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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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majority of highschools and many grammar schools contain an as-sembly hall. It is intended invariably to accom-modate all the pupils of the school at one sitting.The consensus of opinion now favors the groundfloor assembly hall. It can very conveniently beplaced between the two wings of an H-shapedbuilding or form the center section of a schoolbuilt in the shape of an E. The entrances to thegallery are from the second floor. Several advantages are gained by placing theassembly hall on the ground floor. Primarily theassembly hall thus placed is safer in caseof fire danger. Light can be had fromabove and from either side wall. Stair climbingand unnecessary disturbance in gathering classesis avoided. The assembly hall can be built tomeet the needs of the school. It is most conven-ient for evening lectures in which the general pub-lic may partake. The average assembly rooms have a seatingcapacity of from P>00 to 600. While, of course,there are larger auditoriums, it would be unde- 105
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< Q ^ ^ 5 i-i « u 4W <I <u i—I T3 .S cc Ku en KOi—i W 106 School Architecture sirable to provide an assembly hall with a seatingcapacity of more than 1,500. The stage must beproportionate to the entire whole, with ante-rooms on either side. At least two exits openingdirectly to the main stairways should be provided.Bicycle Rooms.—Where natural conditionsfavor the permanent use of bicycles a small roomfor their storage during school hours may provedesirable. Permanent bicycle racks are the onlyrequisites. Doors and windows should be fittedwith good locks. Commercial Rooms.—Commercial rooms ofhigh schools are usually composed of a type-writer practice room and as many other rooms asmay be needed to accommodate students of short-hand, bookkeeping and commercial law. Theymay be placed on the north side of the buildingin sound-deadened rooms. Special desks andtables for the manipulation of bulky bookkeepingbooks are desirable. Domestic Science Rooms.—Domestic science,th

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