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Show EMERY CITIZEN HAS GOOD IDEAS. Hdltor of Tho Sun OIIANOBVIL.LE. tTtnh June 12 I nm glad to see thoro Is a protest against continuing to put up brick monstrosities and railing them schools, piles of brick that do not resemble anything modern, anelont or prehistoric, that have neither stylo nor usefulness It seems that ramot lino ago tho socatled designers wcro worshipping nt the shrines of Ineonvonlcucy, Disorder nnd DIs cord nnd they hnvo not changed At last out comes a statement In the Salt Ijvkc Hcrald-Itepuhltcan of Juno .Bth that says that In tho whole stnto of Utah thoro nro only tlrrco school buildings after spend Ing millions Tlint Is tho risult If you will took at n ropy of tho Deseret Kvonlng News or May 8th you will sco that a suggestion to change to something sensible Is mado You mUht also look at the musical publication, Tho Ktudo of May, 1916, tho very first article In It, for n good hint, nnl each nrtlolo will show that there nro thousands and thousands spent or wnstod for nothing Dear Bdltor, I wx thnt bids have been rejected in your city for very likely another monstrosity, nnd I think boforo any design Is accepted a compoli Ion should bo mado for a model one-story school building, and to show whnt I II offer I will make It ns plain ns my poor words can 1 will build ten thousand feet of floor spneo, dlvldod Into twelve school rooms and ono largo hall of thirty by seventy feet, and arrnngo to throw tho entlro floor space Into ono hall In addition I will add two office rooms, ono storm room, two storo rooms and two toilets 1 will nlso glvo a t.trgo stago (removable), (remov-able), ono small gallery of fifteen by thirty fott, two doors to ovory room, and two double glass sash windows, tho entlro length of tho building on each side Tbo good points or such n building build-ing nro mnny Flro risk nil, a hall lo stuOy calisthenics nnd piny room for children In bad weather, noise reduced to a minimum, a stago for declamation exercises, largo walls for maps and pictures, high ceilings for swings nnd trnpius, ventilation nnd heating nnd light perfect And to sum It up, I will submit plans In detail, glvo any kind of bond required and build It for less thnn tho appropriated sum of thtrtv thousand dollars BNTHUSIAST |