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<br /> consent of the Committee shall have given, in a particular case,
<br /> A very moderate appropriation by the town, would supply
<br /> both of the above deficiencies. authority to deviate from them.
<br /> The High School room (Town Hall,) is provided with two Some slight repairs of the schoolhouses and outbuildings will
<br /> ventilating pipes. But both these lead from the ceiling of the probably be required soon. These can be provided for at the
<br /> room, whereas they ought to lead from some points near the floor. town meetings, without being further mentioned here.
<br /> The cheapest way to heat a room warmed by a furnace, is to We believe we have not, in this Report, failed to acquaint the
<br /> displace all the cold air, and supply its place with warmer. The citizens of the town with the defects, as well as the merits, of
<br /> stream of warm, fresh air from the furnace rises, because it is the several schools. These nurseries of republican institutions
<br /> light, to the top of the room. Open some exhaust drafts at the are mever all in a perfectly satisfactory state,—any more than
<br /> floor, and you remove the heavy cold air as fast as its place is the Commonwealth is always quite free from discord and corrup-
<br /> supplied by the warm. In this way it does not take many tion. We can, however, conscientiously express the opinion
<br /> minutes to fill a large room with warmed air. If a hall is not that our schools are, as a whole, by comparison with those of
<br /> sufficiently heated as soon as might be expected upon this the- other places similarly situated, excellent institutions, and very
<br /> ory, it is because the ceiling and walls are cold, and chill the creditable to the town.
<br /> first supply of warm air; notwithstanding which, this method is We append the usual tabular statement, and the Report of
<br /> the most approved. In the Town Hall the tendency is for the the Book Agent.
<br /> supply of air from the furnace to rise to the top of the room,
<br /> and then escape at once, through the ventilating pipes, to the J Respectfully submitted,
<br /> outer air. To prevent this waste, these pipes are sometimes JOHN W. HUDSON,
<br /> closed in the coldest weather, and then there is no sufficient CHARLES TIDD,
<br /> escape for the air from any part• of the room. We recommend JONAS GAMMELL,
<br /> the extension of both these wooden pipes from the ceiling down- School Committee for 1868-9.
<br /> ward to the floor, with valves at the floor and others near the LEXINGTON, March, 1869.
<br /> ceiling—the last for use when the room becomes more heated.
<br /> Pretty good air has been furnished in this school-room during
<br /> the past year, but at a needless expense. The plan proposed,
<br /> we believe, might be adopted with economy, and at the same REPORT OF BOOK AGENT.
<br /> time, something might be done to impress upon the minds Of BOOK AGENCY IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN Or LEXINGTON.
<br /> the pupils of the school the practical methods, as well as the CR. DR.
<br /> abstract propriety, of ventilating human habitations. To books on hand April 1, 1868, $125 00
<br /> At the April town meeting in 1868, permission was given to By books furnished indigent children, 1868-9, $22 93
<br /> this board to publish the Truant Regulations of the town together << teachers' desks, 6 71
<br /> with their own Rules, and extracts from the laws of the State " crayons, ink-wells and erasers furnished schools, 14 44
<br /> relating to the schools. Under this authority, we have recently 4' amount of books on baud March 31, 1869, . 110 00
<br /> printed, for circulation with this Report and for future use, a " 6611 cash " 15 00
<br /> small pamphlet embracing the subject matters voted upon by the Balance due Book Agency, _ 44 08
<br /> town as above. It will contribute, without doubt, to the system- $169 08 $169 08
<br /> atic working of the schools. Teachers will know better what to
<br /> do in all cases. They will conform to the Rules until the special
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