Show first audiovisual audio visual signal system lor for new hew GR school the new green river school will employ the latest in pro viding well balanced visual ther mal and acoustical environment the acoustical environment in schools of yesterday has always been very bad from the standpoint of excessive drain on students and teachers nervous energy noisy corridors have given the necessary prompting for students to be noisy and rowdy loud corridor bells to dismiss and start classes have had the same effect on students that the old fire alarm bell had on fire wagon horses at the sound of the bell every nerve is on edge ready to keep pace with the clamor of the bell an audio visual signal system has been devised by standard electric time company in conduction with dean gustavson architect and cy bates electrical engineer the new system installed for the first time in the united states in the green river school operates as follows at the time tune classes are to be dismissed a warning light ap pears in the clock dial 60 seconds this gives the teacher a 60 second warning be fore classes are to be dismissed students then can be dismissed without any loud noise or fanfare A subdued buzzer is also sounded at the end of the 60 second period to mark the exact time of di missal classes are started in the same manner with a 60 second warning before classes start and a buzzer sounding at the exact moment classes are to begin since the green river school was designed many architects and school designers have followed suit and have incorporated the au dio visual system in their schools some of them are madison high school rexburg idaho rigby high school rigby ida idaho io and victory village school las vegas nevada |