Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-11-25
ON
SCHOOL REPORT
The Following Report of the
Committee on School inspect
lon of the Federation Read
at a Meeting Held at the
Mitter BUILDING

>mittee, Mrs Daily, Mrs. Boorman,
Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Eggert Mrs. McDon
aid and Myself, beg to submit this
brief report. At the beginning of the
year, we started with very good in
tentiOns to accomplish great deal,
but We have made only a small be-
ginning. We were told at the Board
meeting that other committees had
always started with large intentions,
but we can see now, the results of
their good suggestions 1t requires
some time and considerable expense
to make any telling improvements in
tainly have done commendable work
every year as the improvements we
will report tonight show
We are fortunate in having ideal
locations for our schools and doubly
fortunate in having adequate grounds
So far very little improvements
have been made on any of them.
The school buildings of course, should
be the first consideration
The extensive grounds surrounding
our High School and Manual Train
/ ing buildings, present a great OPP
portunity for Improvement We knoy
that this will mean a great deal of
work and money, but by the expendf-
ture Of little money each year, we
should soon have one of the most
beautiful High School grounds in the
state. Realizing that, every little
helps, the Federation voted to ap-
propriate 500 toward these improve
ments, hoping by this little encourage
ment that a small beginning might
have been made this past season.
With our excellent school system
and beautiful school buildings may
we not hope to see some thing done
next summer toward Identifying these
magnificent grounds
In visiting the different school
buildings all were found in very
good conditions, with perhaps ONE or
two minor exceptions.
The High School building was found
to be Immediately clean and a new
cement walk was built last summer.
The Irving School building is in
very good condition with the ex-
ception of some black boards which
we understand are to be painted or
replaced soon.
The grounds at this building
need attention and We are
in hopes some work may be accom-
plished in this direction, the coming
year
In the Howe building, the south
rooms are greatly in need of electric
lights, part of the building is sup
piled with the lights, but the teach
ers in the south rooms find it diff
ficult to see after three o'clock on
some of the dark days.
In the fifth grade we would like
to see single seats provided as
/
seats in the building All necessary
vanishing and calsomining was done
this year in both buildings.
At the Emerson building we note
a great many improvements. ALI
rooms calsomined and vanished,
cork mattings on all flights of stairs,
concrete walks built to front street.
I'm the third grade the Janitor built
book cases, also large cupboards for
Kindergarten department.
In the Lowell building several i'm
provements were made last year, per-
haps the most important is the re-
placing of the old front steps, by
new ones much less steep, which
lessons the danger to small pupils
during fire drills, and the installing
of new seats in some of the rooms.
One Of the most important improve
ments is the installing of sanitary
drinking fountains in all of our
school buildings.
School Board are to be commended
for the excellent sanitary conditions
which we find in all the buildings.
Now, if we expect the children
of this generation to be strong, heal
thy and useful, we must pay close
attention to their physical develop
ment as they pass through the
grades and High School, for it is
during this period that the men and
women of the future are made. If
we would have the child attain in
:. later life the maximum of bodily.
growth, physical skill, and mental