1893-1894 - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

FIFTH BIEXNIAL REFOKT. 117
deep pipe wells situated in a valley about one-fourth of a
mile from the buildings, and is first-class in quality. The
sewage is
discharged about the same distance away and on
a lower level and at some distance from the source of water
supply.
The building is well supplied with water fixtures of the
proper design and well arranged. Heating is done by
steam, direct-indirect radiators being used in the rooms,
with air-ducts extending through the exterior walls of the
building, so that a supply of fresh air is available, if the
matter receives proper attention.
Ventilation is secured by
floor and ceiling registers opening into flues that extend
through the roof.
This being the newest institution, it
is only reasonable to
expect that its sanitary equipment should be an improvement
upon those previously built. Dr. R. H. Lewis, Secretary
of the Board, accompanied me, and a more detailed
report of our visit has been sent to the Superintendent of
the school, to whom we are indebted for many courtesies.
THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL AT GREENSBORO.
This school has been in operation but a few years, and
therefore the buildings are of modern construction. They
are heated by steam, with radiators of the direct-indirect
type, so that a supply of fresh air is insured. The rooms
are ventilated by the usual style of flues, with floor and
ceiling registers. The water supply for domestic purposes
comes from the city water-works sj'-stem and the drinking
water from a deep well on the grounds. The building has
been arranged for sanitary fixtures, but they were omitted
on account of the difficulty of sewerage disposal.
At present the kitchen wastes are discharged through a
drain into a water course several hundred feet distant. The