the rooms. Considerable sickness prevailed last winter. Coughs, colds, headaches, eyeache, were commonly complained of.

Second Room.-Is on the first floor and grades 4 and 8 taught therein. This room was badly crowded, and contained forty-five seats. Enrollment and average attendance not secured. Room is 24x28x12, and contains 8,064 cubic feet, furnishing cubic space for forty students. Lighted by two windows on the south and one on the west. Although the day was bright, this room was very dark and much complaint is made of this fact by the students. The diseases noticed were coughs, colds, headaches, eyeache.

High School.—This room and the recitation room occupies the entire upper story. High school room, 47x24x12, furnishing a cubic space of 13,536 cubic feet, which is room for sixty pupils. There were forty-six desks in this room. The room is lighted by five windows. Two of these windows are on the south and three on the west. Two of the three western windows are in vestibules which open out from the main room and furnish little light. The room was very dark, although the day was bright. Much complaint among students and patrons on account of the darkness of this room. At one time the high-school room occupied the entire upper floor, but a partition has been thrown across the entrance end, in this way making a room 24x10. This room is lighted by three windows, two on the north and one on the west. There is a large glass window in the partition. This arrangement lessens the amount of light in the high-school room.

The outhouses are frame, in bad condition, at some distance from the building, with no walks leading thereto. In the yard is a long, low horseshed, with thirty-two stalls. This shed was very foul with manure. The water supply is from a dug well 35 feet deep, and the water has a peculiar ground taste. Only a, few pupils will drink it, most of them visiting a farmhouse nearby for drinking water.

Summary.—This is a miserable schoolhouse. The vestibule is a veritable fire trap, and the people should offer thanks, that inasmuch as the building has never caught on fire, therefore, lives have not been lost by crowding the narrow, steep, winding stairway. It is insufficiently lighted, producing eye strain and headaches. It is heated by stoves, which, of course, is always wrong, and ventilation is solely by windows and doors. The walls are cracked and the whole building is damp.

Recommendations.-I recommend that this schoolhouse be condemned, the condemnation to date from May 1st, 1907.

After consideration of the above report, the following proclamation was unanimously adopted:

PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, It has been shown to the satisfaction of the Indiana State Board of Health, in regular session at Indianapolis, April 10th, 1907, that the Center Grove, White River Township, high-school building, is old, dilapidated, insufficiently ventilated, improperly lighted, unevenly warmed and otherwise unsanitary, so as to threaten the health and lives of the pupils, therefore it is

Ordered, That the said schoolhouse is formally condemned for school purposes and shall not be used for said purposes after June 1st, 1907.

Any school trustees, township trustee or school teacher or other person who may use said schoolhouse for school purposes after June 1st, 1907, shall be promptly prosecuted as by the statutes provided.

REPORT OF INSPECTION OF SCHOOLHOUSE AT NEWBERRY, GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, MARCH 29, 1907.

Site. The building is on a hill on the east side of town. The ground comprises about one acre, The soil is a mixture of clay and sand; no trees on the lot, and the approach is by gravel road. There are no walks about the premises. The site is a good one for building, as the ground slopes away in all directions and can have a good drainage from the school building to the river about a quarter of a mile north of the building.

Building.—The building consists of three rooms, brick, with shingle roof. The roof is in very bad shape, water spouts are broken and torn loose, and the woodwork around the eaves has rotted so that holes are appearing through the edges. The main building consists of two rooms with halls. No basement, and no ventilation except by opening in the walls, underneath the floors. Stone foundation of about 18 inches above ground. An addition has been added to the east, of a brick room, built of brick from foundation to top, and without slate or other means of checking the rise of moisture from the basement to the walls of the rooms. It has been built about twenty years.

The first primary room is the one-story addition, size 20x30x12 feet. Number of pupils enrolled, 60; average attendance, 53. Floor in good shape. Blackboards are of wood on two sides of the room; seats in fair condition; heating by stoves, ventilation by windows and doors. Diseases prevalent in this room were colds and sore threats; had no fevers or contagious diseases reported from the room during the winter.

