but we have to seats, look for the practicable things. Expense do. is always to be considered. Therafore I us don't see any use talking abeut the im- But all the things I have men can be accomplished~therefore ght to be. tend to By Miss Amy Campbell, Principal of the “the. x’ vils. (»v: n ey " Jean Parker ool. g Bl o w4 HE need In school buildings 0 Rt Rrsrthing L 10 in the first place, it should be seen d is on the prop- The main ex- be eastern, for the forenoon ant part of the day to the I he should hdve ail the limate affords. r the sunshine is found— taken to let it ir is the impor schoolchild, a sun hool the building committe library trustees measures E s al be Windows are what our schoolrooms want off i . plenty of them. There sre rocms fn this t mos S school where gas has to be burned in the higl 5 [ ime. It is an old building, but it is by no means the worst in town. Oculists J to do if we can bhave t in our schoolrooms. and well-equipped yard is the be looked after. This on~, g0 small that our chil- though they all are, have to is nat a nea thfv much indy tell you SIRAre : rbidden many games that are, good Jloaitee taf se for them. They ought to play t it is a brisk game that keeps them happy and sepds them bdck indoors full of ene i new enthusiasm for les sons. But we have no room for tag. In the first of the term T allow jumping rope. It is not in the way for a little while, as there are only a few ropes In g. But little by little they umbers, for children are a flock of sheep, and what one does the others all want to do. Presently the yard s a turmeil of flying ropes, and I forbid them altogether. One lit- girl had a rope caught about her neck was hurt by it. There is no room, see, for hildren to indulge in ealthful sports. only would T have a yard larger sent one, but T would have it tanbark and gymnastic and girls too, could use and bars to good advantage. They the be > them hung cannet be properly with only one shade f Yards shot are and plan that o w0 abo n over would look upon such a yard as worth the pianks at any time 1d you while, and until we have compulsory edu- will know why. It has been said that cation we may as well hold out any bribe croup lurks under them. I don't know that we can offer to induce some of the about that, but I do know that;they must laggards to come. be a fine pl for many a 8iisease t0 One of my dearest hobbies is school ex find a home tension, and 1 wish that the schoolhouse tum of the future might be arranged with probably the best pave- it for a yard with the exception tr w. The people are getting baclk grass ut s can raised »r interest in their investment when where many children play. Our r schools s ised for only a few ay, as now. e yard testifies to that fact. F that the time spent by children in run- ning upen it is a very small proportion of the twenty- hours. The grasx finds By A. L. Mann, Principal of the Denmaa plenty of time to grow. Grammar School. mber nours of every HE three things that strike me as the first to be considered in put- ting up new school bufldings are Heat. light, yentilation My first cholce for heating the large rooms would be a furnace. The heat can te better diffused and regulated than from stoves. Ventilation should be adjusted accord- ing to the most improved scientific meth- ods. Light is a vital matter. The latest idea is to have it all come from one direction This should be either the east or the south side of the room If possible, for these sides give the most light during the hours when school Is in session. At pres ent many schooirooms have light from two sides at an angle, which is bad: some from opposite sides, which is worse Have these things attended to and a school building is equipped in the main. Keep them in mind and we shall have re- sults worth while Persistently work for proper heat, light, entilation. v By A. J Freese, Principal of the Irving Scoit Evening School F course the work of an evening school is not affected by as many conditions as that of the day schools, for the reason that we ars not in session nearly as long. We have no recess, so thejsubject of yards es not touch us directi¥. We keep owl's 1 5o the lighting by means of win- dows is outside our consideration. Never- Cortinved on Page Fifteen.