Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09
NOTES ON OUR SCHOOLS
Contributed BY Maud E. Neprud

Vernon County schools effectively
aided in the campaign for "a million
dollars for a million books for mil
lion men" A splendid showing was
made by the schools. Total contri-
buttons from this county amounted to
S249.27 (city of Viroqua and schools
in communities having public ibrar-
les not included.l
The response to the appeal sent out
for y. NJ. c. A. funds was even more
gratifying. The amount secured
through the schools mot including vi
roqua) was SS9502.
TEACHERS INSTITUTES
A series of Saturday Teacher smeet-
ings have been planned for the months
of January. February and March. All
rural school teachers must attend one
of these meetings Teachers in state
graded schools and in city grades are
urged to be present. These meetings
VIII be informal in character, get
together" for teachers in neighbOring
districts. social meetings as we'll as
business meetings with the Supervis-
ing teachers and superintendent.
Meetings viii be held at LaFarge.
Readstown, Genoa, DeSotO, Hillsboro,
Chaseburg, Westby and NiroQua.
SALE OF THRIFT STAMPS
The war savings campaign is to be
carried on through the schools of the
state. Vernon county schools are be-
ing called upon to do their "bit.
There will be furnished to the teach
ers, literature prepared by the United
! States government consisting of
/ four page folder containing an appeal
and instruction for carrying on the
campaign and another four page fold
er conta lining message from Secretary
McAdoo for distribution to the chill
dren.
The stamps car be obtained from
any bank or from any pOstolfice or
rural carrier A pupil may purchase
one or more stamps at any time. As
soon as the first book is filed with
cancelled stamps, a $500 stamp can
be secured by taking the book to the
postfiice. 1t is necessary to buy $500
worth of stamps after he once starts.
/ This war savings campaign will not
alone result in the sale of two billion
dollars worth of war savings stamps,
/ but viii train children the ways of
thrift and conservation.
/ RED CROSS CONTRIBUTION
| Miss Minerva Storlie. teacher of
Joint School District No. 4, town of
/ Liberty raised $3.50 for the Red
+ Cross Society by a local school enter
I tainment Miss Storlie is a Vernon
! County Training School graduate and
a resident of Viroqua
! SCHALLOCK RECEIVES CHRIST
1 MAS GIFT
How much the children of school
district No. 9, town of Nirouua, appre-
ciate their teacher, Willis Schallock,
may be estimated from the neat sum
/ of money $4,000 which they raised
among themselves and gave to him as
a Christmas gift.
( PERFECT ATTENDANCE RECORD
I Dan Hole, who attends the LaFarge
school has been present every day for
six years and is continuing his record
] for the seventh year. During all this
! time he has never been tardy for
either a forenoon or an afternoon ses-
sion. He lives three miles from the
school house and walks the distance
each way.
CHANGE OF TEACHERS
During the Holiday season, Dan Gu
| pid was especially busy and conse-
quently a number of changes have
been made in the teaching force. Miss
| Winifred Drake of Niroqua goes to
! Genoa. Miss Charlotte Davis of La
| Crosse will fill the vacancy in the Te-
walt school, district No. 8, town of
| Sterling.
SUPERINTENDENT CARY VISITS
RURAL SCHOOLS
During the week beginning Deem
! Der 2, 1917, State Superintendent c. p
Cary, accompanied by Miss Neprud
visited ten rural schools of our coun-
ty. One thing conspicuously evident
was the lack of attention to proper
heating and ventilation. Here are
some of the fundamental mistakes
that were observed: -ta
| l. THE FRESH AIR INLET WAS
SHUT OFF
! Sometimes the fresh air intake was
completely severed from the stove.
! Sometimes it was shut off by a dam
per in the pipe; sometimes, by closing
up the outside; often, with furnace
there was no outside connection.
Sometimes foul air from the room was
being. taken and rehea ted.
2. THE FOUL AIR OUTLET WAS
CLOSED
Book ceses We're found obstructing
the outlet, or the outlet opened into
the attic and was not working. Some
times there was an opening in the out
let near the ceiling and all the hot air
was being drawn off without serving
| its purpose The ceiling was often so
poor that hot air would pass through
it rapidly.
! 8. PIPELESS FURNACES USED
The State Department of Education
cannot recommend the pipeless fur
mace, in fact, such furnaces are abso-
lutely prohibited in school houses,
These pipeless furnaces re-circulate
the foul air and have no inlet for fresh
air from the outside. The air comes
up through a floor register directly
above the furnace, and there is a reg
lister nearby for the foul air 20 pass
back into the furnace and be reheated.
Where these furnaces are used ey
must either be taken out or so chang
ed that fresh air can be fed to the flr-
mace from the outside, and that = ,5.-
ing is placed over the present openings
for the down draft Such a furnace
heats well, but it does not ventilate at
ALL Floor registers should all be clos
ed and the air taken in at a height of
S feet. Base board registers may be
used if desired.
Poor heating and poor ventilation
in the country schools is causing ire
mendous loss in efficiency in our
schools. In many schools, children
shiver around on cold days and ac-
complish little or nothing until ten or
eleven o'clock. Sometimes the teach
er does not know how to manage the
heating annaratIls ar does not SEQ To