The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-05
|cHOOLs too HOT,
'sAY BRITISH FOLK
Iuitiag Educators swelter With
1Esrcury at 20 in Class Rooms
Criticise Heating System.

sDefroit schools are too hot, SAID
porcivai sharp, one OF the three Brit
- ed,lcafors now In Detroit for the
nnrDose of making an inspection OF
/hs local school system in connection
MIN an international investigation OF
. ~ducational methods. Mr.. Sharp made
<ha statement I'm reply to a question
- regard TO his impressions while
+ Inspecting the Central High school,
. friday morning.
ri COULDN'T work In the rooms OF
the Detroit schools Mr.. Sharp con-
i tinued. They are altogether too not
Over IN England, We think the rooms
are hot at 60 degrees, but here you
ars shivering at that temperature.
You want the thermometer TO register
10 degrees In the school rooms. We
were in a room, Thursday, where the
Temperature was 60 degrees and Mr..
Martindale, shivering, said, Let's get
out of here thought the room was
Just comfortable.
II notice that they heat this build
ING (the Central High schooD by the
hot air tanning system. We don't
like that In England; We think that II
bakes the air. We use the hot water
plan for heating the schools and do
our yentilating with the windows Our
schools are, mostly, one-story high.
with the rooms opening into a big
corridor BY this arrangement. we
have excellent ventilatfng facilities.
don't suppose you could think OF get
ting along with one-story schools here,
because OF the high price OF land. You
would need q lot OF one-story schools
4 "a accommodate your large popula-
tIon. In our city of ST. Helens, We
have 100000 people, and in the con
tested districts We have schools OF
. two and three stories"
Those who heard Mr.. Sharp's criu-
cism OF the heating and ventilation OF
the local schools were inclined 10
treat IL rather lightly, but IT was not
long before they experienced a tul
realisation of the truth OF his re-
marks. On entering the big auditor
I 1nm OF the school, where 40 or %
<pupils appeared to be practicing pub
4 Nc speaking and reciting, the air was
ntiflinR. Mr.. Sharp shifted II reluc-
family and didn't remain in the room
any longer than was absolutely neces'
Al complete inspection Of the whole
4 school was made by Mr.. Sharp and W.
~. Donald, director of schools in
[Bnrnsley. Eng. Mr.. Donald tnvesti- |
lrated the literary features. while Mr.
Sharp visited the mechanical depart I
|ments- He closely questioned Supt.
nlartindale, and ]. Herman Tryoorn'
IdIrector of manual training. about the
|oystem ,employed in running the tech
|uical training classes, and asked par
|tlcularly about the conditions which
ARE to obtain I'm connection with the
new Cas- technical high school. He
(. seemed surprised to learn that Eng
1ish literature and other subjects were
leo be taught in addition to the me-
Ichanical part of the curriculum; also
that one modern language, French or
German, would have to be studied by
students OF mechanics who wished to
/. enter university.
Mr.. Sharp said there are technical
training school classes and equipment
a. connection with the high schools
Tor England, but that they are patron
iIxed, largely, ut night by apprentices
from factories.
Mr.. Martindale said that the new
iC4ss technical high school would like
Nv get more pupils than IL could care
Tor, inasmuch as some factories had
j1nfimated that they intended to send
~ many as SO pupils to the night
classics.
After leaving the Central High !
school, the party, which included VIII |
liam B. Wreford, representing the |
Board Of Commerce, went to the plant !
OF the Burroughs Adding Machine Co, |
and the Packard Automobile Co.,
where the visitors were given practi-
cal demonstrations in regard to the
schools OF instruction these firms con-
duct.
The visiting educators will be dined
yRthe Board OF Commerce. this even
Ing, and will leave for Buffalo Satur-
NY morning. From Buffalo they will
toto Philadelphia. thence to Boston
md New York. They will sail for
home on May 81, according to their
present schedule.
b. Johnson, director Of schools
90 Ealing, Eng, another member OF
y party, spent Friday morning In the
ofcrn High school, investigating the
om OF teaching singing in Detroit
u. Pickles, director OF education
West Bromwich, who Is also a
her OF the delegation Is in Chi
inspecting the system Of applied
IA the schools OF that city. He
Join his fellow-investigator in
olt tonight
viii Try To End Deadlock.