Smyrna times., 1904-01-06
SCHOOL ROOM SANITATION,
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be tolerated in any we'll managed pub
lie library. The teacher must use the
books furnished her, as she must
teach in the room furnished her. |
''Hers not to question why"-hers but |
to teach.
Now we will enter the next grade |
with the years old-perhaps the sun
shine of this room will help undo the
lack of it in the first room. When
club members enter this room, almost
invariably they choose seats at either
side of the room, and the middle
block of chairs remains vacant until
the others are taken. Why? The
members do not like to sit facing two
windows, it tires the eyes and in a
few moments the presidents features
are lost to view. But the child z
years old faces two windows, with the
teachers desk between them, for five
hours every day for every school day.
The same conditions prevail i'll four OF
our eight school rooms.
Science says the light for study,
reading and writing should fall from
the rear, over the left shoulder-we
all can say that, but think what our
children endure for years; then we
wonder what causes headache and
tired eyes and physician and oculist
are consulted. Parents had better to
visit the school rooms first. How
many mothers have ever visited the
school rooms or the school building,
especially when 1t is being swept.
Merchants know. how to sweep their
stores and to cause as little dust as
possible, the same methods should be
used in sweeping the school rooms,
halls and stairways.
What comforts are provided for our
teachers? A desk, a chair and peg to
hang wrapsupon. No water, unless the
10 the Matter of Proper Light For Study.
teacher goes outside, no place even to
wash hands that have been handling
chalk, etc. No place to even brush
chalk dust from clothing before going
on the street.
One exceedingly unsanitary thing,
the slate is being eliminated from the
school. That is surely a matter for
rejoicing. We hope some of these
other questions will as surely receive
attention. 1t is hardly the fair thing
to speak of these things without mem
tioning some ways in which they
might be eliminated. Take the north
east rooms, an assembly room should
be on the first floor on this side,
where all the children could meet in
the morning for the opening exer-
cises, have their special literary ex-
erclses and many times a lecture by
principal or teacher. An assembly
room is one of the requisites of an
to date graded school, And the
,econd floor could be a retiring room
for teachers and a recitation room
where no child or class would spend
the entire school day, and a wast
1 room for girls. The boys should have
wash room on the first floor or IL
l the basement. If you sniff at ''frills'
and say give them the three "R's'
and let them get clean at home, yol
d forget that some will not get clean a
l. home, and if they stay unclean il
= school, every child and every home i
Q endangered.
Then in the rooms where the chill
q a dren face the light, let blackboards b
y placed all over those windows, an
= back of the assembly room should b
. the two school rooms, that are now o
. the northeast side This would Civ
- these school rooms windows on tn
- southeast. In the rooms where ther
~ is too much glare from the sun, pater
adjustable venetian shades should b
j. placed instead of the light shades (
~ present.
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