The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-19
80 eruooTa 1.ur- 80.

Miss Brown Of Lawrence, spirited
lady interested Ia school matters
spent several days in this city a few
weeks ago locking into our schools and
the system in vogue here. She made a
thorough and exhaustive examinations
giving especial attention TO the santa
~ condition Of the schools, and of the
out houses connected with each school
building. In these latter, she was
struck with the order and cleanliness
prevailing and the absence of disEgnr-
ments and obscene or Glthy writing or
pictures on the walls, such as are so
common elsewhere. Nowhere in the
state has she found such perfect santa
~ and moral conditions pre-
vailing in the schools as ia En-
poTia, to say nothing Of their
well known superiority inother re-
spects. The contrast between them
and the schools of Lawrence was such
that when her report was read in that
town recently before the state boardsof
sanitation. it created great stir In
the city. Her complimentary aIIAsIons
character indeed. aud ought TO make
'SupeI iHteudent kloek and the school
board feel very proud OF their man
age.nent aud conduct IF the schools.
Ne take pleasure in TRANSFERRING a
portion Of MISS Brown s statements
concerning the Enporla schools. She
says:
Enporia has school board and
snperinte ndeut who are thorough-
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this evil eff obsceuity, which is sap
ping the virtue aud the health Of cur
and they set about IN earnest
t. eradlea it. The Consequence IS a
state of things that - most satisfac-
tory. 1 visited al the school prem
lses in the city, even The ward schpols,
y here many of the children are COLI
oIed and which have been the hardest
TO rraeh, au1 every " here | found |
them, as regards ntatness and saul !
tafy conditions, almost pei feet and |
only once did / find a mark of any !
kind upon the walls, and that had eyi- |
IDENTITY been recently put there and was
ia chalk. his very unusual and sat
condition WAS brought about |
the wise and unremittiHg
Efforts OF the superintendent, sus-
tanned by an intelligent and appre- !
ciatise board of education. The tea b.
.
character, who are working with the
superintendent in this direction. The
janitors are carefully selected and in
and II is especially their duty
TO look after the out baiidiagS-to keep |
them clean in tile best sanitary condl-
tlons ia regard to cleanliness in the use
of de0derizers, and ii any writ
ing appears it IS immediat y reported
aud measures TeSorted TO TO discover
Z atag FAR xr-fnrn
the superintendent is succesS-uI. the
boy or girl has been personally inter-
vie xed and prevented from rep ating
the offense. This careful training for
4 number Of ySars has SO created a pub
lie esttImeut thtt for asyear past hs 70
have been but few occasions for repre-
inaniing any pupil for any Ini-demean
or of tins kim, ami an infringement Of
tue rule is pretty sure 10 b4 from Sfin1e
city ami wha IS therefore essily d. tect
cd / b pc al equally good showing can
be- made in htHer cities. but this IS the
dEst c sc / have been fnade aware Of,
tad 1 greet rel ICE to hId that sgen
work is .sossible After sfceeptiI z the
ipyit GioG 70 Write ttiis.papef, | wanted
to visit Topeka and other places aud
End ont ~hat they had BEEN doing in
This Oh ection, but could not. A
FREUD WHO V sited one city, reports
Beth the sanitary and moral condition
81 things aopalhng. I myself tuak
pains last week u 90 over orr own
city. hoping that in a University town
like Law renee. where we beast Of our
schools, / shouid find something tohe at
least not ashamed Of. but with two or
three exceptions they were il very bad
condition, and parents who have never
hooked into this matter. would be
TO know TO what influences
her buys and girls were Subjected.
But one successful effort of THIS kind
mikes all genuine eff0rts possible of
succ-ss. and hope we shall he able 70
purify the moral atmosphere OF cur
schools after this .
SARAH A. BRowG.