The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-03-04

: large windows az the back. caIsinl
{ such a glare that the speaker "a.
hardly be seen Blinds and screen
: are often used. but they do not wholly
relieve the glare.
3 We have a number OF trophies. Da
/ no place 10 show them off so ,hsl
n are lying around In several differeai
| rooms. some covered with dust IN,
I neglected Should We not have Z
, trophy room IN which 10 show them
to an adyantageg II we had on W
to-date. pleasant better equipped ana
better located high school. We could
get and ker2 better teachers. We have
some excellent teachers now. but 1an
we keep them2 What teachers want
TO work in a building like ours wacA
tht can go to another place. get as
much or more money and have an
uptodate, more comfortable and hy
far pleasanier rooms In which 20
tcachs As wt have no cloak rooms
or locker in which to teep wraps AM
books. il often happens that wraps
and books are lost or misplaced and
sometimes stolen--the results is fas.
the pupils is often unable 10 find nis
or her books before class time and
50 receive bad srade. The only
reason for this Is that no pupil has
private place to keep his books. then
the only place We have for our wraps
is on hooks Ia the hall and IN Few
stalls along the hall; and they are 50
crowded that araps are very often
Knocked down and damaged aud
sometimes sven lost We need lork-
ers for both books and wracs.
We also need new bull ling .or
the health, comfort and moral ef Get
II would have. Our present heating
system is old fashioned and made
qrate. We have stoyek put up m
whatever part OF the room il IS the
cheapest and easiest to put UP AMI
In cold weather we bake on one side
and freeze on the other There is
no way OF ventilating except by
opening windows, which creates IN
unhealthy dram Tha seats In the
study hall and IN the recitation rooms
are Ike those used IN the grades and
OF all sizes There are few arm
chairs In the building that do not
need repairing and both arm chair and
desks are so rough you can hardly
write on them without having heavy
pad between the desk and your paper
Neatly furnished. attractive classroom
would also have good moral effect
upon he student II is true that some
OF the damage done 70 the chairs ard
desks has been done hy the student.
but the equipment OF the old buildiag
is cheap and cheap things never re-
ceive the respect that gool ones do.
II the students had a nicAnew bai,d
ing. with good equipment they would
feel proud Of i. and care for it proper
". 4
The electric lights should have gaod
globes and should not allow the ligh.
to fall directly on the books. Tlsa
the seats and windows shonld be AZ
ranged so that the lights would fall
over the shoulders. Wa also need
a fully equipped gynasium and swim
ming pool, for all students should be /,
required 70 have certain amount OF
physical training There should De
girls and boys rest room, where stu
sents who do not feel well may rest
those who bring their lunch
and place In the building. a foun.7in
If possible. where students can ges
a drink OF cool. pure water. Then
there IS danger Of fire. The present
is not properly arranged.
The halls have been pariitioned Off
for class rooms and these partitions
are so thin they do not shut out thel
sound Also the halls are too narrow
and there are so few Of them--be
tween classes, at noon and at night
the halls are jammed. What would
happen to US in case of fire in this
I'D building? We have no fire sigma
10 fire drills. and by far too few fire
sxtinguishing apparatus. The stairs
ire too narrow and steep; three per-
'oas at one time can not pass on then
hey are also hard to climb-soo
'teep. A well known Guthrie doctor
las stated that probably one-hals of
he girls who finish high school n
he present building have injured