The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . recognize the fact that proper provisions for recreation are essential to obtainthe best results from the student and architects have l)een called upon todevise play rooms, lunch rooms and gymnasiums, as well as rooms lor themany student activities, such as club rooms, newspaper rooms, wireless andphotogra])hic rooms, etc. To obtain directness and freedom of circulation and such a correlationof departments as to save all unnecessary stc|)s, as well as to save all wastespace and needless expense, requires a simjilc and often a bold
The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . recognize the fact that proper provisions for recreation are essential to obtainthe best results from the student and architects have l)een called upon todevise play rooms, lunch rooms and gymnasiums, as well as rooms lor themany student activities, such as club rooms, newspaper rooms, wireless andphotogra])hic rooms, etc. To obtain directness and freedom of circulation and such a correlationof departments as to save all unnecessary stc|)s, as well as to save all wastespace and needless expense, requires a simjilc and often a bold handling ofthe plan. This can be accomplished only through an intimate knowledge ofthe workings and re(|uirements of the scliool. The greater the architectsknowledge of these matters, the happier the results will be. but in any case,he shoulrl hold the fullest possible conference with those who are to occupythe building, as well as with experts in the various special branches fromother parts of the country. Xo matter how wide his personal knowledge. i«onc I* i\ rtfhl. AriHiltiii 72 THE ARCHITIiCT AND liSGISEER and cx])ericncc nia\ Ijc, lie can always learn sdnicthiiiy; of value from thosewho are actually using the buildings. The fact of the matter is, we have only Ijegun to comprehend and under-stand the school building problem with its many phases. The field is sowide. ])rogress so slow, and o]>portunities for imjjrovement fly so rapidly,that the period of a lifetime is too short to perfectly master the details. Thewider use of the school and the changes developed by the bright and activeminds within the ranks of the teaching profession are constantly opening upnew lines of thought, which go far to keep the school a variable quantity andimjjress uix)n us the necessity of assigning various rooms to serve manyfunctions, although we may standardize sucli rooms as class rooms, admin-istrative otifice, laboratories, etc. The research work of your Committee on Standardization, i
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