The Springdale news., 1914-01-30
SOME SANITARY AND OTH FER NEEDS OF THE SPRINGDALE
 SCHOOLS

Ii thlS could De SappIleu, uedfi9 all of the defects and troubles of the system could easily be cor rected.
 The sanitary needs are mostly such as are characteristic of v1ii- age schools. Unsanitary closets. lack of ventilation, dusty floors, poor water facilities, and conse- qaently impure water Although an investigation will show that the closets are cleaned once d week, and that lime and other disinfectants are used, and that the school closets, III cleanliness, will compare favorably with the private privies of the town. yet II is true that some better syst em should be used. Either some system of chemical dry close $, or what is better a good system of water works.
 As to the water supply deep wells should be bored so that the infections of surface water could De avoided. This of course Wosld incur quite an expense but the health of the pupils would be protected
 The ventilation k bad during cold weather when doors and windows ean not be wide open. Even the new High School baild- ing is totally inadequate and not scientifically correct. The over crowded condition of the school rooms and of the recitation rooms render tie problem of ventilation very diffie ii of solution.
 The health of pupils and stud ents wiH=eontinue-toZhe greatly fnrnaced until We can afford 10 ase. more freely antiseptie= floor dressing. and do more disinffet= ing and fgaaigatihs throughout the rooms and halls wish to say however. in this connection that oHr percentage -of atte4ll= anea on the average numbers =ae= longing to the schools, is very high and quite satisfactory This is owing to the very heaIthfuf Io- cality in which We ENe. and 1he extraordinary interest that cur people take in education.
 As 10 EQt IPNENF we are greatly behind. The furniture in nearly all the rooms i'll the Gram mar School is marred, broken. and uneven. It is only partly suited to the size and age of the pupils and hence is inconyenlent and uncomfortable. as well as presenting d very Impoverished appearance i'll the school room. Apparatus is almost entirely wanting. Modern methods are impossible without modern equlp- ment. Laboratories fn the Sel- enee Department ot the lllgf School are greatly needed. Many things along many i'm es necessary to the convenience and beauty o1 school rooms are totally wanting.
 While our libraries and equip ment are improving every year ttnafhS 10 the School Improve men, Association still the ad vance k >o slow that cur stud ents are q great disadvantage.
 Now. lest you should be His- lead in regard to the efficiency of our schools, wish to state that although We labor under many difficulties from the de fects ahove mentioned, it ms. not be inferred that our schools are not among the best in our part Of the state In another af- ticlc in which 1 will show the eX- act nature of our financial dis tresses. l shall make fuller com pariSonS with the schools of oth- er cities of Arkansas
 It may not be out of place to remark that notwithstanding the above conditions portrayed. there k less sickness among the boys anl girls dring the school month than at any other time ot the year.
 Judging from the pupils and students that enter eur sshooIs from other cities and localities the quality and quantity of th work done here dos not sltfa b.s fhe comparison
 Lest the people sboaId t5Inb that better sanitation is m5he essary, if must be sad the Use q surface water will certainly eeen iaally brine oil in Sprie Il .le=s s4 . scourge of TYPHOID FEtEt as visited Little Rock and ofhel Arkansas cities. Fayetteyill. with her creek water k never ffe,