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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
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stems. There is no good reason why the basementsystem in small schools and the so-called stacksystem in large schools are not best. If properlyheated and ventilated, and operated in connec-tion with a good water system, both will provesuccessful. Care must be taken to ventilate bothsystems apart from the regular ventilation systemof the school because of the danger of backdraughts, etc. Again the stack system must bearranged in towers apart from the rest of thebuilding, must be accessible and well ventilated.Care should be taken that all toilet rooms arewell lighted. It is needless to say that the best possiblematerial ought be used in the fixtures for toiletrooms. At all times individual siphon or ped-estal closets are best. Urinals may be eitherporcelain or slate, with hammered glass or slateuprights. Above all, toilet room fixtures mustbe strong, rapid acting and provided with largewaste and soil pipes. Urinals ought to be auto-matically flushed either during recesses or entire 133
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u 4 - o An,< 4 o o Wu en Ko 134 School Architecture school days. Closets which operate when theweight of the body is removed from the seat aregood. Two feet three inches, and not more thanthree feet, is the proper width for closet stalls.Urinals may obtain a width of one and three-quarter feet and a depth of one and one-half feet. Great care must be taken in laying the floorin toilet rooms. Wood, cement and all absorb-ent and corrosive materials must be avoided.About the various closets slate should be usedas much as possible. Cement ought not be usedbecause the uric acid coming in contact withit begins a chemical action that never can becorrected. The most practical substance to usefor toilet room floors is rock asphalt. This canbe thoroughly flushed and cleaned with waterlike no other substance. Care must be taken toequip toilet rooms with proper catch basin anda drain thereto. While some variation may be allowed, a goodrule provides one closet bowl for every fifteen girls,and on

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