Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-11
MANY SCHOOL RE-
PAIRS HAVE Been
MADE DURING SUMMER


| particular attention this year to the
work Of putting all the school buildings
of the city into an excellent state OF
building has been visited by majority
Of the members of the board. Every
thing that the board thought would
| increase the safety of the buildings
has been done.
| At the Nash school building brick
walls have been II lit in the Easements.
| separating the furnace room from the
rest Of the building, the walls and
ceilings Of the kindergarten and first
| grade rooms have been given a coat of
paint and kalsomine, and on the out
| side of the building a granoithic walk
| has been laid from the west entrance
| to the sidewalk on Sewall street. Both
| the east and west entrances have been
| painted.
| At the Webster school building a
brick wall has been built in the base
ment separating the furnace room from
| the stairway and the walls and ceilings
about the stairway have been lathed
and plastered where formerly was an
open space in which rubbish could COL
| lect. The toilets have been put in first
class condition and the soil pipes lead
ing from the roof have been repaired.
The fire escape has been scraped and
painted and all broken panes of glass
have been replaced by new ones. Be
fore school re-opens a dozen loads of
gravel will be hauled to fill up the ruts
made in the school yard by the heavy
rains during the summer months.
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cape at the rear side of the building
has been strengthened and reprinted,
new toilets installed in the girls base
ment with sanitary plumbing, and mis-
Ecellaneous repairs on the heaters have
been made
At the Cony High school building
very extensive repairs have been made
during the past summer. The walls
and ceilings throughout the building
have been painted, much steel VAIN
scoting installed in the basement, along
the stairways leading to the basement
and the major portion Of the second
floor. The boys dressing room in the
basement has been taken over for a
cooking room, the girls from the 7th,
9Th and 9th grades will come to this
room for cooking instruction. Up to
this year no domestic science course
with the exception Of sewing has been
offered to the girls Of the public
schools.
With the beginning Of the fall term
however this subject will be offered
to all the girls in the above grades
and the High school girls, as stated
above. Household management, ac-
counts and diafofjcc will bo oy,ho5io6
in this course. This room is being
fitted up with individual tables, gas
plates, running water and other neces-
sary equipment Much work is being
done around the foundation Of the
building, through which water has in
the past years found its way and has
constituted a decided nuisance. Other
improvements in the building include
new seats in the stenography room.
The new harrington school building,
which has recently received that name,
is being ornamented with the word
harrington" which Is being cut over
the west entrance in a place provided
| for by the architect. Some little
patchwork has been done in the build
| ing and molding put up in four rooms
so that the building Is thoroughly
equipped for hanging pictures.
| In the rural schools necessary re-
pairs have been made on the different
buildings. The Bolton Hill school has
been papered and painted and the I'M
derpinning fixed. The woodshed, which
was In a somewhat dilapidated condi-
| ton, has been repaired to the extent
that it will now be serviceable for
/ some time to come. In the Ballard and
Cony schools hard wood floors have
been laid At the Jewett schoolhouse
interior has been papered and painted
and the exterior painted.