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Identifier: schoolarchitectu00bruc (find matches)
Title: School architecture; a handy manual for the use of architects and school authorities
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Bruce, William George, 1856-1949 Bruce, William Conrad, 1882- Bruce, Frank Milton, 1885- (from old catalog)
Subjects: School buildings
Publisher: Milwaukee, Johnson service company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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installed in high schools very extensively.These lockers are constructed in a variety ofstyles and are furnished with keyless locks forthe use of the individual pupil. They are in-stalled in corridors and have proven most suc-cessful. In gymnasiums, where the storage ofmuch clothing is called for, the steel locker hasbecome an absolute necessity. A new type of wardrobe is being introduced inNew York and Chicago, which consists of woodor steel cupboards, fitted with doors sliding ver-tically in casements. They are equipped withhooks and racks and so constructed that inde-pendent ventilation with the regular ventilationsystem is possible. While some doubt might ex-ist as to their practicability, they unquestionablyeffect a saving in space over the cloakroom asalso the original cost of construction. Platforms.—Some difference of opinion ex-ists on the use of platforms. Most grade classplatforms have been abolished as dust catchers, asan interference with the ready use of blackboard 91
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93 School Architecture space back of the teachers desk and as a hin-drance to the rule that teachers move about theclass during school hours. In lecture and as-sembly rooms the platform should be low as pos-sible, but wide and long. Teachers Wardrobe.—Where a buildingcannot include a special teachers room, a teach-ers wardrobe or case ought to be installed inevery classroom. This ought to assure privacy,and must be comparatively air-tight. It shouldcontain hooks and shelves and be fitted with agood lock. Bookcase.—A bookcase twelve inches deepshould be provided in each classroom for the useof the teacher and the storage of supplementarybooks and other paraphernalia. It may best bebuilt in one of the side walls, not conspicuously,and should be closed by one or two glass doors.A few drawers ought also be added with a cup-board at the bottom. Equipment.—A schoolhouse architect mustnecessarily be consulted in the purchase of much ofthe equipment of a schoolhouse. His varied expe-rie

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