School architecture, containing articles and illustrations on school grounds, houses, outbuildings, heating, ventilation, school decoration, furniture, and fixtures

West Virginia. State Dept. Of Education, Morris Purdy Shawkey

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UC-NRI LB SB b?J/S W5 ~ OF , GIFT 8061 '12W -1W 'asnDBj'A 'N: uoi OFSTATE WEST VIRGINIA OFDEPARTMENT FREE SCHOOLS CHARLESTON Architecture Containing articles anti Sllustratioits; on ut=rountis, Bouses, , Ventilation,Beating, g>rf)00l Becoration, furniture, = = = = = = =anD jfixtures ftt* p* >l)atDfcei?^ &tate ofS^uperintentient 1910.Cljarletfton, THE NEWS-MAIL W. VA.CO., CHARLESTON, BOARDS OF EDUCATION OF THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA. GENTLEMEN : Lid ever think what anyou in ourimportant place you occupy educational from thesystem? Judged receive and thesalary you number of serve each office does not seemdays you year, your very but when measured the andimportant, by powers opportunities is one of the most in thegiven you, your state.position powerful make laws school houses to beLegislators may requiring adequate and and educators aboutbuilt, kept sanitary comfortable; may go the state and deliver fine about modernspeeches buildings, grounds and and their influence the health and characterequipment, upon of the children teachers and instructors meet in institutes ; may and resolutions in favor of modern conveniencespass and salaries citizens ask for the best schoolhigher ; progressive may for their children but does allwhat this amount toadvantages ; when the brief orders the recordweighed against placed upon book of a Board Education? That record of business determinesof how much is available and how it shall be Youjust money spent.

