Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1901 — Stormy Day Signals. [ARTICLE]

Stormy Day Signals.

In Newton, Mass., the public schools are closed on stormy days, hut as it devolves upon the superintendent to determine what constitutes a “stormy day,” the pupils frequently have no means of knowing whether or not school will “keep” when the weather is threatening. Arrangements have now been mnde whereby the Boston weather bureau will send a forecast to Newton each morning, and upon the receipt of the same signal flags will be hoisted over the seiroolhouses for the guidance of the pupils.