The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-02-14
ously and be prepared to answer in
telligently all inquiries from anxious
patrons.
PATRONS ARE RESPONSIBLE.
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patrons.

tons produce lighting that is very
trying on the eyes of the pupils. The
light from the left-hand side Cleft
hand, when facing the front of the
ROOM and to remove, If possible
the lights from the front or side OF
the room where they are not SO
much needed. If this is not pos
sible, ground glass, or prism glass
| panes in the windows will be found
a relief to the poor lighted condi-
tions
g. Heating. - All school rooms
that are heated by stoves should
have these stoves surrounded by
a sheet-iron jacket, in order to cir
culate the air in the room. This
jacket should extend several inches
above the height of the stove, should
reach entirely to the floor; should
be provided with holes near the bot
tom to admit the air of the room.
1t will, of course, be necessary to
have doors in the jacket in front of
the stove doors. Galvanized iron is
suitable material from which to
have these built. The cost is trifl-
ing and the advantage is that all
parts of the room are equally warm
ed, due to the circulation of the air
which this jacket affords. i
8. Ventilation.-There should be
boards set in the windows at the
bottom of the casing SO that when
the lower sash of the window is open
current of air will not strike direct
ly upon the pupils, but directly up
on this board and be DETECTED up
ward into the room. A similar de-
vice should be provided for the top
sash in the window. When possible
the stove, arranged as described
above, should have an air duct from
out Of doors opening under the
stove, so that there could be at all
times supply of fresh warm air
passing into the room. When such
an air dust is provided there should
be an iron register set into the floor
so that the amount of air entering
through the air duct can be regulat-
ed. Whatever means are employed
for the ventilation of the school, it
is all-important that 1t should be
thoroughly ventilated, and ventilat-
ed SO thoroughly that any one COM
ing in to the school room from the
outside would not detect any of that
odor of foul air, which is usually
found in the small, crowded school
rooms.
should be modern, single desks; and,
preferably, adjustable desks. If 1t
is impossible to provide adjustable
desks, then sufficient number of
desks of average sizes, from the larg-
est to the smallest, should be pro-
vided so that each pupil in the
school may have a comfortable seat.
Books and Apparatus.
Every school should be provided
with a good set of encyclopedia,
Webster's International Dictionary,
and reference books on history,
nature study, and the various sub
jects taught in the school. There
should be an abundance of supple
mentary reading, which costs but
little, and yet it is very essential In
teaching the pupils to read. The
schools should be very careful not to
permit the library money to be ex-
pended in fiction, and books for a
general circulating library, to the
detriment of the school interests,
which require that first and foremost
there should be in the library those
books which are the necessary re-
ference books in the subjects to be
studied. There should be provided
good book cases for the storing of
these books, and, repairing mater
ial should be purchased from the
Holden Bookcover Company" or
some other dealer, for the preserva-
ton of the books.
Blackboards should be arranged
entirely around the room; erasers,
crayon, and pointers provided. Sets
of maps, and good globe ought also
to be provided. School boards ought
to be very careful about the pur-
chase of books and supplies, other
wise than those required by the State
Superintendent, the County Superin-
tendent, or the teacher. Oftentimes
enterprising agents go through the
country and sell to school boards
charts, encyclopedias, dictionaries,
and apparatus of all sorts and kinds,
which are of absolutely no value to