The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04

ftS principle that or not HIT outeriHH at the top of the room and forcing furnace and the electric fan were In good condition. and the cellar. while unpaved. was hard an ddry. The playgrounds are ample for the mum ber of pupils in attendance at the school
 The surface closet was the only fea- t. of the school building open to criticism. Information was furnished by the janitor that the 'osets were cleaned about twice each session. or about four times a year. A trench had been started to connect the clos cts with the sewer, but work was abandoned before the opening ot school. It is the intention, 1t was sta ted. to build substantial brick build ings to replace the wooden ones which have been in use since the erection of the school four years ago.
 WEST END SCHOOL.
 The West End school. another new building. located at Clay and Conecuh streets, was the next visited. Like the buildings at Highland Park and Bellinger Heights. 1t Is new struc- ture. at present starting on US fourth year. It has a trihe more pu pills to the grade than either of the other two new buildings. although only one grade. the first. has more than the forty-fve prescribed. This grade has forty-six pupils. There are at present three empty recitation rooms. and library. but the school is increasing rapidly in size
 The Atlanta furnace hot air system is installed here also. and it was sta ted, gives thorough satisfaction when fin perfect working order. Trouble arising from the seeping of water into the cellar, however, has fire of the electric fan in the cellar, and the water at times has risen to 9 depth of five or six inches.
 Exactly the cause of the :nundatioF has not been ascertained The City Engineer, at the direction of the City Council has investigated the cond' tions there and several plans have been tried to keep out the water New drains have been built pr the rain shouts without avail. and other expe- dients have been resorted to. Some time ago the School Committee of the City Council gave directions that the floor and walls of the cellar should be lined with concrete. This. at the time of the ispection, however. mad not been done. and during the heavy rains experienced in September, it was sta ted to the cellar had again cen hlleu to a depth of i've inches.
 The closets at this building are sur face closets It Is the intention. &C., cording to a statement 'nada by a member of the School Committee to make sanitary connections as soon az a sever Is laid in the heiyhborhood At present the buildings are about forty feet apart. At the time of the visit the boys closet was Tn need Of dis:nfectants Adjustable desks are in use in all the rooms.
 Two Schools Neglected.
 The Hunt Street School is a small. two roomed building, only one apart ment of which Is in use, which was formerly a house occupied by negroes It is located near Hunt and Lafayette Streets. In the one room, there are crowded eighteen pupils, representing six grades. The building Is frame and set on brick supports. giving oppor- tunity for cold air to come through the holes in the floor and chill the entire 1 room. A stove in one corner of the | room is the only source of heat. and | there Is no method of ventilating thu apartment except by opening the win dows This. Is cold weather, Is hardship upon both the teacher and the pupils.
 Several of the pupils on the day of the visit were suffering from colds which had been taken from this primi- tive fashion of airing the room. The closets in connection with the school were situated close together They are surface closets but both were well supplied with disinfcctants, and both clean and well Kept,