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Containing
articles anti Sllustratioits; on
ut=rountis, Bouses,
, Ventilation,Beating,
g>rf)00l Becoration, furniture,
= = = = = = =anD jfixtures
ftt* p* >l)atDfcei?^
&tate ofS^uperintentient
1910.Cljarletfton,THE NEWS-MAIL W. VA.CO., CHARLESTON,BOARDS OF EDUCATION OF
THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
GENTLEMEN :
Lid ever think what anyou in ourimportant place you occupy
educational from thesystem? Judged receive and thesalary you
number of serve each office does not seemdays you year, your very
but when measured the andimportant, by powers opportunities
is one of the most in thegiven you, your state.position powerful
make laws school houses to beLegislators may requiring adequate
and and educators aboutbuilt, kept sanitary comfortable; may go
the state and deliver fine about modernspeeches buildings, grounds
and and their influence the health and characterequipment, upon
of the children teachers and instructors meet in institutes
; may
and resolutions in favor of modern conveniencespass
and salaries citizens ask for the best schoolhigher ; progressive may
for their children but does allwhat this amount toadvantages ;
when the brief orders the recordweighed against placed upon
book of a Board Education? That record of business determinesof
how much is available and how it shall be Youjust money spent.
hold the of the state and determinepurse the timestrings thereby
to which in school matters shall march. weprogress Occasionally
find a Board of Education that seems to its tosay by opposition
"West to theprogressive movements, Virginia rear;" others, by
their allto their "Atopposition things new, give order, rest;"
while in of the fire of andmany, spite opposition criticism, ring
out the West must have bet-command, "Forward, march, Virginia
ter school better teachers and a more efficienthouses, citizenship."
As a the school officers of this state are outrule, honestly carrying
the law as understand and this book is into handsthey it, put your
with the that it will a keener of thehope give you appreciation
full of the the law undermeaning obligations placed upon you by
which serve.you
School architecture is an art. Too often we make the mistake of
that architect or is able devise a suit-tosupposing any carpenter
able home for a school and all its activities. times our ar-Many
chitects school into considerationplan buildings by taking pro-
architectural brick and andportions, gables, effects, lumber, stone,
292954SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE.
and their workeither or fail to understand the childrenforget
Those withthe for which the house should be erected.very things
modernthe for aprofessional knowledge concerning requirements
school and from thesehouse should the general standards,prescribe
Inlet architects determine the other features of school buildings.
ar-this book will be found the for schoolprincipal requirements
chitecture from reliable sources. It is not desired thatgathered
boards of education will follow these in but it isplans every detail,
stan-that will build tofully they according prescribedexpected
dards. The should not to thatcounty superintendent agree plans
break the well-established laws of school architecture. Some sug-
found in this will seem like dreams to schoolgestions publication
inofficers where is but such officersregions money scarce,public
should take for the time is near at hand when all dis-courage,
tricts of West some means or have suffi-Virginia must, by other,
cient funds to make school advantages equalapproximately
the state.throughout
We take this means of the architects and business firmsthanking
for of the used. While we wish to call attention tomany plates
this we wish it understood that no discrimination for ormaterial,
firmreliable with which school officers desire to dealagainst any
is intended.
With the that school officers read thesehope may pages-
and examine the and derive therefrompictures carefully, practical
for and to tacklehelp practical problems inspiration bigger things
in the I amfuture,
Very truly,SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE.
OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS.THREE GENERATIONS
forth in this book have aand rules set mayMany suggestions
and whoto some boards of education teacherstendency discourage
with them. For this this article withare unable to comply reason,
wonderful transformation has comeits what ashowingpictures
first. Schoolin school architecture in West isabout Virginia placed
have reason to be of theofficers and teachers every proud progress
our state due credit for what haswe are and should givemaking,
mis-been halt at this would be a greataccomplished, yet any stage
The of N.take. The editor of School Exchange Newark, J., recently
has shown so com-no other State in the Unionsaid, ''Probably
atransformation in its school architecture in so short timeplete
as West Virginia."
Whittier sang;Many years ago
"Still sits the schoolhouse theby road,
A ragged beggar sunning;
Around it still the sumachs grow,
And vines areblackberry running."
toowe still haveAlthough entirely many dilapidated old, beg-
with doors battered almost to destruction,garly, box-schoolhouses,'
windows small and cov-broken, general appearance ragged, yards
with few weeds andered a abused bushes, "blackberry vines,"
are marked for removal as soon as financial conditionsthey just
will The for the most have topermit. "beggars," part given way
a better A brief review of the evolution of our school build-type.
should us cause for and for fur-ings give intelligent couragepride
ther efforts in this direction.
The First Generation The Schoolh&use.Log
It is not to obtain an accurate of the earliestpossible picture
but from we know it was a crudepioneer building, history logvery
with but one or two and madestructure, generally windows, they
of rather than with floors andgreased paper, glass, puncheon desks,
and a crude in one end of the Thelog fire-place building. modesty
of this educational is not to be de-pioneer institution, however,
for a stalwart commonwealth now with thespised, points greatest
to the and whosepride warriors, statesmen, poets, philosophers
and is some cases whose entire was re-early education, education,
ceived in these humble schools. The of adevelopment country,SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE.
true to the laws of follows the line of least resistance andnature,
as a we find Westconsequence Virginia, though early explored, ly-
while the rush of rail-for aing nearly century greatundeveloped
road and was on in thegoingbuilding agricultural development
When the of travel andMississippi Valley. system transportation
from the to the steam the numerouschanged stage-coach railway,
colonies and communities the mountains of Westamong Virginia
were left to themselves and for a half a the resources ofcentury
the State were unknown to the commercial world. As railroad de-
A PIONEER.
and thevelopment continued, tohowever, morecountry began pay
attention to commercial industries, in thisinvestigation began
in all instances toState, nearly reward the with re-investigators
sources their mostbeyond dreams.sanguine With this commercial
came theawakening which theopportunity hadhardy pioneers
waited for the and withthrough theyears, means at theirimproved
command soon thethey began construction of a better oftype
school The ofbuildings. thestory is welldevelopment indicated
the of the schoolby history house. Inlog for1890, thereinstance,