The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-07-07
HEARD AT WABASSO CONVENTION.


the recent school officers conven-
ton are deserving of general con-
sideration by all of our citizens who
take lively interest in our public
schools.
At the morning session Supt Beb-
ermeyer outlined the object of the
meeting of school officers and called
for experiences from those present
in regard to improvements made.
Mr.. Henderson explained the work
ings of the heat regulating device
first used in his district.a part of the
past winter, and as his conclusions
that the Improvement was an entire
success both as to keeping their
school room from getting too hot or
cold or in the matter of saving fuel,
it is a safe prophecy that Mr.. Hen
.derson's school will not be the only
rural school using devices Of this
nature next winter Mr.. H. stated
that the cost of installing this device
was only $50, and any one can see
that the saving in fuel alone ought
to pay this cost in one or two winters
to say nothing of the value of the
health and comfort due to regulat-
ing the heat. A number of other
districts were heard from, where
changes and improvements had been
made in heating and ventilation sys-
TENS, all showing that fresh air
could be had without great expense
in the winter time where the direc-
tors give the matter study and are
not afraid Of little expense. An
other improvement adopted in one
district, that Of screening the win
dows, made favorable impression.
1t might be said that not only screens
pay for themselves by keeping out
flies in the fall, but that they offer
protection for the window glass the
year around.
DR.. Brands paper, read at the
opening of the afternoon session,
contained much Of Importance on
his theme, How to make our schools
more sanitary. If the school is not
healthy it is a failure, was the doc
tors premise, and after touching on
recent movements in the large cities
for establishing Fairgrounds, ETC.,
he made plea for plenty Of space
in the school room-not less than
seven cubic feet per pupil-and bet
ter plans for seeing that each dis
trict has something better than vol
unteer janitor service. He thought
that this should not be left to the
teacher in the smaller districts, but
that she should be furnished some
assistance in keeping the schoo
rooms clean. The dust problem was
an important one in keeping schoo
room sanitary. A school room
should be lighted from the left sid'
of the pupils if possible, the hea
should be regulated with due regar(
for the dangers of overheating an(
provisions for supplying the air witt
moisture. Parents and teacher
should promptly report cases of in
fectious diseases, and pupils shoul'
be watched for symptoms of ey
strain or physical defects of an,
kind. Individual towels and drink
ing cups were urged, and more ct
fective teaching along the line of al
coholic and narcotic degeneracy ad
vocated.
Frank Sheffield Of Shutdown wen
over some Of the requisites of goo
school, mentioning free text book
first, and pointing out that it wa
unfair and unnecessary to ask pU
pill to use WORKOUT, germ infecte
book when it costs so little to suppl
new ones. Maps and a globe, plent
of blackboard Space feet squar
per pupil-dictionary and severe
academies for individual use. cleanl
ness, plenty Of good water, fresh al
and we'll regulated heating systems
were enumerated. Some discussio
folio wed, an organ and teacher.
desk being suggested by one an
Supt. Howard making a plea fo
outline maps. set being procurabl
for $24. Paul Callaghan scored j
comm enting on this suggestion, sd.
ing that he believed the old mar
were good enough, if the teache