No repairs have been made since the reopening of the schools; everything is going to ruin....

Walls are down and the floors fallen in.

To preserve the pupils from the risks which the occupation of these buildings hourly presents, it is necessary to give lessons in rooms which are very unhealthy on account of their small dimensions and dampness.

In the drawing-class the papers and models in the portfolios become moldy."] [Footnote 3168: Albert Duruy, ibid., 484.

("Proces-verbaux des conseils-generaux," year IX, passim.)] [Footnote 3169: Ibid., 476.