Milford chronicle., 1916-06-02

badly needed for the general welfare
of the pupils.
No. 2. @AIley," also near Clayton
was in charge of Miss Mary l. John.
son, who had the property in excel
lent condition. A new pump had been
installed since last year. The school
building needs a new front door, re
pairs to the underpinning, a porch
with a concrete floor and a heating
and ventilating plant. This district
is amply able to give the children
these comforts and necessities for
their school opportunities. 1t has al
ways done this in the past, and the
present needs will certainly be forth
coming at the school election
Nos. 8, 5, "a, 1O7. Town of Smyrna.
These schools have taken new lease
of life and are now the leaders in ex-
cellent health conditions, and also for
the general welfare of the children
who attend. Additional ground has
been bought for athletic sports, mod
ern toilets and fire escapes, electric
lights and two new pianos have been
installed, and the electric clock sys-
tenn put into effect for calling classes.
No. 4. Big Oak, near Smyrna, was
in only fair to ordinary condition.
One toilet was bad and the other
good. The furniture is old and the
sanitary conditions only fair. The
building needs painting outside, and
several new desks must replace those
carved and obsolete. A heating and
ventilating system for health and
comfort of the children must be in
stalled. It is a case where insistence
for better conditions is now a de-
mand.
No. 6. ServiSOns. also near Smyr-
ma, in charge of Elizabeth Stats. was
in as good condition as the old floor
would permit so far as cleanliness
goes. The grounds about were good,
and one new toilet had been built.
The windows had been changed from
the end to the front of the buildings
and wire guards had been placed over
the windows. The furniture is old
but is serviceable. This building
must have a new floor The present
stove failed to keep the school room
warm during the past winter, and a
new heating and ventilating plant for
this school room must be installed
before another winter school is con-
iucted.
NO.,7. RaymOndS, in Raymond's |
Neck. east of Smyrna, was in charge |
Of Miss Marguerite Jones. The !
grounds were in good condition and |
1ne new toilet had been built. New |
had been installed and |
he seats had been turned around to |
ACE a blank wall so as to portect the |
eyes of the children from direct sun /
light. The school building should be |
'epainted a light color inside and out |
llso.
No. s. Downs, west from Kenton,
vas under the care of Frank AttiX,
IT,, and he has done as well as any
eacher could under the conditions
,ver which only the people of the
district have control, and who appear
o have no real care as to how or
where their children are educated.
The grounds about the old building |
re ample and in as good condition as
possible to keep them, the toilets are
he same old toilets and in the same
air to ordinary condition, and the
urniture will answer to the same de-
criptiOn. A new floor has been add
d since the last inspection; but it
eeds much new furniture to replace
he old. There are SO Children attend
ng school in this one room, who
ange in size from little tots to young
iris and boys just standing at the
ath of life where maid and woman :
oOd- and boy and manhood meet A ,
ew building for this school built for
lOdern school work will have to come /;
! the near future. :
No, 3. Town of KentOn. The Z
rounds about the school are in fair I
concrete walks should be q
lid from the front doors to the toll
Is, one of which was in bad condition
nd the other in good. The school !
Doms were clean but no improve
tents to the property had been made =
nee last inspection.
No. 10. MOOre's, near Cheswold +
as in charge of Mary S. Reynolds,
nd the conditions were very good
and out doors. A new porch had
zen built and painting and papering
id been done since last inspection. :.
his school needs a heating and ven /
lating plant. :,
No. II and 81. Town of Leipsic. =
iss Ida Cannon has done much to II
lip this school. but no teacher can =,
It anything like attractive grounds .
building from the school property :;
Leipsic. The people there appear y
be without any care or pride in the -
hools and regard them as a source -
annoyance or expense which has to :
tolerated. There are some of the y
tizens who do not feel that way y
Iout schools, but it is evident that =,
e majority entertain this feeling.
ID the best evidence that they are in
e majority, is the school property l.
jelf The front yard is a ball ground, b.
ID the children in the yard appear Il
feel the proper way to show their 81
portance is in rude actions towards NJ
ch other and visitors. The toilets 81
e unspeakably filthy, but not from in
Y lack of care on the part of the II
lcher, for she had only a day or al
o before had them cleaned-but the at
ltermen use the toilets as public la
operty, and as their dirty instinct
cline. The furniture is fair to good in
d the sanitary condition of the two We
Oms was as good as it was possible cl
r the teachers to keep them with the fu
eat number of children in attend hs
ce. Some new flooring had been bI
t down since the last inspection and ce
window closed. The present build