Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-11-15

ventilation, without which the brightest
pupil will become dull aud drOwsy.
Almost any school room may be we'll ven,
tilated in warm, pleasant weather by
simply opening the doors and windows !:
but in cold weather. when fires
are made i'll tine school room, there
is likely to be trouble caused by
drafts. He knew teacher who in cold
winter weather had every window iu the
school room opened about six inches from
the top. The result was that the cold
air rushed in upon every little head in
the school room, and every one Of them
suffered from catarrhal cold, aud will sul-
fer from it probably alltheir lives. Cold air
is like a cold boy-they both run straight
to the stove. The stove should be placed
so that no one shall sit between it and the
door. 1t does no: matter how near
the stove is to the door the nearer
the better, for the cold air will
not pass beyond the stove, but stop there
till it gets warm aud then rise to the CELL
ing and become diffused through the
room. At that part Of the room fartheSt
from the stove there should bc fluc to
carry off tho impure and poisonous gases
which, being heavier than the atmo-
sphere, lie nearest the floor, and may be
readily passed down through register.
Another plan of ventilation recommended
is to place 4 strip of board some four
inches in length between the window sill
and tho lower sash so that thin current
of air can pass in through the opening
thus made between the upper and lower
sashes, aud the cold air rushing in up
wardly becomes moderated by coming III
contact with the warm air hear the ceiling
and is then diffused throughout the room.
The school room should hc aired at noon
and at recess by throwing open the doors
and windows for few minutes. Clean
drinking water is also q necessity in the
school loom. Water that has stood in Il
crowded school room for an hour is not fit
to drink, as it abscrds the poisonous
gases exhaled by the breathing Of the
children.
VIM. Thorn made brief speech, in
which he took ground i'll favor OF Il strong
but we!l-reSulatcd light in the school room,
and frequent relaxation from study ON the
part of the pupils.
Superintendent Shaub approved of all
that DR.. French had said. and called upon
teachers to lay to heart and put III prac-
tico his valuable suggestions.
Scmc Points by Prof. Heigs;.
Prof. s. B. Heiges, of York, On Deing
introduced, was received with applause.
He said he felt assured that what lc had
said at last year s institute had done some
good. He had received many assurances
to that effect from teachers, and he hoped
that what he might have to say this week
would be far more useful. In answer to I,
question put to him as to whether flowers
in the school room were bcne-
iicial or detrimental to health he answered
that the rule was that they were beneficial,
but that there were some pupils to whom
the oders of blooming plants was sicken
ing. Where this was the case lie recon-
mendcd the exclusion of tho offensive
plants from the school room. 1t is scicn.
titic fact, however, that the carbonic acid
gas thrown Off by the human lungs in ex-
haling the breath, is food for all kinds of
plant life, the carbon being taken up by
the plant for the formation Of wood. In
answer to other questions Prof. Heiges
spoke of the importance of sunlight in
the school room, and argued that daytime.
and not night. was the proper time
for study. He urged the import
aEce of admitting the actinic rays
plentifully into the school room. 10
secure the best ventilation in ordinary
school houses, he recommended placing u
board under the bottom Of the lower sash,
so that there could be free entrance of
air between the upper and lower sasheS :;
and that this cold air might not fall di-
rcctly upon the pupils. he recommended
the tacking of i strip of s:iuc or thin board
to the upper part OF tho lower sash, placed
at an angle of 45 degrees, SD as to give the
incoming current q "scooi'' towards the
ceiling. He commended plan in vogue
in 4 school at Carbondale, where at the
tap of tho teachers bell tho windows of
the school room are instantly opened, and
for Il few minutes the pupils ami teachers
leave their places and promenade through
the school room. Then tho windows are
closed, the foul air having been stirred up
and expelled, and it's place supplied
with pure atmospheric air. Prof. Hcises
spoke with considerable warmth of the
irreparabIe injury done to his own child
by all improperly ventilated school room,
and the benefit he himself had secured by
ignoring medicine and breathing fresh air.
The temperature of the school room he
thought should not be lower than GO or
higher than "a degrees Fahrenheit-tha
pupils who are susceptible to cold should
be placed nearer the stove and harder ones
farther from it. In answer to other 1ues-
tions Prof. Hciges declaimed against
white walls, and recommended the mixture
of unburnt lumber with the lime and
plaster of the finishing coat, so as to give
it Z natural tint pleasant to the eye. He
would have the biackboarts at the north
end of the room if possible, and never on
a wall in which there are windows. A
cheap and very durable blackboard may
be made by mixing 4 sufficient quantity
OF lanipblack with the finishing coat put
on by the plasterers, and it adds very little
to the cost of the building.
Prof. Shaub announced committee, of
which James G. Gable is chairman, to
solicit subscriptions to the School Journal.
The number of teachers enrolled as
members of tho Institute at the time of
adjournment was 532.
Lecture in Fulton Hall.
.Mnday Ercning.-Every seat in the
parIuet and parquet circle was filled, and
goodly numb Der of persons occupied seats
in the gallery before the time announced
for the lecture on "WOrk and it's WORTH"
by the distinguished Methodist preacher
and orator, Rev. Dr.O. II. Tiffany, of Phil
adclphia. Prior to the lecture Mr.. Israel
Carpenter sang "The Scout" with good
effect, and assisted IL. G. Mellingcr in
singing "The Larboard Watch" which
Was not well executed. Mr.. Mellingcr fol-
lowed with tho "Old Sexton," and gave a
very poor rendition of that favOrite piece
of music.
OF DR.. Tiifany's lecture it is only ncces-
sary to say that it was mastery effort by
one of the m ost accomplished orators and
clocutionists in the country. The tribute
to the workers Of the wOrld-those who