Main Building.-Room, first floor, used for intermediate; size 25x38x 12 feet. Enrollment of 55, average attendance, 45. Blackboards wood, on three sides. Seats in fair condition. Heated by stoves, ventilation windows and doors. Floor worn, but oiled and clean. The stove is situated about the center of the room and there is a wooden pillar in the center of the room to support the floor of the room above. Walls are cracked and paper torn and discolored, showing leakage and sweating of walls. The diseases were colds and sore throats.

The hall consists of a room about 7x20 feet used for cloakroom and storage; main entrance, 10x12 feet, and the stairway enclosed leading to the upper floor. The stairway in poor condition. The supports to the landing at the upper end have given away and have had to be propped up underneath by posts. It is considered unsafe.

Second floor consists of a hall used for recitation room, size 10x20x12, less the stairway, about 32x10 feet. This room is lighted by three windows, heated by a stove, ventilated by windows.

The main room is 25x38x12, is used for the eighth grade and highschool. There are two teachers in this room. Enrollment, 65; average attendance, 58. Ceiling of the room is wood, blackboards slate and wood, floors are worn, room heated by a single stove, ventilated by windows. The plastering on walls badly cracked, paper discolored and torn in many places, showing a great deal of leakage from the roof.

The name of the trustee is Wm. Neff. Mr. Neff informs me that the building has been considered unsafe by the Board for the past two years. His advisory board accompanied us through the house during inspection and confirmed his report. The township is out of debt and in good shape to build at this time. I would advise the condemnation of the building, as being both unsanitary and unsafe, and is also entirely too small for the needs of the town. he population of the town is about 1,200, and, with a new, modern building, they could accommodate three or more school districts in the one building, which the trustee wished to do.

After consideration, the following proclamation was unanimously adopted:

PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, It has been shown to the satisfaction of the Indiana State Board of Health, in regular session at Indianapolis, April 10th, 1907, that the schoolhouse at Newberry, Greene County, Indiana, is old, dilapidated, insufficiently ventilated, improperly lighted, unevenly warmed and otherwise unsanitary, so as to threaten the health and lives of the pupils, therefore it is

Ordered, That the said schoolhouse is formally condemned for school purposes and shall not be used for said purposes after June 1st, 1907.

Any school trustees, township trustee or school teacher or other person who may use said schoolhouse for school purposes after June 1st, 1907, shall be promptly prosecuted as by the statutes provided.

INSPECTION OF SCHOOLHOUSE AT ORLEANS, ORANGE COUNTY, INDIANA, APRIL 8, 1907.

Site. In the central part of the town, occupying one block. High and dry. Lot well covered with shade trees. Approach on the north and south by good cement walks, and from the street to the building. Building is surrounded by a good cement walk. Outbuildings are in good condition, with dug vaults and surrounded by high board fences, with a tight board fence, entirely separating the two sexes. There are good cement walks leading to each of these buildings, which are kept in a very clean, sanitary condition.

Building. The building is two stories, brick, with metal roof. The main part built in 1871. Two additions have been added to the building since then on the west. The last addition on the south end of the west part was not well fastened to the building, and is beginning to pull away from it, at this time being a crack 11⁄2 inches wide at the top and probably 1⁄4 of an inch at the base of the building, from top to bottom. Walls are in fair condition.

Basement. This has been dug out under the west portion of the building and is a room about 18x20x10 feet. It has never been walled or floored. From this room narrow passageways have been dug to the hall in the center of the building and underneath the building, so that pipes for carrying steam to the different rooms and for ventilation in the upper story, could be placed under the building. The entire building is heated by steam from a furnace in this basement.

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First Floor, Primary Room.-Size 30x30x12. The blackboards in this room are of slate on three sides of the room. Seats are in fairly good condition. Enrollment is 60, average attendance, 50. Windows, 5, about half of them with blinds. Seats arranged so that light falls over the back and right shoulder. Ventilation by windows. Floors are in fair condition, oiled and clean, but is pulling away from the wall at the north side of the room. Walls are papered and in good condition.

Intermediate Room.-Size 30x45x12, Blackboards in this room are painted on the plastering. Seats in fair condition. Enrollment, 40; average attendance, 37. Eight windows in this room, on the sides of the room. Ventilation by windows and doors. Floors oiled and in good condition. Walls in fair condition only, the papering on the outside wall being cracked and plastering cracked somewhat. Pillars in this room, supporting the floor of the room above.

