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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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ves the teacher perfect control of the chil-dren with all in view at a glance. The form al-lows better lighting, heating and ventilation. Inlike manner the sizes allow the grouping of roomsnear staircases, and guarantee regular and widecorridors. The width allowed between desks isusually twenty to twenty-four inches. Betweenthe blackboard and its adjoining row of desks 3to 3l/2 feet should be allowed. Thirty-two feet isthe maximum length of classrooms. In Boston the standard size of classrooms hasbeen fixed at 23x29 feet in the clear. In New York City, classrooms have been ar-ranged on the German standard: 22 feet wide, 30feet long, 15 feet, 6 inches high, in the clear; 40pupils. Grade rooms in Chicago public schools have,until recently, measured 26, 6 x 33, 0. At pres-ent the standard is 24, 0 x 34, 0 ; for a maxi-mum of 48 pupils. The St. Louis standard requires that class-rooms be 24, 0 by 32, 6 with not less than 12clear story height. The maximum seating ca-pacity is 48 pupils. 65
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a. 66 School Architecture In Detroit, 24 by 32 is accepted as correct. In Baltimore all schoolrooms are planned to be26 x 32 with 12, 6 to 13 0 ceilings. In Cleveland two standard sizes have beenevolved: 24 x 32 and 26 x 32. In Philadelphia the standard classroom meas-ures 24 x 32 xl3. The Seattle standard classroom is 25 x 32 and13 story height. Lighting.—The importance and the difficultyof the subject of lighting is self-evident. Primar-ily, light must come to classrooms without ob-struction or interruption. It has been said thatevery pupil ought to be able to see the sky fromhis desk. A German authority asserts that 50per cent, of the floor space should be open to thesky. Under ordinary conditions, the rule that ad-joining structures should not be nearer than twicethe height of the school building is safe. Thiscannot be maintained in crowded cities wherebuildings are high, but is binding on the locationof trees and like. The admission of light to the classroom, afterits pure obta

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