Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-27

| ferences, and 1t is believed that as far as school influences are concerned, this trouble will be greatly lessened. The teachers are devoted and faithful and the course of study, which is not too difficult, could be we'll accomplished if the children would give their first thought to the school work.
 PHYSIOLOGY.
 At the last session of the legislature a law was passed prescribing a certain amount of instruction in connection with the study of physiology, regarding the nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics. Our course of study has been made to con form to this law and during the year it's provisions have been fully complied with. EVENING SCHOOLS. The state law requires that every town and school district having 10000 or more inhabitants shall establish evening schools, and when a town or district continues these schools for loo evenings or more, the state will pay s3 pupil, the amount be- ing reckoned upon the average attendance in the schools. In accordance with the law evening schools were maintained for 100 evenings or more during the last fall, win ter and spring.
 hEEAlfsS ASp AAfhUNEMkNTS-
 Many needed repairs and many improve ments have been made by the district committee during the year.
 In the High school building in one room the old double combination desks have been replaced by single independent desks and seats suitable for the age of the pu- pills.
 Many of the walks on the south side Of the school yard devoted to the girls use were badly of. New concrete payements have been laid. The walk in front of the building, both inside and outside, has been re-concreted. The front part of the yard has been graded, loam put in and grass seed sown. Surface water used to flow from the yard onto neighboring prop crty, therefore a catch basin has been placed to hold surface water.
 The yard between the High and Elm street schools has been concreted in such a manner as to allow surface water to run into n central catch basin, connected with which was drain emptying into the Elm street school cellar, in anticipation, prob ably, that it would sometime be connected with regular sewer. The result was that a vast amount of surface water stood at times in the cellar, which was at all times damp and musty. To remedy this i'll the catch basin had to be entirely closed up and the entire inner yard re-concrcted. It Is now arranged so that surface water will flow to the street gutter. Exhaust water pipes from the steam heating apparatus used to empty directly into the cellar floor These were changed so as to discharge into cesspOol outside.
 At the Clay street school the walks in side of the yard have been re-concreted. At the Washington school improvements are now in operation. In the old part a little was done in the line of painting and the cellars were whitewashed. In the Ridge street school new water | closets Parsons systcml have been put in thereby doing away with the old out | houses. The new closets connect with the Baldwin street sewer. \ large number of new single seats have been placed in the school rooms to accommodate the increased number of pupils.
 At the East Gaylord school two new recitation rooms were built by taking out one of the staircases. These rooms are commodious and three staircaSes remain. A furnace from the Long Hill school was placed in the cellar to heat the two new rooms. The old part of the school was papered and painted and received some minor renovations.
 New walks have been laid around Dublin street school and the front walk has been relaid.
 The brick walls of the welton street school had to be repointed, the mortar having been washed out to quite depth I SnuNa sshn a.. E. sR. ton of the water closets
 The leasing of the Hillside avenue school rendered it necessary to put in 100 new sittings and other entirely new school fur niture.
 At the SPerry street school the yard wa, graded and also the requirements of the common council were met by laying a new outside walk Some improvements were made in the cellar. The masonry about the boiler was rebuilt
 At the West Side Hill school, a big call having been made for more room, two large recitation rooms were built on. The Parsons system of water closets. connect ing with the Wilson street sewer, has been put in, thereby entirely doing away with the old outhouscs. One of the furnaces discarded by the Long Hill school was put in the cellar for the purpose of heating the new rooms. It was found in building on the new addition that the old cellar walls were caying in on two sides. These walls were rebuilt. When the addition was completed the concrete walks were re placed.
 At the Long Hill school two large class and two recitation rooms, both provided I. n new furnaces were taken out and q new steam plant put in. A system of ventila- tion has been established which Is great improvement over the schools previous condition The yard contained an i'm. mense hole which has been filled in and the entire yard enclosed by fence, a re taining wall extending to Walnut street. As there k no sewer. outside water closets are a necessity. Two large outhouses were brought from the Bishop street school. The changes made about Long Hill school render the yard one of the most connections in the city.
 Complaints had been made by the street inspector that the outside walks about Bishop street school were in need of repair consequently they were renewed. Two | years ago n new system of water closets was placed in this school, but was nevel used owing to the insufficiency of citl water pressure. These have now beeI rendered practical by taking water from the Beacon street side, and they give thu best of satisfaction. The two old out houses of which the residents of BeacoI street often complained have been re moved. The yard about the school is nov in good condition.
 At the Bank street school the grading was continued to render the grounds mon | symmetrical and the iron fence reuaintesi