Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-27

possible terms. Also the basement should
be kept clear of all debris the Joists over
the furnace should be well protected, the
cinders aud ashes should be removed with
the utmost pains, and oil waste paper,
and other combust BILE material should
be daily cared for. The new form OF out
side toilets seems now IN good condltloh'
but constant care will be necessary during
extremely cold weather to keep the water
in all pipes and tanks from freezing:
School No. 24.-This is one oil the
better buildings of the city but IS over
crowded. The transoms above the WIN
dows are nailed, and this makes Ventii.1-
ton difficult. These should be put III
order and used instead OF the snort WIN,
dows. The small rooms now belng useu
as c1assrooms are very dark ana shou,u
not be used. There is insuiilcient isnt
botb ort;6c;a1 and natural. More electric
I;gbts should be installed Immediately.
The floors are in bad condition and should
he gone over at once No further addi-
t;ons should be made 10 this building.
school No. 2S-This is n three-story
building used for the grammar grades
Thee are 67O children on the roll. The
building is in fair condition except the
Aoors They have been badly neglected
and consequently are badly worn. The
toilet facilities for the boys are Inadequate,
there being but six seats with 335 boys at
tending. This toilet In addition Is very
dark and insanitary. Additional light,
ventilation, and seats and urinals should
he supplied at once. The custom oi
shifting the children from classroom to
classroom for departmental work makes
much confusion, involves the impossl-
bility of properly adjusting seats 70 sult
the C}Ii'C.ren and neCCSsItates tECnencous
wear on the hlu'diRg especially the hall
ana stalrHays. We wondered what would
happen here i III the MIDST Of one OF
these nume,CUs transfers . t.Tc should
break out, q. false alarn bc sounded
1t would hea serious s!tuat1"n 70 say the
least. ard if this plan Is continued the
a4tf.r,4 ,cn Of the teqchers should be called
10 tho danger involved. " l5lc ii would
hardlcap some Of the teachers 80 move
instead of the children because of the
reedcd equipment; still there IS rosSi-
bn,tv Of mu,.h relief Lore. with less risk #
those teachers who can Move would 90
SO Then. Of course, thus constant shutting
of the children multipheS the possibility
of spreading any contagious disease that
might break out.
The building is not well arranged, though
it represents = fairly good model tor
the time when it was built It hiss been
used about 35 wears The foocs should
be looked after NJ ouce and kept in good
condition fl ali probability this building
viii have 70 he used for many years.
School Nc. 30-Thls building IS the
est grat-uar school in the city ald
was placed on an aitogctaaT u-lsatis-
facgar" lot as u size and shape IL was
prACt caiiz lmDossibe for any architect
10 plan q good building with the number
of rooms demanded for this lot, More
money WAS wasted. we l,n2g;ne. I'D TINS
building because If the necessity OF making
il fit this lot tnau would have been needed
t. h,fv q good site somewhere IN this
neigh5orhoo6 The building IS now over
crowded. There Is no chance to recon
struct or enlarge this building The light
ING IS troublesome, but possibly, could
not he prevented We noticed that the
bottoms al the windows arc approx
matclv the proper height above the
floor Tho desks were IN good condition
and more carefully set than any elsewhere
School No. I2.-This building is
practically Identical IN form with No. 10
and the general equipment no better,
The outside toilets, especially the boys
we're found in bad condition. The base
Iarrt ; dark and damp. and whlc there
was some space for play i IS totally in
adequate Here IS IN No. 10, some relief
can be had by raising al windows up
stairs in tine old part Of the building IN
order to get better lighting New sashes
are needed n any case. The floors need
attention. The anitor was absent from
the building when Inspection was made
School No l3 This building has been
used about 10 wears and Is in far c7n-
dition. The floors however. are very dry
and need attention The basement VA,
clean and with proper care there seems
ID bc no fire hazard in any exeeptlona
vav. Ne were told by the teachers and
the III ,tor that il Is difficult To keep th'
building warm In cold weather and tina
il was necessary TO keep on such days 8
high as Is pounds pressure The boile
seems TO be too small TO meet the need
economically. The waus oi the class
rooms are tinted the usual disagreeahl
green. The blackboards III some Of I'll
rooms are set so high as 70 make Il neces
sary to have platforms under them 50 8
To accommodate the children Tins @