Rural School Leaflet 759 



CLEANING-UP DAY 

 The Editor 



The boys and girls in every school district should decide to have a 

 cleaning-up day both inside and outside the building. The teacher will 

 help as soon as you are willing to do your part, and your parents will 

 also be interested. 



Perhaps for your lesson in English your teacher will allow you to make 

 a list of things that would improve the inside of the building, with sug- 

 gestions for such improvements. Decide which of these you can make 

 yourselves, and which would need to be made by the trustees. Do your 

 part first and then write to the trustees asking them to consider at the 

 next school meeting whether the other improvements can be made. 



Next, list all the needed repairs on the outside of the building. Can 

 you make any of the repairs? 



Your teacher may be willing to go out some day with the older pupils 

 to discuss what might be done to make the grounds more attractive. 

 Make a list of the things you would like to have done. Discuss such 

 improvements at home. Your parents will probably have some sugges- 

 tions. They will help if you do your part. 



The following should be considered in the list of improvements to be 

 made inside and outside the school: 



1. Cleanliness, (a) Floor; (b) walls; (c) desks, chairs, seats, and the 

 like; (d) windows; (e) blackboards, erasers; (f) entry or cloak room; 

 (g) stove and wood box. 



2. Order. Brooms, mop, dustpan, and the like hung in the most 

 inconspicuous place instead of lying about on the floor. Who will bring 

 a hammer and a few nails and make this change ? Are the desks in order 

 and the ink bottles in good condition? 



3. Health, (a) Dust. The germs of many diseases are carried by dust. 

 Keep all the dust that you can out of the schoolhouse. If you have been 

 using a feather duster it should be burned. A damp cloth is the best thing 

 to use and this should be washed frequently, (b) Drinking water. Will 

 the boys make a place for the water pail so that it will not stand on the 

 floor? Will some one provide a cover for the pail? Does each child 

 keep his own drinking cup in his desk? Do all the boys and the girls 

 know that many diseases are carried from one child to another by the use 

 of a drinking cup in common? (c) Outhouses. Both health and decency 

 demand that all outhouses be kept in good condition. Should some one 

 from the State College visit your school, would he find that the boys 

 and the girls in your district are self-respecting? (d) Remove all rub- 

 bish heaps as soon as it thaws. 



