The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-10
WILL INSPECT
BUILDINGS
Board will Protect Marion
School Children.
BETTER FIRE DRILLS
Will Probably be Ordered by
School Board.
Commencement Question is Taken
up but Action is Deferred to the
Next Meeting.

and grounds shall visit the various
school buildings of the city within
the near future with a view to in
specting them, was decided upon at
a regular meeting Of the Board of
Education, Monday evening. The
members will accompany the build
ling and grounds superintendent p.
IS Wilson, and will invite Fire
Chief Mcfarland to accompany them
in order that suggestions in regard
to facilities in case of fire may be
lacted upon. Furthermore, fire drills
Twill hold the attention of the COM
lmittee members and it is hoped that
lany conditions which are not as
lthey should be in case of fire, even
Though in the most secluded place
will be reported mt the next regular
meeting and plans will be laid for
lbettering conditions.
THE board members in general are
lin favor of more fire drills. Not
more than one has been conducted at
the various buildings this year. and
it is thought that these drills should at
/ least be conducted twice each month.
Very little time is required for emp
tying the buildings, as the major
portion of them are cleared In from
a minute and a quarter to forty-five
seconds. Greenwood building being
Iemptied in that time last week.
| Member Jacoby was in favor of hav-
2 -, 81 gaf thn
drills in order that he may give
suggestions. He also thought Il a
good plan to vary in the form of the
drill from time to time
Miss Maud Boyd, a teacher at the
LINCOLN building, had asked Superin-
tendent Frank to refer tie board to
1.-THE conditions in her room. A stair
way leads down from her room,
(which being centrally located, is LA
/ BILE at some time TO become on fire
and in which case the pupils in the
room would be entirely cut off from
escape Miss Boyd asked that fire
escape be erected ard the board was
VERY favorably disposed, seeing the
ineed of the Improvement. All the
various needs at the buildings were
referred TO the committee of build
ling and grounds with power to act.
In the various probing processes OF
the janitors and others present, 1t
was found that there are no buildings
at present in which ruy rooms are
locked at any time Other than while
1.-THE pupils are out Of the building.
THE rear doors OF the High School
building were reported to have been
locked at times, and some had be-
come fearful of the conditions in the
school. AS a matter Of fact the
doors at the sides come in conflict
with the fire escape stairway and the
doors should be locked in order that
the pupils on the upper floors may
lpass from the building unobstructed.
The pupils on the bottom floor may
Ipass from the side doors at the front
Iof the building, which are never
known TO be locked other than
enough TO prevent disturbances on
stormy days. Janitor Jones, how
ever, is in a quandary as to whether
the rear side doors should be oper
or locked but the prevailing idea
in the present furor over conditions
in case OF fire seems that all doors
should be kept unlocked, while the
lchildren are in the building. 1t is
J we'll known by those who are IA
. Imiliar with the conditions at the
, side doors that in this case pupils
would be more safe with the doors
. locked than open.
1t is expected that when the COM
: mittee of the board sees the condi-
tions where doors open inwards that
they viii be speedily changed. They
are, however, very few doors in any
OF the buildings which do not open
Ioutwards. The library room in the
High School and one in the old Cen.
trail building are practically the only
ones of which any complaint could
be made The library room in the
High School building is located Oh
the bottom floor and the pupils there
could jump from the building in case
Iof fire.
Every effort possible IS being made
by the members of the Board of Ed
ucatlon that such a disaster as thai
lat Collinwood may never occur here
The conditions for the most part
do not warrant any fears and the
board desires that the rumors Of dang
er be quieted and the real condi
tion of affairs be known.
The discussion of conditions in
-
most important matter coming be
fore the board, Monday evening. Mem
bers Dickerson and Christian were
absent, owing to sickness and thl
board came together late. Bills
amounting to 1923 AZ were allowed
1.-The gaa bill for the month forming