The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-12

J by parapet Prevails, so that fire
could hardly pass from section to sec
ton. Each pair of rooms is separated
by brick parapet wall, so that only
two rooms can burn if a fire should
break out Water can be thrown
over the top of every building from
fire-plugs in front of each section.
This plan of building makes an acct
dent by fire almost impossible. And
the wisdom of a parents securing
this fire protection for his son while
at school is remarkably indicated by
the fact that since the schools per-
manent buildings were put under
contract in 1891. the superintendent
has noted the death of more than
500 pupils by school fires in the Uni
ted States the Insurance and Clip
ping Bureau report more than 1000
by being burnt or by jumping from
upstairs windows: and many more
cases Of death or injury have not
been reported at all or have not been
recorded. 1t makes one shudder to
think of the consequences of a fire
breaking out at midnight in an ordi-
nary three or four-story school build
ing. when % lost their lives in one
such building recently, q in another
and as in a third; and when we hear
constantly of the burning of people
in hotels, with night clerks, night
watchmen and fire escapes, it seems
strange that parents will risk their
children in fire traps when SO many
fatalities have occurred and will con
tinue to occure in such buildings.
The Bath House.
AS the Fourth Headmaster, while
in Middle North Carolina, built the
first gymnasium in Southern school
he also built the first Bath House. 1t
was heated by steam, lighted by gas
and had 81 bath tubs and a swim
ming pool But the bath tub in any
public place is unsanitary, as it may
carry germs of contagion from some
previous bathers, and it took six
hours or more to battle the school.
In the present Bath House-which
cost more than $2.500-the tub is
rejected and the whole school is
bathed in an hour and half by the
use of the shower bath method alone,
some ~ gallons of perfectly pure
water at the temperature of IS de-
grees to 80 degrees being poured on
each of the bathers from fifty sprink-
lers at time, twice eac3 week; and
the athletic teams may take a cold
water shower bath every day.
Capt.J. B. Bennett, 9Th Infantry,
u. S. A., Special Inspector, whose re-
port is hereinafter quoted, added to
this official report the personal re-
marks that he wished the Govern
ment had something like the Bing-
ham Bath House at Fort McPher-
SON.; and Col. Philip Reade, oath
Infantry, Inspector of Camps of Vol
during the Spanish-Ameri
can War;, said that he should report
the Schools water closet to the Gov
as a solution of sinks for
the Army; and that if this model had
been used in the Spanish War, thou
sands of lives would have been
saved
The Club House.
The latest addition to the Schools
equipment is the Club House: and as
the Fourth Headmaster built the first
gymnasium and the first bath house
in a Southern school, he has the first
Club House, built by his son, Robert |
w. Bingham, of Louisville, KY, Vice
President of the Louisville Y. M. C. |
A., with 100000 building and
1850 members.
The churches say to a young man
Thou shalt not" but heretofore, as |
a rule, they have offered no substi-
tute for what he must give up, The
Young Mems Christian Association |
says Thou shalt not" but offers a
substitute which appeals strongly to
a young man in baths, reading rooms, |
in gymnasiumS, in innocent and |
lealthful games and amusements, |
and the churches are beginning to |
DO likewise. The School offers bath |
ing facilities, reading room, a gym
nasium; and has tennis courts and |
an excellent athletic field for outdoor
sports. The first story of the new
Club House furnishes quarters for !
he Manager and his wife and con-
aims the furnace room, storage |
rooms, etc. The second story is for |
such innocent and healthful indoor |
sports, when the weather prevents |
outdoor sports, as the Louisville Y |
VI. c. A. offers to it's members. The |
bird story is an audience hall for |
debates, declarations, lectures and |
other desirable entertainments, SO !
hat the cadets may have the conve-
liences. comforts and legitimate |
on the school grounds !
which they would otherwise go off |
he school grounds for This build
ng is heated both by fireplaces and
BY furnace, is lighted by electric
ty, and is the only one of the school
which can make any pre-
ence to architectural effect
The One-Story Plan as Effecting
Order and Discipline.
Besides the many other advantages
If the one-story plan, perhaps the
greatest is the facility it affords for
securing the greatest quiet and or
ler with the least pressure and fric-
ion.
The quarters consist of eight ran
res or galleries with four dormito-
les on each side of center, which
enter is the classroom, with the
eaCher'S quarters lust behind and