The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-06-29

Sanitary Condition of Schools of New
berry County.
Ventilation-The best method of
ventilating schools is to have either
the ventilating fues connected with
the furnace such as Newberry city
schools have or to have ventilating
stoves, such as Hunter-DeWalt school
mas. Any stove may be made ven
tilating stove by properly using a
piece of sheet iron and two hues.
Fresh air is provided without having
draft blowing directly on the chill
dren by having windows that may be
lowered from the top. These roller
windows are used at Newberry, Bur-
ton, Long Lane, Chappells, Rutherford,
Mccullough, Swilton, Zion, Mollo1on,
Trilby, Hunter-DeWalt, Silverstreet,
Whitmire, Pomaria, st. Lukes, Little
Mountain, Smyrna, Prosperity, Trim
ity, Jalapa, Wneeland, saluda and St.
Paul. Betheden trustees set the ex-
ample for schools with windows of the
old type by saving out six inch
strip from under the upper sash Of two
opposite windows. This lowering of
two sashes admitted fresh air. The
six inch strip was kept on the sill,
the window pushed up and the piece
replaced at the end of school day.
Water Supply-Each school should
have a convenient place for securing
good pure water. A pump or water
pipe should bring the fresh water to
the surface without danger Of the
children falling in the we'll or injuring
the water by throwing obstacles into
the we'll. Water is obtained from
pumps on the grounds at the follow
| ing schools: Saluda, Prosperity, smyr-
| ma, st. Lukes, Pomaria, Whitmire,
silverstreet, Union, Trilby, Monticello,
Zion, Big Creek, Fairview, Chappells,
Burton, Deadfall and ONeall.
Newberry schools, Molluhon mill
) and Oakland with regular city water
; through pipes and Hunter-DeWalt
with water pumped by ram are sup
piled.
Sanitary drinking fountains are
used in Newberry, Whitmire, Mt.
Pleasant and Zion schools. This ar
rangement is most convenient and
sanitary. Sanitary covered water cool
ers with individual drinking cups
have been placed in JoIhnstone, Bur-
ton, Deadfall, Long Lane, Chappells,
Fairview, Mccullough, Bush River,
Belfast, Hunter-DeWalt, Silverstreet,
st. Lukes, Little Mountain, Smyrna,
Prosperity, Trinity, Jalapa, Wheeland,
Saluda and St. Paul. One Of the boys
at Swilton put faucet in a keg which
has made good water cooler. Many
schools use the individual drinking
cups which greatly lessen the spread
OF contagious diseases, but the water
bucket open to the dust and germs
all day is equally harmful.
Outhouses- flush toilets can
only be used where water works are
available as at Newberry; but sani
tary closets are used at W2itmire and
Smyrna. These closets are screened
and have receptacles which should be
emptied weekly. Saluda, Jalapa, Trim
ity, Prosperity, Little Mountain, st.
Lukes, Pomaria, Silverstreet, Hunter
DeWalt, Broad River, Monticello, Zion,
Mt. Pleasant, Mt. Pilgrim, Rutherford,
Fairview, Cnappells, Deadfall, Gar
many, Oakland, Mollohon, Burton, aud
Johnstone have each two ordinary out
houses on the extreme back corners
of the school grounds. D3ese houses
should be regularly cleaned.
Betheden, Long Lane, Reedervil1e,
Utopia, Maybinton, Hartford, McCul-
Tough, Ridge Spring, Big Creek, Swil-
ton, Fork; Tranwood, Presley, Mud
lie, Kinards, Mt. Bethel, Bush River,
Excelsior, Dominick, McCrary, Belfast,
New Hope, Union, st. Paul, Wneeland,
and st. Phillips have only one out
I2ouse and are consequently in need
OF another house.
Cromer, Reagin, Tabernacle, Cen
trail, Vaugnnville, Trilby, Mollohon
and O'NeaIl have on outhouses. Such
a condition is productive of neither
good morals nor good health