Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-09
Price Four Cents

as workrooms for the making of cocoa mats In order to comply with the government reg
 ulations for the management of schools of
 this character, another staircase has been
 provided for the boys, and leads out of the schoolroom into the playground, while the girls will use the old staircase erected in the
 entrance hall On the ground floor separate
 seulleries are provided, near to the bathrooms, for the boys and girls, and fitted up with stone sinks, washing bowls, roller towels, &c Accessory accommodation to the cooking kitchen IS provided in the shape of store- rooms, with slate shelves for meat milk, &c, cupboards for groceries, flour bins, and wood en shelves for the bread. All risk of fire from the open fireplaces has been avoided by
 the buildings throughout having been fitted up with hot-water heating apparatus by Messrs. Evans, of the Culwell foundry, in tn!s town. Separate playgrounds are pro- v1ded for the girls and boys, the one for the latter having been enlarged by the school board purchasing and demolishing some old houses in Salop street. Adjoining the school IS care-taker's residence. The school will be conducted under regulations similar to tnose lald down by government for cept that the children will sleep at home at night. With regard to the mode of admis- slon, the school board, after summoning be-
 fore the magistrates the parents of irregular children, and finding that the imposition of
 fines will not secure regular attendance at school, may apply to the magistrates to or
 oer that children be sent to the Day Industri- ad school for period not exceeding three years The children having been received
 lnto the school, the parents will be compelled
 to contribute to the maintenance of each
 child Dy weekly sums not exceeding 2s each
 In the event of child not going to the
 school or staying away after the order made
 Dy the magistrates is in force, an officer of
 no1.I
 the lncorr1glble youngster and take him or
 her to tLe school without warrant or subse-
 quent process, while any parent detaining a
 child will be liable to penalty of 6. Each
 child will be required to be in the school at
 o'clock on each week day morning. and from
 that hour up to o'clock they will be found
 industrial employment. They will then 90
 into the scullery and wash themselves ready
 for breakfast, which will be over at 9
 o'clock. The next half hour will be spent
 ln religious instruction, and then ordinary
 school work will follow up to 12:3O The
 children will then go into the dining room for
 dinner, and afterwards be allowed short
 time for play. At o'clock, except on Sat
 urdays, they will be told of for industrial
 work, and will be so occupied until , o'clock,
 when they will assemble for tea, and at the conclusion of the meal they may go into the playground until 6 o'clock, at which hour they will be dismissed to their homes. The dietary table Will provide for change each day On the Mondays the children may have their choice of tea, coffee or cocoa for breakfast, with bread and dripping Dinner will consist of hot meat and a half pound of vegetables, and at tea time the same as break fast On Tuesday morning they will have porridge and bread for breakfast soup and bread for dinner, and hot milk and bread before going home. Wednesdays breakfast and tea will be the same as on Monday, and dinner will consist of hot pud- dings and bread and treacle On Thursday mornings the children will have porridge for breakfast, bread and cheese for dinner, and tea the same as on Mondays. Fridays breakfast will be hot milk and bread, dinner will comprise rice buildings, and bread and dripping with tea as usual in the evening On Saturday mornings they will be served with pint of milk porridge and bread for breakfast; timed meat, vegetables and bread for dinner, and then sent home. MT. and Mrs. Bradshaw, of Birmingham, have been appointed care takers, the former to act as labor master, and his wife will be the cook Miss Newman, of Gateshead, former ly of the Leeds Industrial School, has been chosen as superintendent of the school, and will have the sole control The expenses of the school will be defrayed by government grant, the contributions of the parents, and the surplus by the School Board.