Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-03-26
DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS EXIST
IN PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Revealed by Members Of The Committee Appointed From
the ParGnt-TGaChcr Association Report of the
Committee Given In Full In This Issue.

Deplorable conditions at Furlow
School are revealed in the report
made recently by the school inspec-
ton committee of the Parent-Teacher
association, which made careful in
spection of the building last Friday
The members of the committee who
were present at the inspection, after
having carefully completed their work,
held a consultation and made out "a
complete report of the inspection with
recommendations The committee by
unanimous agreement recommends the
issue of school bonds at the election
next Monday. and this report of the
committee is one Of the most powerful
pleas for the bond issue that has yet
been made. The report of the commit,
tee is as follows:
In the Parent-Teacher association
our opportunities and privileges will
be far beyond what they are when
mothers sit each one in her own home,
thinking and wishing things might be
| improved, but without the strength
which comes from organization, unable
to accomplish much,
| If the president of the Parent-Teach-
er association had appointed one hun.
dred ladies, instead of five, ON the
inspection committee of Furlow school
building, We feel sure that the eyes
of Americus people would be open
to the terrible conditions prevailing
there, for one needs only to visit the
school to be convinced that something
lmust be done. and done at once.
On Friday, March 21st, in spite Of
the downpour of rain, the commit ,e
appointed by the Parent-Teacher asso-
! citation met at Furlow school for an
inspection tour.
We went first to Miss Lizzie McLen-
don's room and found that she had
dismissed school because it was inn
possible for the children to see. This
room is an inside room and is so
shaded by the wings of the building
that there is not enough light on the
brightest days. This room should not
be used.
Miss Condor,s room was very dark.
Miss Morgan's room needed more
and proper light.
Miss Claud McLaughlin's room was
poorly lighted I'm this room three
children had recently been compelled
to put on glasses. The ventilation was
bad here, too, and there was a leak
on one side of the room so bad that,
the children were huddled in one side
of the room while it was pouring rain
on the other.
In Miss Mamie Sue Bells room the
walls were In a terrible condition and
the children were facing the worst
places. If environment helps form
character, think of the effect these
smutty black walls have on the child
ren's sense of beauty.
We stood in water as we knocked
ON the door of Mrs. E. T. Mathis room
and our hats were wet from the drip
ping rain in the hallway. When we
were admitted we found rain literally
pouring on one side. Mrs. Mathis had
two grades in one room, caused by the
overcrowded condition of the school.
In Miss Hemingway's room all pic
lures had to be removed from walls
on account of leaks. Ventilation was
bad in this room
There were leaks in Miss Binion's
room.
Miss Yonah Buchanan's room was
dark, poorly ventilated and leaking
The teachers as d unit complained or
the heating system.
The worst room In the building IS
Miss Annie Ansley's. Here are fifty
little folks in their sixth year Not a
ray d sunshine ever comes into this