Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-07-17
SCHOOL BOARD
PROCEEDINGS

iiiocIlhS hlOiludy eve IIe prlnclpal part
of the session was devoted to the re-
| port of the Building and Repair Com
mittee, which had gone very carefully
over the ground to determine what i'm
provementS were needed. The recon-
mendations, which covered a wide
| scope, were adopted in full. Com
pa red with some previous years the
school buildings were found in very
good condition at the close of the
term, and it was the sense of the
board that the teachers are entitled to
no little credit for the evident good
care taken of the school property.
The Third Ward building is in ex-
ceptionally good condition. Two
window glass are needed, but beyond
these tie only repairs recommended
was some cementing on the steps at
the Pine street entrance.
Considerable repairs are needed in
the First Ward building. The paper
on High school ceiling, considerably
the worse for wear, will be removed
and the ceiling calcimined, blue to be
selected as a color The walls in the
senior secondary room are also to be
scraped and calcimined. The window
sllls i'll the third school were ordered
repainted The Directors room is to
receive a general over hauling, the
mating on the floor to be replaced
with new. The large stoves in the
two recitation rooms installed when
the Smead & Wells heating and venti-
lating system was adopted were con-
demned as enormous coal consumers
and much larger than necessary. On
motion of Mr.. Green these were order
ed to be removed. On the west side
of the building a No. 36 cellar heater
will be installed which will warm
both the Directors room and the re-
citation room above it. The small
globe stove at present in the Directors
room will be removed to the recita-
tion room on the east side of the build
ing. The proposed change will obviate
the necessity of carrying more than a
very little coal up stairs-add to the
floor space in the Directors quarters
and make it possible to keep things
much cleaner i'll that portion of the
building. Outside the building, it
was ordered that two or three flag
stones, broken, in the pavement on the
Pine street side be replaced with new
ones.
AS usual there is some changing re-
quired i'll the desks. There is a good
deal OF experimenting among teachers
to determine which way the pupils
should sit so as to receive the light to
the best advantage. Each year generally
brings some new idea or change pre-
viously made was found ill-advised an
commended. The grammar scroor OF
the Second Ward and the fourth school
of the Fourth Ward are among the
rooms i'll which the seats this year
will be e-arranged. In the First and
the Fourth Wards the desks through
out will be dressed off and vanished.
A heavy retaining wall was ordered
to be built at the Welsh Hill school to
divert the water which in times of
rain threatens to ruin the building.
The cost of this Improvement is esti
mated at 800.
The building at the Fourth Ward
school known as the 'anneX" was al
so ordered calcimined on the interior.
The cloak room of the first school
of the Second Ward was ordered re-
moved at the suggestion of the teach
ers.
Treasurer Schram presented his
statement of finances to date, which
showed a net balance on hand OF
$1330.45
The joint meeting Of teachers and
directors relating to the choice OF text
books for the ensuing year will be
held on Monday night, August 4th.
1t was reported that during vacation
the school grounds at night and fire.
quently during day become rendez-
vous for unruly boys who become
quite nuisance, disturbing the neigh
borhood, injuring the shade trees and
often breaking windows. On motion
it was ordered that the police be ask
ed to closely watch the buildings and
arrest all offenders, who will be made
to pay the full penalty of the law.