Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the session of the Legislature of the State of California (1909) (14592564508)

Identifier: appendixtojourna19091cali (find matches)
Title: Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California
Year: 1853 (1850s)
Authors: California. Legislature
Subjects: Legislative journals
Publisher: Sacramento : State Printing
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library



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t drain pipe. Wherever the water supply of the school comes from, the urinal shouldbe flushed out everj^ night and thoroughly washed once a week. The bad condition of water-closets is not due to bad constructionalone. Much of it can be laid at the door of the school janitor, and nota little belongs to the teacher. The janitor is often a janitress—a girlor a woman. They always feel that the full round of duty is ful-filled when the floor is swept and the desks dusted and the teachers areoften too modest to mention the closets. The teachers should put the care of the closets on the first round ofdaily duty and see that they are kept clean and fit for use. James B. Davtoson,Of Marin County. 5—SA — bb HORIZONTAL BAR. Every school ought to have a turning pole for the children. Hereis one at the St. Helena School in Napa County. The posts should beheavy, 4 by 6 or 6 by 6, with square holes at varying heights for the bar.The bar should not be made of iron pipe, for that is slippery and
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dangerous; but of hickory wood, with square ends. It should be 6 feetlong, with a diameter of li/4 inches. The ground beneath should bespaded up now and then to keep it soft. If a foot of sawdust or coarsemanure is kept under it. so much the better. That will avoid brokerbones. — 67 — THE VALUE AND NEED OF LARGER SCHOOLPLAYGROUNDS. By Dr. F. B. Dresslar, formerly of the University of California, now of the Uni-versity of Alabama. The accompanying pictures are by the courtesy of the PlaygroundAssociation of America. The instinct for play is one of the most urgent demands of childnature; and the proper equipment of playgrounds is a necessary dutyof all parents and school authorities. If children, and in fact, the youngof all the higher animals, were not endowed with the instinct for play,were not led into a life of activity through the solicitations of thisnatural impulse, normal development of their physical life would be