The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-11-20

measles or other communicable
disease, until first presenting GER
tilicete signed by a reputable physi-
clan stating that danger of com
municating such disease is past,
and said certificate is approved and
indorsed by the Health Officer in
whose jurisdiction the person may
reside.
RULE 2. School Commissioners,
School Trustees in cities and towns,
and Township Trustees, and all
authorities governing private or
parochial schools, shall have the
school houses under their control put
in sanitary condition before school
is opened and kept so throughout
the year Floors shall be scrubbed
windows cleaned, desks and all
woodwork washed with soap and
water and treated with a disinfect-
ant. Windows shall be i'll repair,
so that ventilation may be made
perfect. Heating apparatus shall be
efficient and in good order and dirty
walls and banisters made clean.
Banisters and tops of desks shall be
washed with soap and water and
treated with disinfectant once
each week.
RULE 3. School Commissioners,
School Trustees in cities and towns
and Township Trustees shall pro-
vide small drinking cups not to
hold over gill. Buckets or pals
to dip from are condemned, and
reservoirs or tanks of ample size
having large, easy acting, free
flowing faucets shall be provided.
When water is drawn direct from
public water pipes or pumps, reser-
voirs or tanks are, of course, not
required. Ample drainage facilities
for waste water shall be provided
and the pupils directed to allow the
cups to flow over when the water Is
drawn. DriL king cups shall be
cleaned and sterilized daily.
RULE A. States are condemned.
Paper tablets or pads shall be used
instead. Riveted metal boxes OF
tin or galvanized iron with hinged
covers and of proper size, or other
approved apparatus to subserve the
same urpose, shall be provided fol
each school room. These are to
receive peEs or pencils, which must
be collected from the children each
day, and shall not be again distri-
buted until box or apparatus with
the pencils and pens have been
sterilized by heating in an oven at
or above boiling heat for one-half
hour. School Commissioners and
School Trustees in cities and towns
and Township Trustees are directed
to enforce this rule.
RULE 5. Heating and ventilat
ing shall be looked after with great
care. Every school room shall be
provided with thermometer and a
temperature not exceeding 95 de-
grees Fahrenheit, nor less than IS
degrees. to be maintained during
school hours. School Commission
ers and School Trustees in cities
and towns and Township Trustees
are directed to enforce this rule.
RULE 6. Janitors when sweep
ing shall use damp sawdust or
slightly sprinkle in order to prevent
dust. Dusting shall be done with
damp cloths. School Commission
ers and School Trustees in cities
and towns and Township Trustees
are directed to enforce this rule.
RULE Z. The water supply shall
be pure and wholesome, and closet
or privy facilities shall be unobject-
ionable. School Commissioners and
School Trustees in cities and towns
and Township Trustees are directed
to enforce this rule.
RULE s. Splitting on the floor of
any school building is absolutely
forbidden. Teachers and all school
authorities are directed to enforcel
this rule.