Show Sheets of Glass Replace Walls in Modern School LOS ANGELES Feb 20 AP AP Abandoning Abandoning all standards of or yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays yesterday's yester yester- days day's little red school house Los Angeles is preparing a new school building intended to be as modern modem 35 as tomorrow The radically new structure designed designed de de- de signed by Richard J J. J Neutra will dispense dispense dis dis- dis pense with desks screwed to the floor replace solid walls with great sheets of glass Each classroom will be a 3 unit with witha a separate patio to which the teacher can adjourn the class whenever she sees fit fil The problem says Neutra outstanding outstanding out standing exponent of modernism in structure is to make the school building as modern as the educational methods now in use in most parts of oC the United States School buildings must catch up with their teachers In the time old-time listening school the three Rs were taught in an academic way with fixed seating arrangements The teachers faced her pupils and poured out instruction In the new school the teacher becomes becomes becomes be be- comes an active member of the group I Neutras Neutra's shaped L-shaped building part of ofa a Los An Angeles eles school program program pro pro- program gram will cost and will house lower-grade lower students He describes it as being in the best American tradition There are no superfluous and costly ornaments The light lI ht construction on a concrete base makes it earthquake resistant The building which will be the Corona Corona Co Co- Corona rona Avenue school in Bell a Los An An- geles suburb have five fi classrooms classrooms class class- rooms and one and one half kindergarten kinder garten units Eash classroom will be 23 by 38 feet and the patios 30 by 38 feet Patios Patios Pa Pa- will be separated from each other by a high shrubbery Neutra visualizes the new school as providing the teacher with an opportunity opportunity to give formal instruction in ina a more direct manner and actively to participate in the class work of at sewing dyeing painting cooking drama and a varied assortment of ot construction construction con con- work |