SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE. Each year the beautiful is given more prominence in the educational world. School boards have not been unmindful of the value of the beautiful in the erection of school buildings during the last biennium. Not only has there been a continued improvement in school architecture in cities and towns, but in rural communities in many parts of the state the log house of former days was displaced years ago by the square or rectangular buildings, and these in turn are today are being replaced by beautiful modern buildings. The accompanying cuts show that boards of directors are providing the most artistic edifices for the children, and at no greater expense than was formerly paid for the inartistic. The heating lighting and ventilating of school buildings is now thoughtfully considered in planning the construction of new structures. Boards of directors will, I trust, find this chapter of most practical value, as the schools under their supervision expand. |