Sidney High School - Cowboy Yearbook (Sidney, IA)

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I Carl Adle, veteran custodian for elementary school Gerald Babcock, custodian for hlgh school and bus driver aaa Few people realize the very lmportant part that school custodians play 1n the llves of the school children The fields of hygiene and sanitation as re flected 1n the care of sinks, toilets,drinking fountains and the maintenance of the tumost in cleanliness as da1ly seen 1n the dnstless sweeping and dusting of sills, ra1ls and cases all have a great deal to do with the good health of the dians are able to care for the fixtures, walls, and floors of the building may mean short or longer spans in adult lives of the future As contrasted with thirty years ago, Sidney schools have hardwood floors, mostly oak and maple ln stead of the wide soft pine floors soaked with oil The floors are sanded at regular lntervals, refinished with highest bakelite varnishes each year and water waxed one each month Both buildings are heated from the one automatic 'Iron Fireman' stoker in the elementary bu1lding The heat is brought over in a large pipe buried underground ln insulated t1le by means of a high vacuum automatlc pump that creates a vacuum drawing the steam and throwlng the conden sed steam, now water, into back over into the boiler The sch ms causes the water to boil at a great deal less than the usual 212 degrees The new build ing will have a separate boiler, an oil burner of the latest automatic type The equipment is already here Sidney needs far more playground space Children now have recesses in ro tation which works quite well during the school day but not so successful at noon hours on th best days Progressive parents and alert taxpayers continually remind school officials that plenty of space is available less than one block from t e present ground, both to the east and northwest pupils and a minimum of contagious and infectious diseases. How well the custo-