The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . (jf stairways, the size of i)lay r(H)ms, lunch rooms and other riM>nisfor administrative and scjciat i)ur])oses. In a building of not more than eightclass rooms a general assembly room mav be secured by connecting twoschool rooms seiiarated by a ntovable i)artition. In larger buildings an audi-torium or a combination of an auditorium and a gymnasium is virtually anecessity both for sclux>l and commimity pur|Kises. In high schools four generally recognized forms of .sdiool organizationaffect the i) of the interior arr.
The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . (jf stairways, the size of i)lay r(H)ms, lunch rooms and other riM>nisfor administrative and scjciat i)ur])oses. In a building of not more than eightclass rooms a general assembly room mav be secured by connecting twoschool rooms seiiarated by a ntovable i)artition. In larger buildings an audi-torium or a combination of an auditorium and a gymnasium is virtually anecessity both for sclux>l and commimity pur|Kises. In high schools four generally recognized forms of .sdiool organizationaffect the i) of the interior These are all Kised uiH>nthe ])rovisi(>n for sealing pupils fur i)ur|>oses of study ami recitation: 1. The familiar plan by means ul which pupils are seated in one or morelarge assemblv rooms used primarily as study nxinis. presidcil over by al)rinci])al or teachers in rotation as their recitation ]>cri<Hls will permit. .\llrecitations are then conducted in s|Kcial r(H»nis assignril to the various 78 77//: AKCIIITIICT AM) EXGIMiliR. THE ARCHiriiCT A\D ESGISEER 79 teachers of the high school corps. This form gives to each pupil in at-tendance the same seat where he is expected to be studying during schoolliours when not otherwise assigned. 2. The well-known plan of providing sniall study rooms to seat from fiftyto seventy pupils and using these rooms for recitation ])urposcs in connectionwith auxiliary recitation rooms. These study rooms are in charge of a roomteacher whose recitations are all conducted in the room assigned to thisteacher. Each pupil secures by this arrangement a seat whicii he retains mostof the time, when not reciting in another room, exce))t when classes liavingrecitations in this room make it necessary for him to vacate his seat, especiallyin the front part of the room. 3. The more economical plan which provides seats in study rooms forabout 40 per cent of the pu])ils of the school and still has the usual numberof recitation rooms.
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