Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26

Association to demonstrate the i'm
portance of instruction in the
care of the teeth. Dr. w. c.
Ebersole of Cleveland. Ohio, who is sec
rotary of the organization. says: II be-
neve that If each child be taught to keep
thoroughly clean and healthy the gate
way to his system, the mouth, We shall
have a healthier, more self-respecting
for the next generation 1t is believed
that Tooth Ache will help develop
public interest in oral hygiene.
&
How small. one-teacher school in the
country may have all the conveniences
popularity supposed to be the exclusive
| privilege of the city is demonstrated in
| the model rural school at Kirksville Mo-
! according to III. w. Foght. specialist in
rural education for the United States bu-
| reau Of education. Indoor toilets and
shower baths. drinking fountains and a
modern heating plant are shown to be
possible in the country school, however
remote from the city, Furthermore. the
cost is said to be within the means of
a comparatively small community.
The Kirksville school is conspicuous for
It's Utilization OF every available inch OF
space. Ii is only a one-story building,
slightly wider than the typical Missouri
country school, but the attic and base
ment are both put to valuable use The
attic is employed for manual training and
domestic science. and there is an excel
lent herbarium. The basement contains
the heating plant, a comb nation Of hot
~ and hot air described as very eco
nomical in use; the fuelroom, a bulbro om
for the outdoor garden and darkroom
for developing photographs.
The machinery of the school plant con-
sists of an ordinary pneumatic pressure
tank, operated by a gasoline engine. A
septic-tank sewer system is maintained
at small expense
The main floor of the building. besides
4 81 "a
small community library. SEPARATE from
the school library, emphasizing the pur-
pose of the rural school as a community
center. The classroom itself occupies
most of the floor. The desks and seats
in it are both adjustable and movable
with individual platforms; and when all
are removed to one side, as many as apl
people can be accommodated thus max
ing ii possible to use the room for com
munity gatherings The stereopticon IA
the wall of the classroom emphasizes
still further the fact that this school is
built for general community use as well
as for ordinary school purposes.
Every effort has been made to have the
model rural school at kirksville APPROX
mate actual rural conditions. Although
located on the campus at the Ksrksville
Normal School, it is detached from the
other buildings The pupils are real
rural material. Every morning a. trans
portation wagon brings in thirty-four
country children from a distance OF five
miles. No town children are allowed to
attend because IL is distinctly a rural
school, An expert rural teacher is in
charge, and the school she conducts is an
observation school. Candidates for rural
school certificates attend il at least once
a day and observe her work and after
two years of training in the nomal school
they receive practice work in the school,
Teachers who have gone out from ex-
perience in this model rural school ara
800 per cent better teachers" says Mr..
Foght, but the best indication of the
value of such a school is the way its
leading features have been copied In
the country about Kirksville many SINH
lar schools have been built. They do not
always copy all the details, but the attic
arrangement and the sanitary equipment
are generally duplicated Buildings
modelled on the kirksville school have
been erected in Mississippi and Ne
braska."