| Show T HE hoot 1 to mike AIME THE hillal ants ilomin IA ait lientI mitat A anti ligh lightell Ht litel teAl iab I S ab deaki and I 1 mantel 1 of the tile bivil ma not lie ile indik 11 III 1 should hi tit mail made smiting the pit puit it tn en a t ura ur A lilt line e NN vatne ians s ed a marked lu in archi lecture in bainy uttus la in the auml sect sections lous of the suntry auntry muri alum atten attell tion Is being paid t 1 1 I to chool school buildings R sanitation burro and locacio loc atio qua ever before ahe united states slow in making the start but now mat the initiative has been talen taken there is no excuse for progreso aeve alve school not doing err vo thine thing IQ its their power to relegate the old obsolete and frequently tary buildings buL dIngs to oblivion replacing them with modern up to date sanitary and tightly sightly the need for an enlightened and liberal b eral policy polley ti ii schoolhouse construe alon to the eill enl that the schoolhouse bo be attractive ir appearance and eclen constructed cannot bo be too strongly urged says lowas iowa a of public instruction I 1 it may require a few dollars more to secure auch such a school louse souse lot lut it should be remembered that the district Is build ing for halt half a century at least and only the best should be considered the schoolhouse with its surrounding should be the most attractive place in the district in which every child and every patron ii will III take pride ud the schoolroom shout I 1 not only I 1 inviting but it should be te so ventilated lighted and be iti 11 that the ph physical balth and mantal energy of the children shall not bo be imp impaired ailred tho the problem of supplanting the old s school C honec e with a new structure car ries with it the of 0 several important topics cl amot lef among them iming ix im ing the school site the school build ing atlon of the buljung we cecin cin c in do to no letter in ihli i connection than to quote from Prof eRor W 11 II Geni mill ii of schools in dail dallis ts county in who ches al at adrice on nil thee subjects in selecting n site taj arc of the lot the cl the character charac kr vf t the 4 12 AV OLD INSANI school THAT IS 13 A TO 8 HEALTH soil sell the dra dr ahnee laige the direction of the slope and the central location should be iso no school ground should ever contain ae less 9 than one acre ZO with a it frontage of at feet and a depth of 2 feet in the larger con eoll dated district it should contain not lesi less than two and day vany very properly contain three acres if it possible it should be an am elevated piece of kronid a small knoll or a gentle slope and the drainage should be away from the yard and bouc the soil should be light tiry try and porous A artilly or gravelly subsoil affords the best drahn age while an eastern or a southern slope secures rapid evaporation un der no circumstance i should the stra tum ix be ciny clay impermeable to ground water it Is 1 alite that the school houie should tm located near the geo grap graphical cente of the district and anti the board should select the site with this in mind but the site should be high and dry and the brightest and most beautiful spot near the center under no conditions should pleas int out and wholesome surroundings be baert floed if it a better ant and more suitable nate can call be secured mine little away the additional di in 1 iv tv eling cling wilt I 1 labor nell n ell spent if M te by the pupils are placed in more bean ticul and inspiring scenes llie lie foundation walla walls of the school house about I 1 be briel or tone stone and ex tend a little below belon frost hue itne the walla walls should be at least one foot in thickness and extend about three fet above the m fice it Is usually well to han hase a i acal f r jant air chamber and if there N t nu no I impellent ul table vent venilla tor for bho lid lw be provided on each of the four sidia so m to bermit of thorough ventilation of the arace between the surface and the floor during the sum mer montha months good shutter shutters bould should be provided tor for tb th a ope openings nInga in order that tho the winters wint cra cold may not affect tho the air within the room near to the floor no more important question la is before the armer t day than that 11 in jo Z the housing of his children of at senal age with an nil awakened appreciation of the tho fact that better rural schools will bring about a stay at ho horns 1 family abl which h will not find it nece necessary sur to eele seek the town for the desired eduan tion thre there has comp coax realization of the th fact that more practical studies must be taught in more s unitary ana and mere sightly buildings |
