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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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l 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-rience with other equipments will make his judg-ment valuable and his advice worthy of considera-tion. Some standard articles, however, such asschool desks, manual training benches and the like,need hardly the expert advice of an architect. Theaverage superintendent of schools has been forced 93
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94 School Architecture to give the more common items his attention andconsequently is generally well informed. School Furniture should always embody amaximum of simplicity and durability. It mustnecessarily be adapted to the uses to which it is tobe put and must be in conformity with the bestand most modern practice, of the day. Schooldesks, whether adjustable or stationary, must becurved and fitted to assure the comfort and thegood health of the pupil. The individual deskmust be attractive in appearance, and made ofthe best hard maple or oak and flawless steel oriron. Its edges must be beveled, its cornersrounded, its hinges noiseless, its varnish, japanand glue the best that money can buy. Vacuum Cleaning for schools, while still inits experimental stage, will undoubtedly becomean important item of equipment in the near future.It is based on the idea of entirely removing dustand dirt from classrooms and subsequently de-stroying it. Briefly, a good system requires avacuum producer ca

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