The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-10-03
SECOND OPENING
OCCURRED MONDAY
THE OPENING OF THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS TOOK PLACE AT
NINE O'CLOCK ON LAST
MONDAY MORNING.
Schools Opened Last Monday. But on
Account of Unfinished Condition
of Sewerage System Work
Was Delayed "A Week

| ~ sAS DtA<tS 4 ANNh
The second opening OF the public
schools OF the city for the session OF
1907-0S occurred at nine O'Clock on
Monday morning. The schools open
ed last Monday, but on account Of the
unfinished condition OF the sewers ar
both Franklin Academy and the J.. II.
Barrow Memorial School were com
PEELED to suspend for one week
Work has been pushed forward rap
idly during the past week, and the
sewerage and plumbing system at
Franklin Academy has been practie-
ally completed, but the work at the
Barrow Memorial School is still in
complete, and surface closets wiz
| have TO be temporarily used.
Superintendent Cook is not alto
gether satisfied with the manner in
which the work at Franklin Academy
has been performed. To make the
heating system effective a certain
amount of fresh air is absolutely nee
sary, and in order TO secure this ven
tilators are placed in the air shafts
of every building where steam heat
is used. At Franklin Academy two
of these ventflators have been placed |
in solid walls, where there is no ont /
let whatever, and in their present pO- /
sitions seem to be of no earthly use t
Mayor Donnell, when seen by a Dis /
patch reporter, stated that Mr.. Cook +
had already called his attention TO
the seeming fneffectfveness of the
ventilators, and that the matter
would be carefully looked into. Ar
chitect Kraus, of Meridian, made the
plans for the installation Of the
plumbing and heating system at
Franklin Academy, and it viii be nee
essary to consult him before any def
mite action is taken. The SOdderman
Heat & Power Company OF St. Louis
have the contract for the installation
of the system, and are under bond
for the faithful performance of the
work. If the positions of the ventila-
tors serve to make the system inef-
fective they win be required to- tear
them out and to perform whatever
work may be necessary to remedy the
evil.
The walls at Franklin Academy
have been freshly kalsOmined, and
he interior Of the building presents
4 neat and attractive appearance.
There are, however, some minor re
pairs that seem absolutely necessary. =
md Superintendent Cook earnestly
ropes that the city council VIII have
hese repairs made at an early date.
n one of the large doors there is a q
liatUs of several inches between the Il
op of the door and the wall above, q
nd the cold air rushing in through / Il
his aperture viii naturally impair =
he effectiveness of the heating syz- g
EN-. Then, too, the doors should be b
rovided with pneumatic closers. VI
'hese repairs and Improvements r,
'ould necessftate the outlay of only B
small sum Of money and would add D
laterialIy to the health and comfort o
both teachers and scholars. rs
No public exercises will attend the n
Dening of the city schools. Neither IA
rankin Academy nor the Barrow ..
Lemorial School is provided with al
chapel, and there is no place in pI
hich large crowd could be accom-
odated. The schools viii open qui-
ly and unostentatiousIy, and the of
achers and pupils viii at once enter in
ION the work of the new session an