Third and Fourth A Grade Room.-Size 22x30x12. Enrollment, 60; average attendance, 51. Blackboards, slate; six windows in the room, north windows without curtains. Floor is pretty badly worn, but oiled and clean. Walls in fair condition, ceiling is sagging probably four inches lower in the center than at the sides.

Fourth B and Fifth Grades. Size 20x25x12. Blackboards, slate; seats fair. Enrollment, 63; average attendance, 54. Ventilation, windows. Five windows in this room, with shades to the windows. Floors oiled, fair condition, clean. Walls are good.

Second Floor, Sixth and Seventh Grades. This room is 24x30x16. Enrollment, 52; average attendance, 47. Blackboards slate, seats fair, four windows in each side of room, blinds to the windows, ventilation by windows and airshaft in the northeast corner of the room. This airshaft consists of simply a square board box, and opening out into the room. Floors are sagged badly, but in fairly good condition, oiled and clean. Plastering cracked. Walls papered.

Eighth Grade and High-School.-Size, 30x45x16. Enrollment, 89; average attendance, 79. Blackboards slate, on four sides of the room. Seats good. Six windows, three on each side of the room, north and south. Blinds to each window. Ventilation, windows and air shaft. Floor fair condition, worn, but oiled and clean. Walls in fair condition.

The hall on the east side of the high-school room is used for library and reading and recitation room. It is 14x24x16 feet. There are six windows in this room, with four of them curtained. Library comprises 500 volumes, all new and up-to-date books of reference. The hall between this room and the addition is 14x32x16, and divided by a partition, so that the south half can be used as the superintendent's office, giving him a room 14x18x16. The other part is used as a part of the stairway and a cloakroom. There are no cloakrooms on this floor. On the west side of this hall is a room 24x30x16, used for a chemical laboratory and recitation room for the high-school and eighth grade. The description of this is the same as the other rooms, as to walls, floors and windows. Adjoining this on the south is a room 15x24x16, which is used for the study room for a few of the pupils who were taking special courses in typewriting, bookkeeping and a general business college course. Ventilation of this room is by two windows on the west, which have no blinds, and the room, owing to its situation, is rather dark, as there is no light except on the west.

Remarks. The playing-grounds and everything around it shows the utmost care and attention to neatness and cleanliness. There were no bad odors in the building, no smell of foul air in the basement, and everything seemed to be as clean as it was possible to make it, which is owing to the fact that the superintendent, Prof. A. C. Payne, personally superintends this work and sees that it is thoroughly carried out. If it were not kept in that condition, it would be unfit for use as a school building in very short order. It will be impossible to remodel this building so as to give perfect ventilation in its present condition. It is old, would not stand the repairs and is not on the proper site for the erection of a new building, being surrounded on three sides by business blocks, on the fourth side by residences, and also having an iron hitch-rack on the three sides which are used for a public hitching place for the entire community. I was accompanied on this inspection by Dr. Thos. B. Ritter, city health officer, and by Superintendent Payne, who showed me every courtesy and facility for examining the building. After the inspection I met Dr. G. W. Taylor, one of the town trustees, and talked with him in regard to the building and the feeling of the patrons in the matter. I was informed that a majority of the taxpayers and patrons felt that they needed a new, modern, sanitary building, that would give them more room; that the rooms were overcrowded as it is. The superintendent also thought that in such a building as that there could be a consolidation of nearly all the schools in the township in that one school, therefore making it more economical and better for the patrons of the township. He states that the town is supplied with good gravel roads leading in all directions.

Recommendations. I would recommend that the building be condemned for school purposes and that notice of the same be sent to Dr. G. W. Taylor, trustee.

After consideration of the report, the following proclamation was unanimously adopted:

PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, It has been shown to the satisfaction of the Indiana State Board of Health, in regular session at Indianapolis April 10th, 1907, that the schoolhouse at Orleans, Orange County, Indiana, is old, dilapidated, insufficiently ventilated, improperly lighted, unevenly warmed and otherwise unsanitary, so as to threaten the health and lives of the pupils, therefore it is

Ordered, That the said schoolhouse is formally condemned for school purposes and shall not be used for said purposes after June 1st, 1907.

Any school trustees, township trustee or school teacher or other person who may use said schoolhouse for school purposes after June 1st, 1907, shall be promptly prosecuted as by the statutes provided.