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The article highlights the importance of school fire drills, citing the thoroughness with which such drills are conducted in Chicago, Illinois. The experiences of principals, teachers and inspectors of the fire department were utilized and codified into a circular approved by the city fire department and by the Board of Education. The frequency by which fire drills are to be conducted, the role of the principal, designation of exits, control of the class by the teacher during the emergency, and actual drilling of the students are detailed in the article.

The article reports on the importance of fire drills in schools. It states that fire drill is important to handle actual emergency situations properly, prevent panic and to ensure safety of students and other school personnels during times of danger. It also suggests that fire drills should be observed is schools in at least once in every three months.

This article offers a look at the fire drill conducted by a Roman Catholic school in Kensington, England Information is presented on the number of French children who wen through the drill. Father Julius Bourassa has played an important role in the evacuation of children from the school building.

The article reports the wrong impression on the fire drill regulations of schools in Boston, Massachusetts. In Boston, it is the responsibility of the school principals to instruct and prepare his assistants to act prudently and promptly in case of fire in the school building. It is also his responsibility to train the students on how to leave the school at an emergency signal as well as to ensure that the outside doors of all school buildings are kept unlocked during school hours.

The article focuses on the importance of fire drills. It mentions the fire drill at the Everett school wherein it resulted to the injury thirteen students were sent to the city hospital. The injured students were the ones in the upper floors of the building and who panicked during the fire drill. Moreover, it mentions that an effective fire drill would not result to unfavorable reactions of the students.

Offers tips on fireproofing school buildings. Advantages of brick and concrete walls; Use of iron staircase with slate or metal treads; Importance of involving students in a fire drill.

Focuses on the decision of state legislators in Ohio to made it obligatory for every teacher in the state to have fire drills. Number of pupils burned during Collinwood fire; Mandatory teaching of pupils between the ages of 6 and 14 about the danger from fire.

Provides information on fire preventive measures being implemented by schools in the U.S. Fire protection efforts in Cleveland, Ohio including the closure of its school buildings for two weeks and spending $600,000 in constructing fire escapes and opening doors outwards; Impact of human nature on disasters; Effectiveness of fire drill as a preventive measure.

Reports on the ability of school children to escape unharmed from Public School Number 16 in New York City when the building was on fire. Contribution of an efficient fire drill initiated by school principal Josiah Zabrisky to the safety of the children; Number of school boys and girls who have escaped during the fire; Impact of the absence of an efficient fire drill on a principal.

The article discusses the value of perfecting a fire drill in Chicago, Illinois, citing the fire which broke out in Mark Sheridan school. The "Chicago Record-Herald" of March 28, 1907 reported about the incident and stated that because of a good drill conducted, over 1,000 children have formed in line quietly and marched out of the building. Children were frightened for a moment when the fire was discovered, but listened the command of their teacher to remain calm. No injuries were reported.

The article offers news briefs on education-related issues in Minnesota as of December 7, 1893. The presidents of the four normal schools held meetings to make the courses of study uniform in all four schools. The fire drill is an excellent feature of the schools in Minneapolis. The Minnesota Society of the Sons of Revolution offered medal prizes to high school scholars for best essays on "The Causes That Led to the War of the Revolution."

The article offers news briefs on issues related to education in the U.S. It is said that the Boy Scouts of America has enrolled 196,702. Political partisans may be eliminated in a third of the states in the country from the political victory of farmers in North Dakota. Fire gong should only be used in fire drills or fire alarms according to state fire marshals.

The article reports on educational developments in the Middle Atlantic States in 1915. The compilation and simplification of the fire drill circular issued by New York City schools superintendent William H. Maxwell was participated by several teachers, principals, and superintendents. The New York Board of Education has dropped all charges against teacher mothers.

Discusses education-related issues in the U.S. Placement of the State Normal school in West Chester, Pennsylvania into the hands of the State Board of Education; Criticism of the proposed Gary system; Need for an effective fire drill in every school more than once a week.

The article focuses on the Scudder Collegiate school in New York City, which is the only school in the U.S. that teaches tricks for escape in case of fire. Doctor Myron T. Scudder, principal and proprietor of the school, said that its pupils' age ranges from five to seventy-five years old. It is being endorsed by the Fire Commissioner of New York. Scudder discussed various kinds of ladders used in fire escapes.

The article focuses on the fire drills at Emerson grade school in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

The article reports on a false alarm, which was speculated to be caused by a Public School 10 student during the school's fire drill.

The article offers an update of issues and events related to the education sector in Kansas. The Washburn College announces that its library, which contains about five thousand volumes, is now open for the use of students. Meanwhile, the pupils in the Junction City schools are receiving drill instructions in rapid and orderly exit from the school building in case of fire.

The article presents news briefs related to education in Washington. The biennial report of state superintendent R. B. Bryan reveals that more students were enrolled and more teachers were employed at a salary which was never offered before in the history of the state. In the public schools of Spokane, fire drills were inspected by the mayor, fire chief, fire commissioner and superintendent. In Washington state college at Pullman, the winter school of mines will start on January 3, 1907.

The article reports on the impact of a fire drill on students' attitudes toward a fire incident. Five hundred pupils in a three-story wooden building are saved from a fire that completely destroyed the building. The development of an efficient fire drill skill among the children resulted to the presence of mind, perfect order, and great alacrity that saved them from the incident.

The article reflects on fire drills in school buildings in the U.S. Stressing on the need of adequate fire escapes, it is argued that the fire drill must be given proper maintenance. Fire drills must be in working condition. It is argued that teachers and principals are the persons responsible for the emergency management in case of fire.

The article provides information on the fire drill at the Franklin-street school in Manchester, New Hampshire in 1905. It indicates that the drills have borne the expected results. The students are disciplined and orderly. They fled the building and formed lines in one minute and fifteen seconds. They consumed another minute and thirty seconds as they return to the building.

The article reports on the developments related to education in the state of Pennsylvania. One of the most practical demonstrations of the fire drill happened at the Bridesburg school, Philadelphia, with the supervision of Charles E. Ruffell, the medical inspector of the district. The city schools in Warren have enrolled 1,200 pupils as Knights of Valor.

The article provides information on fire alarm regulations for public schools in Borough of Queens, New York City. The teacher should remain in doorway to count pupils to determine if all are accounted as they pass out during a fire drill. Carrying books are not recommended on the drill. False alarms should be given frequently.

The article covers issues related to education in the U.S. as of May 1901. Schools in New York with 100 or more students are required to have a fire drill. The teaching of shorthand and typewriting by incompetent persons is criticized. Some state legislatures are approving laws that forbid home study.

The article offers news from Tennessee. Tennessee Industrial School superintendent W. C. Kilvington reports that the attendance of white and colored students increased in less than a year. After their last meeting, the Nashville Board of Education decided to adopt a fire drill program throughout the various schools of the city.

The article offers news briefs related to education in Tennessee. W. C. Kilvington, Tennessee Industrial School superintendent, reports that there were 14 white and 3 colored children in the school on April 22,1887 and from then on until December 1, 1888, rose to 59 white and 21 colored children. The Nashville Board of Education decided to adopt a fire drill. The board of education prohibited the infliction of corporal punishment including shaking of children by teachers in Chattanooga schools.

The article offers news briefs related to education in Minnesota. A plan to give the students in the higher grades a discussion of the various topics of public interest throughout the world, has been adopted by a professor from Stillwater. Drills to secure discipline in cases of fire are being administered to the pupils in the public schools of St. Paul.