118 The Transformation of the Rural School 



below the equipment worked out by certain officials 

 in Colorado and described briefly in Superintendent 

 Fairchild's report, as follows : 



A turning pole for boys may be made by setting 

 two posts in the ground, six or eight feet apart, and 

 running a 1 or 1| inch gas pipe through holes bored 

 in the tops of the posts. The cost of such a piece of 

 apparatus should be as follows, assuming that the 

 necessary work will be done by the teachers and boys : 

 Two posts, 4" X 4", 8 ft. long, 50 cents ; one piece 

 gas pipe, 8 ft. long, 15 cents. 



Teeter boards may be made by planting posts ten 

 or twelve feet apart, and placing a pole or a rounded 

 6 X 6 on top of them, and then placing boards, upon 

 which the children may teeter. Individual teeter 

 boards may be made by placing a 2 X 8 board in the 

 ground, and fastening the teeter board to it by means 

 of iron braces placed on each side of the upright piece. 

 The cost of the above apparatus would be, for several 

 teeters : Two upright posts, 6" X 6", 5 ft. long, 93 

 cents; one piece, 6" X 6", 12 ft. long, $1.22; four 

 teeter boards, 2" X 8", 14 ft. long, $2.50. For indi- 

 vidual teeter : One piece 2" X 8", 16 ft. long, 56 

 cents to make upright piece 4 ft. long and teeter 

 board 12 ft. long; two iron braces and four large 

 screws, 25 cents. 



A very attractive and desirable piece of apparatus 

 may be made as follows : Secure a pole about ten or 

 fifteen feet long. To the small end attach by the use of 



