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Show uu GUARDING AGAINST FIRES IN THE SCHOOLS. Last year the board of education attempted to work out a plan by which the schools could accept $100 for a moving picture machine presented pre-sented by the Child Culture club and Po install the apparatus as to meet the requirements of the fire Insurance Insur-ance companies. It was discovered that, only at great expense, could this be done, and then without securing se-curing the children against accident. Having failed In this respect, the board last evening voted to roturn the money. This brings up the question of fire protection in our schools. In the east, since the terrible loss of life in the school at Peabody, Mass., a demand has arisen for the placing of the sprinkler system In all large school buildings Many of the largest buildings build-ings In the business district of Og-'aen Og-'aen are safeguarded by the automatic automat-ic syBtem Including Wrights, Shupe-Williams, Shupe-Williams, Geo. A. Lowe and Scow-crofts. Scow-crofts. When the time comes that the city board of education has the funds available, it might bo well to consider this form of fire protection. The chief building inspector of the Wisconsin Industrial commission, suggests sug-gests the following: "Tho commission just recently is-Bued is-Bued a pamphlet entitled 'Fire Protection Pro-tection in Schools, setting forth common com-mon points of danger. In addition to protective measures, every school ehould have a first-class fire alarm Byotexaand frequent fire drills. Three-story, Three-story, non-iOreproof schools should have automatic sprinklers in the basement base-ment in order to prevent such fires as that which occurred at Peabody. If echool buildings were completely sprinkled, no matter how (fire-trappy) their construction, parents might put away absolutely from their thoughts apprehension of losing their children through such fearful tragedy aB the one at Peabody;" nn |