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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
School Problems 
September 1C, 1922 
Ventilation for a Schoolhouse 
I am trustee of a rural school, and 
would like to know of a good ventilation 
for a school 30 ft. long, 25 ft. wide and 
20 ft. high; one that is not so expensive. 
The stove stands at one end of the room, 
and the chimney tit the other. G. A. G. 
Onondaga Co.. N. Y. 
There are two courses that you could 
follow in providing ventilation for your 
school house, i hie would be to get in 
touch with some good school supply house 
and make arrangements for having a 
jacketed stove with ventilating system 
installed. This would probably cost you 
about .$125. 
The second way in which the problem 
could be met would be to make arrange¬ 
ments with some local hardware dealer 
bir jacketing your stove and installing the 
ventilating system. The latter might cost 
you less, but t am of the opinion that the 
former is the safer way. There are sev¬ 
eral makes of the jacketed stoves, and 
when they sve properly installed they 
give satisfaction in buildings the size of 
yours. u. a. w. 
A Crowded High School 
What are we to do with our 14-year- 
old boy, who has passed his preliminaries 
and put in one-half year high school 
work? They wanted to consolidate all 
to make provision for the children from, 
the outlying districts. This situation 
would he met if the plan suggested by the 
Committee of Twenty-one or a similar 
one were adopted. 
If your son is 14 ^ years old and has 
completed his preliminaries it is not com¬ 
pulsory that he should attend school, but 
it will be necessary for you to secure an 
employment certificate for him if lie is to 
stay at home. G. a. \v. 
Trustees and School Transportation 
I have been elected trustee of my dis¬ 
trict. Heretofore the children have been 
drawn to another district, lull they all re¬ 
sided in the northern part of said district, 
and so could easily he picked up. This 
year some reside in the northern and 
some in the southern part of district, and 
it would he impossible for one man to 
make such a trip in Winter and so collect 
all the children. Can 1 hire two men to 
draw the children to two different dis¬ 
tricts? The district superintendent in¬ 
forms us that tlie children cannot bo 
drawn to two different schools by two dif¬ 
ferent persons. Can I hire a parent to 
draw the children? J. L. R. 
Schuyler Co., N. Y. 
If a trustee is authorized to contract 
for the schooling and transportation of 
the children in his district, so far as any 
onPnew whirlwind Ensilage Cutter and Blower 
Size D, cost IlSWi, Will fieII for $150 One. size D, new, 
with mount; cost $225; will soli for SI 75. F. O. H. 
Junction. Ilert I*re*c*utt» Emcx Junction. Vermont 
the districts in the town and build one 
large bnildiug, but it was voted down; 
wherefore these non-resident pupils have 
been turned out. all excepting the first 22 
to applv would be allowed to go, and the 
application had to he in a certain night, 
and only those that happened to he on 
the inside found it out. They tell me the 
principal himself told some of the pupils. 
Many didn't know anything of it Until 
after that date was passed. Of TO in our 
district only two ( in one family) knew 
and got in an application, others do not 
know what they will do. Some can go to 
the city where they have relatives. In 
regard to our 14 ^/n -year-old hoy, one man 
said the superintendent told him that if a 
child bad once been started in a high 
school the school would be obliged t<> take 
care of him. Is that true? Does lie have 
to go until he is lb. as long as he is our 
of district school? We want him to. but 
he is not strong enough to ride far. That 
school was (H/j miles; and neither can we 
hire his board, for we started poor and 
have small children and a farm we are 
paying for. mks. o. L. w. 
Niagara Co., N. Y. 
The situation vou face is an extremely 
hard one. but there are a number of 
places in the State where the high schools 
are not able to accommodate all of the 
noil-reside.nt pupils seeking admission. 
The school authorities at your place un¬ 
doubtedly have the power to refuse ad¬ 
missions to the non-residents that they 
are unable to accommodate. Vsuolly they 
do this, not by admitting those applying 
first, but by restricting the territory from 
which they will accept them They also 
have the power to refuse admission to 
your son in spite of the fact that he at¬ 
tended a part of last year, although I 
think it would be fairer if they gave an 
opportunity to those children that bail 
already started their work in the high 
school. , -I i 
1 believe the State Department of Edu¬ 
cation has authority to older the town 
ruling is concerned, he is free to arrange 
with more than one district for the school¬ 
ing and with more than 0tl6 parson for 
the transportation of the children. This 
would be true unless tin 1 school meeting 
designated the district in which the chil¬ 
dren were to receive their schooling, in 
which case the trustee would probably be 
required to follow the instructions of the 
school meeting. 
A parent may not be paid for the trans¬ 
portation of his own children unless a 
contract has been drawn for the trans¬ 
portation uf ;■ group of children and his 
are in the group. 0- A.W. 
Power from Motorcycle Engine 
Could I make any use of a twin cylin¬ 
der motorcycle engine to run a cornstalk 
cutter and a 20-in. cordwuod saw? Could 
it he fixed to run a countershaft with a 
G-in. pulley to drive from and have a fly¬ 
wheel nn it, and what kind of a governor 
could I rig up? j. s. 
Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 
It is not lively that you could get any¬ 
thing like satisfactory service from an 
engine of this kind when arranged for 
stationary power. These engines rely 
for their cooling upon the rush of air 
caused by the speed of the motorcycle 
over the ground, and would overheat if 
used as a stationary where this blast of 
air would be lacking. Then, too, while 
in use on the motorcycle they are rarely 
running at full load for any length of 
time, while when used for power they 
might be required to do so. which would 
(furnish another, cause of overheating. 
There would be no particular difficulty 
in fitting the engine up as you suggest, 
but the results would not pay for the 
effort and expense of such remodeling. 
B. n. s. 
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