Browns Valley High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Browns Valley, MN)

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 Mao BuakD —Standing—Mildred Smith, Blols Barrett, Fred Shandorf. Adrian Preston, Charlotte Smith Sitting—Rose Lehn. Sabra Hardy. Chas. Becker. Arthur Nelson.

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Vol. I Browns Valley, cMinn., May, 1910 No. I STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, Chas. W. Becker Jr. To ASSISTANT EDITOR, Rose Lehn TO BUSINESS MANAGER, Arthur E. Nelson TO ASSISTANT MANAGER, E. Blois Barrett TO ASSISTANTS SOCIETY AND ORGANIZATIONS, Mildred Smith T2 EXCHANGES, Adrian Preston T3 ATHLETICS, Fred Shandorf T2 HUMOR, Lottie Smith ’ll LOCALS, Sabra Hardy TO

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EDITORIAL THE HEATING PLANT During the past summer, one of the most im- portant steps, in the way of school improvement in Browns Valley, was accomplished in the in- stallation of the new steam heating and ventilat- ing system. For several years, it had been be- coming more and more apparent that the old hot- air system was ineffectual and generally unsatis- factory. Indeed, during the severe winter of 1908-09, it was found almost impossible to keep the building in a habitable condition, while the amount of gas, soot and dirt that followed in the train of the system was almost unbearable. Couple with this the fact that it took an im- mense amount of coal to produce even a rela- tively low temperature in the building, and you have more than sufficient ground for advocating a change of system. The School Board finally awoke to the neces- sity of a new plan!, and, with vigor characteristic of Browns Valley, set to work upon the plans. The work, however, was not begun until rather late in the summer and then it progressed but slowly; due partially, to the inability to secure sufficient help and partially, to failures in the delivery of the boiler, pump, fan, etc., so that it was not until the last of September that it was completed. After numerous tests and a few vari- ations from the first plans, the plant was pro- nounced satisfactory and, during the past win- ter, has proven a source of universal satisfac- tion, not only to the pupils and teachers, but to the citizens in general.