Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1903 — Heating School Houses. [ARTICLE]

Heating School Houses.

‘‘lt is agreat mistake to beat , sohool rooms by stoves,” says Ur. Harty. “Ohildren who sit near the stove are sore to be unoorafortable. The pores are opened, per* spiration is induced and the child is liable to congestion when it goes oat of doors. The ohildren removed frsm the stove are frequently chilled, their feet cold and the pores qlosed tightly. An unevenly warmed room prevent study, sometimes brings on illnSSt: and means simply a waste of sohool money.” '