The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-03-15
Friday, March Is, 1912


 and promptly punished for indecency. Water closets or dry closets, when provided, shall be efficient in every particular; and when said closets are not provided, then good fy-tight, well ventilated out-houses for the sexes, separated by closely-built fences, shall be provided. Good, dry walks shall lead to all outhouses and closely built screens or shields shall be built in front of them. Outhouses for males shall have urinalS arranged with stalls and with conduits of gal vanized iron or other impervious ma terial draining into a sewer, vault, or other suitable place. Facilities for washing the hands must be provided in all schools and teachers should in struct pupils to use them after visit ing the water closet or outhouse. The use of roller towels or any towels used in common by two or more pupils is condemned and it is recommended that schools furnish paper towels for the use of pupils and teachers.
 Section 5. Health officers shall en- force these rules and promptly enter prosecution for any violation thereof.
 Chapter VI. Construction of School
 Buildings.
 Section 1. All school house sites shall be dry, and such drainage as shall be necessary to secure and main tain dry grounds and dry buildings, shall be supplied. Said sites and said buildings shall not be nearer than three hundred fifty (35O) feet to steam railroads or any noise-making indus try, or any unsanitary or unhealth- full conditions whatsoever. Good walks shall lead from the street or highway to every school house and dry playgrounds shall be provided.
 Section g. All two-story school EALTH-GALLEY SIX
 houses shall have dry, well lighted basements under the entire building. said basements shall have cement floors and the ceilings shall not be less than nine feet high. The ground floor of all schoolhouses shall be raised to at least three feet above the ground level to lower edge of first floor joists. One-room schoolhouses shall have sol i'd foundations of brick, stone or con crete, and the area between the ground and the floor shall be thor oughly ventilated and basementS are recommended. Each pupil shall be provided with not less than two hun dred twenty-five (225) cubic feet of space, and the interior walls shall be either painted or tinted some neutral color, as gray, slate, buff or green.
 Section 8. All school rooms shall be lighted from one side only, and the glass area shall not be less than one sixth of the floor area and the windows shall extend to not more than one foot from the ceiling, all windows to be provided with roller or adjust able translucent shades of neutral col or, as blue, gray, slate, buff or green. In all schoolhouses desks shall be so placed that the light shall fall over the left shoulders of the pupils.
 Section f. Blackboards shall be pre- ferably of slate, but of whatever ma terial, the color shall be dead black.
 Section D. All schoolhouses shall be supplied with pure drinking water and the water supply shall be from driven wells or other source approved by the local health authorities. When ever it is practicable, flowing sanitary drinking fountains which do not re- quire drinking cups shall be provided. When water is not supplied from pub lie water faucets, sanitary flowing fountains or wells, then covered tanks or covered coolers with free flowing faucets shall be provided. All school house wells shall be supplied with troughs or drains to carry away waste water, and under no conditions shall pools or sodden places or mudholes be allowed to exist near well.
 Section G. Heating apparatus of all kinds shall be capable of maintaining a temperature of 70 degrees Fahren- heit in zero weather and of maintain ing a relative humidity of at least 30 per cent, and said heaters shall re- ceive air from outside the building and after heating, introduce it into the school room at a point not less than five feet from the floor and at mini mum rate of thirty (30) cubic feet per minute for each pupil. When direct indirect steam or hot water heating is then the openings of ducts for admitting outside air shall be op- posite the radiators. Halls and office rooms may be heated with direct steam or hot water radiators, but di- rect steam and direct hot water heat ing are forbidden for school rooms. Ordinary stoves without jackets and