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Show ?T Buildiucj 1 Schocl System Calls for Wise Foresight What are tha right school conditions condi-tions and how shall they be brought aboiK? It will not be long now before every city has its planning commission, a part of whose Job is the study of schools. A school distribution survey should he made as part of the general gen-eral city plan. Nor should schools be located near hospitals, for the sake both of the sick nnd of the children themselves. ! It should not be necessary for children chil-dren to go through heavy or dangerous trailic. In the development of a school system, sys-tem, the plan should look ahead for twenty-five years at least and school buildings should be located where permanent residence districts will be built up. If there are good schools In a locality, there people will come to live. School playgrounds should be large enough for all kinds of activity and for every class of child. The small children should be able to conduct their play without being disturbed or overrun by the older children. Every kind of game should be possible which is suited to the age of the children who use the ground. A physical physi-cal education system which develops eleven players and 1.000 spectators will never go far in raising the physical physi-cal efficiency of America. Marcia Mead and George B. Ford In McCall's Magazine. |