the entire county in this fashion. This "ultiniatel}'," ho\ve\er, ])ro- 

 Ixibly means tlu' dim, dim future, as will subsequently be brought out 

 in our discussion of the altitude of the school ])atrons toward their 

 school problems. 



In general it may be said that the equipment of the white schools for 

 school ])urposes is above the average for similar communities. On the 

 credit side of the ledger we may mention that all the buildings are in 

 good repair; nearly half of them have been built within the last ten years. 

 All but 13 have ample seating facilities. Practically all have a sufficient 

 number of globes, maps and charts, while all have sufficient school books 

 and other materials furnished the pupils without cost by the county. 

 In the majority of the rooms some attention has been paid to the aesthe- 

 tic; practically all have pictures, drawings or other decorations of some 

 sort, representing all degrees of artistic appreciation, but for the most 

 part ])roducing a pleasing effect. Rockville High School deserves 

 special mention in this connection. This school has recently purchased 

 some excellent plaques and friezes at a cost of several hundred dollars. 

 Twenty-eight of the schools are provided with some sort of musical 

 instrument. 



All but 11 schools have a good water supply; 46 have wells and 9 have 

 springs on the school property or within convenient distance. Sanitary 

 conditions are in the main good. All but four schools have outside 

 toilets, but only 12 of these are in any way unsanitary. Fifty per-cent. 

 have cloak rooms for the pupils. Certain other things must be entered 

 on the debit side of the ledger. In general it must be confessed that 

 school architects have paid altogether insufficient attention to the ques- 

 tion of proper methods of lighting, heating and ventilation. Nearly 

 90% of the rooms have cross lighting; a number of rooms have windows 

 so placed that the pupils must face the light; in only 16 rooms is the 

 lighting adjacent. Seven of the buildings are furnace heated and ten 

 are equipped with jacketed stoves; the remainder retain the unjacketed 

 stove, in spite of its obvious disadvantages. The ventilation is often 

 very ])oor. The seating of the pupils is for the most part at the old- 

 fashioned double desks. Twenty-two per-cent. of all rooms have single 

 desks and 3 rooms report desks that are adjustable. Only 6 schools are 

 provided with teachers' rooms. 



Nearly all of the colored schools are in a more or less delapidated 

 condition. All the buildings are frame. One school holds its sessions 

 in a church. The total number of rooms is 38 of which 34 are actually 

 used for school purposes. Twenty-eight of the schools, or 93%, are 

 one-teacher schools. Twenty-eight are equipped with double, non- 

 adjustal)le desks; 25 are heated with non-jacketed stoves; all have cross- 

 lighting. In 16 the seating facilities are not ample. Nine have an 



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