Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1906-02-22
PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO
BE FUMIGATED.

members present :-Messrs Lambert.
Watson, Erickson. Stevenson, Zane,
Coyle, Service, Trenchard, (Presi-
dent). Blew. Hort, Laning, Parker
and Robinson.
! Mr.. Watson, from the Building
Committee, reported the work done
the past month.
Ihe Secretary presented his report
OF the standing of the several appro.
priations.
superintendent Hitchner presented
his monthly report from which we ex.
| tract:
The tides of the Atlantic rush into
the bays and iniets with Irresistible
force, until the water reaches its
height, when instantly it begins TO
recede; there is absolutely no rest.
The tides of the ocean typify every
thing in nature. When anything or
anybody ceases to grow, at once begins
to decay.
Some of your teachers have been
working in the same grade for five,
eight or ten years. They may be doing
the work of their respective grades
acoeptably, vet not be growing.
Should carpenter be put to work
at laying floors month after month, he
would become an expert floor layer no
doubt, but in few years he could not
| be much of a carpenter.
Workers in whatsoever field will
broaden only as new experiences are
met in the line of their chosen work.
The assignment of teachers is a
function OF the Teachers Committee.
should this committee make aay de
parture from the accustomed way,
more or less criticism would probably
follow; therefore, it is felt that the
Board and the teachers, should know
that recommendation for changes in
the grades is being contemplated,
70 accustom herself to new sur.
roundlngs will be something of an in.
fiction to the teacher. and it should
be done with as much consideration
Tor her personal preferences as possi.
BILE. One who lives in the northern
part OF the town should not be as
signed to grade that is too distant.
Other points that are important from
the teachers view should always be
given due weight, but the combined
arguments and possible persuasions of
enc entire corps should not. in my
Judgment, influence the committee to
making the old assignments in all
cases.
Last month an agent for prepara- :
tion called Cretasol called upon some
members of the Board. The agent
claimed for Cretasol that it was a
hlghly concentrated soluble deoGorant
germicide, and perfect disinfectant.
Testimonials from different depart
ments of the United States Govern
mens, from hospitals, and other insti.
tu5lons, lead us to believe that the
preparation should be in all our school
buildings. We were assured further,
that Cretasol is specific for all con-
tagious diseases as we'll as a preveu. .
tive. The floors sprinkIed with a
weak solution once week would. no
doubt. save pupils from suffering, and
increase school attendance. 1t is not
an expensive remedy, costing by the
barrel something over one dollar per
gallon.
At the suggestion of one or two
members of the Board, the teachers
were asked to note the temperature at
certain hours during the day, at Bank
street.
These notes show quite conclusiveIy
that when the temperature is low Eout
of doors it is not possible to get the
proper temperature for the rooms, at
the hour of opening school. When the
right degree of warmth is once oh.
tanned, there seems to be no trouble to
maintain it, while the system of ven
tlation is fine.
When the engine stops at $50, no
warm air enters the rooms until the
fans start the NEXT morning; therefore,
the air IL tue building is hut little
warmer than the air oataide, after
twelve hours of rest for the engine.
That means that over 100 900 cubic
feet of cold air must tie driven out.
and the same amount of warm air
substituted. To DO this in any reason
able amount of time, and with no ex-
travagant consumption of coal, re-
quires large radiating surfaces. do
not presume to say what is wrong
with the apparatus, nor to suggest
remedy, brt to report that during the
cold spell the first of the month-the
first real test the plant has had, the
building could not be warmed.
In general way, the subject of
heating in all our buildings needs some