Arizona republican., 1913-04-29
WHAT To BUY FOR THE SCHOOLS
BY Dr. Wilde. Prs't University Arizona

repairs. or else the boards are useless |
Buy slate boards at the start and save |
the repairs. Combine beauty with dur |
ability: it does not always cost more !
but if it does. il should be required. 1t |
is one of the cardinal sins in school ad- |
ministration to make ugly buildings to |
purchase ugly furniture, and nartistic !
pictures. The love of beauty should !
be gained by constant inspection of !
beautiful things. In Arizona special |
attention must be given to furniture
that is well seasoned, else the climate |
will reveal its shortcomings
Buy sanitary things. With all the
scares we have nova days over
meningitis. small poX and other cpl
denies it is imperative that we have in !
the schools sanitary appliances. Have
the floors oiled to keep the dust down. |
Remove dust by pneumatic cleaners
rather than by the broom and feather
buster Have a sanitary drinking foun-
tain. Have maps and cases covered to
keep out the dust-and the dust of the
ordinary school room is equal in volume
in the daily routine to several Arizona
dust-storms. But the dust of the
room must be reduced by tale crayon-
which is more expensive at first. but |
more durable and almost dustless--by |
erosers that take up the dust of the |
crayon when there is any. and are
themselves often cleaned. preferably by |
pneumatic cleaner. Health in the
school is less a matter of expense than !
of knowing how.
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force by preventing unnecessary nois- |
es Have nOiseless erasers for the !
blackboard: have chalk or srayon that |
will not screech Have lnOleum or
other floor covering for halls or other |
much travelled places in the building. |
Rubber heels on the teachers shoes are |
often real help. Have the non slam f,
ming desks and seats. Noise distracts
children, stops their work, and gives
them no compensation in real relaxa-
ton.
Buy artistic things. Men cannot
usually be relied upon to do |
this thing. Cal in the women
and get their taste and judgment. Co
operation will do them good. Have
Wen chosen pictures. proportiOned TO
the space to be occupied. and approp-
riate to the age and advancement of
the children. Better have one good
picture than several postage stamp
pictures 10 cover the same space Con-
slider carefully the color of the walls
of the room In this bright climate,
tone down the bright whiteness of the
plaster with the softer colOrs. Relieve
the intensity of the light on the eve
I
a pretty bill TO pay for eyes disabled
by the intensity of our sunlight. Let
the furniture be simple in design and
uniform throughout the building. Bring
art into the school room and into all
its fittings. Taste here will be re-
Elected in the taste the children win
carry into their own homes.
Sometimes it is possible to buy ma
teIals in concentrated form-ink as
powder instead of in liquid form. Des
ert as Arizona is, it can supply the
water to make a gallon of ink from a
| little ink powder, and the freight on
| the gallon of water from Chicago would
! be about % cents.
, But YOU know better than ! do what
YOU want to buy. and so turn to the
question How to Buy?
How to Buy School Supplies
Do not buy of the travelling agents
| at least not until these men get the
habit of dealing more fairly with Ari-
IONA people than they have in the past
! Seek reliable houses by inquiry, have
| their catalogues constantly on file, with
! net price list. and when business is
satisfactory with them. stay with them,
unless decidedly better prices are given
! elsewhere. But one must make sure
| that these new prices are on the same
! quality of goods.
! Get competing bids on special goods,
| freight r O. B destination. 1t is not
| So easy for the dealer TO figure his
prices with freight included. but he will
do it. And he will know better than
| you what classifications of freight his
| goods will take, and give you the adj
| vantage of this knowledge But the
! specifications for the goods must be
clear and insisted upon. The disreput-
! able dealer will receive your specifica-
/ tons and then offer goods without re-
| gard to them, confusing, you, if he
can, with Technology and figures that
| look like yours but really are not.
| Buy the years supply of goods at
| one time. This necessitates careful
calculation of the needs of the year, by
| making an inventory of the stock on
| hand, examining the records of the
! purchases of the past year. and then
adding proper amount of expansion
of the work of the school If printing
has to be done, have all of it done for
the year at one time, and give the
printer the privilege Of putting the
work through his office at slack times,