Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-08-26

the boiler TO make the heating pian'
adequate. Electric lights have also
been installed, making il the fourth
properly lighted school building in
the city, the other we'll lighted build.
ings being the Mckinley, the Roose.
welt, and the William Winlock Miller
high school. The school board has
not attempted TO equip the Wash
ington and Lincoln schools with a
lighting system because these build
ings are to De replaced within the
next few years. Necessary repairs
have been made to the furnace in
the Roosevelt school and new fur
mace is being installed in the McKin-
ley school, the old one having failed
for two years to heat the building
dut to the fact that it was burned
and cracked beyond repair.
An inspection by the Hartford
Travellers Indemnity company re-
vealed that the boiler which has been
in the Washington school for many
years was no longer safe. The school
board has met the emergency by re-
placing the old boiler with new
American Radiator Company Ideal
steam boiler which insures safety and
adequate heating capacity. In the
High and Lincoln schools no addi-
lions or improvements to heating
plants were necessary, the work done
last year having proved wholly salts
factory. With the completion Of the
work now under way every school
building in the city will be ade-
quately heated.
Reduce Heating Costs
Following the results of expert
ments conducted last year, all heat
ing plants in the city schools will be
fired with wood or sawdust. The use
of this fuel will effect an annual saw
ing Of approximately $500 in heating
costs.
Census figures point to slight in
crease in enrolment over last year,
the registration to date indicating
that the greatest increase will be in
the High school and the eighth grade
school. One additional teacher has
been added to the high school faculty
to take care Of the growing enroll
ment. Marked increases are evident
ii the commercial, English and his
tory departments while the falling
on in the manual training depart
ment during the last two years has
made 1t possible to dispense with one
instructor in this work.
There will be practically no changes
in textbooks. In the high school,
however, textbooks will be free as
they have been In the grades. This
is the result Of large donations OF
books made by the students at the
close OF last year.
All eight grades will be maintained
in the Garneld, Roosevelt and Nc
Kiniey schools. In the Washington
and Lincoln schools only the hrst
seven grades will be maintained: the
eighth grade pupils from these dis
tricts will be handled in q separate
school following the practice Of the
last three years.
Pupils residing outside Of the
Olympia school district will be re-
ceived into the high school under the
provisions Of the law granting COM
pensation to the district for the cost
OF educating nonresident pupils.
No tuition charge exists. Non-resi-
dent grade pupils cannot be handled
in the Olympia schools. however.
The crowded condition Of the city
schools and the fact that the law does
not provide for complete compensa-
tion to cover the cost Of educating
nonresident grade pupils. make this
regulation necessary.
All pupils should present them
selves ON the opening day. The prac-
tice OF starting children even q day
late interferes with the successful
operation Of the schools. Pupils who
are six years old or over and those
who will reach the sixth birthday
prior to January 1, 1922. should en-.
roll in the grade schools at the be.