Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1922-03-16

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the exception of the 9Th grade room,
are therefore insufficiently illumin-
ated. And more serious, the illum-
nation was provided from left and
| right giving rise to cross lighting
which is extremely Undesirable to
! say the least. 1t was noticed that in
a number OF rooms in order TO pre-
vent the cross lighting the shades
were pulled down. This would of
course cut down the illumination by
so per cent in the rooms mentioned,
In a number of rooms the plaster
was falling down from the ceiling,
thus constituting a hazard to life
and limb in case the plaster should
fall on to children while school was
in session. Your board of course
would be liable under the circum-
stances.
Your toilets were also without
ventilation, and although your jani-
tor was attempting to maintain good
clean rooms the conditions were not
satisfactory, as ventilation again had
to depend upon open windows. The
outside stairway, which is the COM
mon means of communication with
the 9Th grade room, was in an unsat-
isfactory condition. II had appar-
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the outside stringer of the stairs
should be supported by means of an
extra post The decorations of this
building, if sucll they may be called,
are also extremely unsatisfactory
You are losing considerable light re-
| Election due to improper color
schemce. and In one room the paint
was peeling OIL the ceiling and walls
The fire eXtinguisher provided was
of a non-approyed powder type, and
must be replaced with at least one
approved fire eNtinguisher on each
floor and one for the basement The
i interior arrangement of this building
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desirable, your rooms being consid-
erably wider than they are long, thus
removing the lighting from the
rooms to an extent which is very un-
desirable. In this connection it must
be remembered that the influence of
good physical surroundings is of
| great importance in getting proper
types of student reactions 1t is per-
fectly obvious that small children
who are subject to the unsatisfactory
conditions OF this building, such as
inadequate ventilation, inadequate
and improper lighting. and who are
confronted every day by a poor type
of color scheme and decorations, can
not possibly do their best in an edu-
cational direction The health con
ditions must also be considered, and
we know that the little folks are es-
| pecially susceptible to unsatisfactory
conditions of this kind
As stated in the very beginning, it
| 10 NAiApl thll1tt lAldl NlA' pun ely phys
ical conditions of safety just now are
such as to prevent this department
from condemning this building, but
from an educational standpoint and
| fitness for educational purposes look
. ing towards good teaching results,
there can be no question that this
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be condemned by your citizens as a
matter of civic pride
As reiterated by the inspector, l
feel as he does, that it were very
much better if the initiative for the
replacement of this building came
| from the citizens of Mineral Point.
In this connection l wish to state my
pleasure at the very cordial reception
which was given Mr. Schmidt. and
also at the privilege which he had of
addressing the city council which
has evidently resulted in action in a
very desirable direction. | hope that
the appointment of a council commit
tee TO work with the school board in
looking toward immediate remedial
measures in connection with this
/ building problem win meet with de-
served success,
The department is reserying the
right to reinspect this building with
in one years time with view to de-
termining whether deterioration has
affected the building to the extent as
to make it unsafe for occupancy. If
such should be the case. ! feel this
department might have to condemn
this building from q purely physical
| standpoint, as we are making educa-
| tional condemnation with reference
to the use of this building for school
/ purposes,
! I sincerely. hope that Mineral Point
| win take it upon itself to remedy the
above conditions
Yours very truly.
JOHN CALLAHAN,
state Superintendent