| Show ideal school utah children will be exposed to their three Rs in an atmosphere of healthfulness color and efficiency if educators have their way in planning ng schools of tomorrow R H jacobs director of the school division of minneapolis honeywell poney well regulator company said eaid today after analyzing anal izing a nationwide tion wide survey on schoolhouse trends the study conducted by school management Xana gement to determine what educators are considering for the ideal elementary school of 1950 includes views of city county and diocesan superintendents in leading utah cities in all the questionnaire question aire went to schoolmen schoolman scho olmen in the united states hypothetical ideal school would be a one story brick building of functional modern design containing 13 classrooms and such special service rooms as an auditorium cafeteria and gymnasium jacobs analysis showed it would cost according to the average of estimates on factors that affect pupils health and welfare 85 per cent of those who replied said that they would specify individual room thermostats fo for r control of heating and ventilating equipment and 15 per cent voted for zone thermostatic control of temperature none approved manual controls which would leave the temperature regulation up to the teachers classrooms would have more color 63 per cent said nine per cent would use colored chalk boards instead of conventional blackboards the superintendents were in rather close agreement on the items they could eliminate in an austerity program in reply to a question if for the sake of economy to save about you had to eliminate three of the following items which would you cut out they voted glass block panels 25 per cent pitched roof 10 per cent radiant heating 1515 floure scent lighting 30 asphalt tile floors 10 acoustical ceilings 5 room temperature controls 5 per cent |
