INNOVATION IN SCHOOLS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7372, 25 January 1902, Page 2

INNOVATION IN SCHOOLS.

It has been deoided that the public schools of Boston shall be provided with well-appointed' bathrooms. This movement (says a Boston paper) was begun two years ago, when the Paul Revere school was built, and in future all schools are to have such conveniences. When a child presents himself for admission to a school, and gives evidence that he has not been as woll groomed at home aB a proper regard for its health and the comfort of its classroom ascooiates demands, it is the duty of an instructor to lead him to a bathroom and give him a lesson in the hygiene of the person. Not until he has passed a satisfactory inspection is he permitted to take his place in the class to which ho is assigned. Children aro naturally sensitive to classification among the unclean, who must while in that condition bo denied the privilege of fellowship with those whose parents take better care of them, and as the result the boy or girl thus treated is very likely to go home and react the riot act to those responsible for the conditions inviting it. Teachers in the Revere school report that the system works admirably. The scholars came to school much cleaner than formerly, and the work for both teachers and pupils is better — probably because the classroom atmosphere is less depressing.