Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . NEW SCHOOL Nothing could better illustrate the passing of the old and the comingof the new than these two photographs of successive schoolhouses in thevillage of Fowler, in Fresno County. The old one was considered asplendid building when it was built, fewer than a score of years how our ideas have changed! Observe the windows in the oldschool, equidistant and far apart. Note the waste of materials in build-ing a cupola—a iLseless appendage. See how different in idea, in
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . NEW SCHOOL Nothing could better illustrate the passing of the old and the comingof the new than these two photographs of successive schoolhouses in thevillage of Fowler, in Fresno County. The old one was considered asplendid building when it was built, fewer than a score of years how our ideas have changed! Observe the windows in the oldschool, equidistant and far apart. Note the waste of materials in build-ing a cupola—a iLseless appendage. See how different in idea, in type, is the new building just com-pleted. It cost $30;000. The architect was E. Mathewson, of Fresno. It is in the poor, dilapidated, dust begrimed, filthy schoolrooms thatthe spirit of vandalism asserts itself, for there is nothing there to com-mand the respect of the children. We believe it is as much the duty ofthe school to cultivate the esthetic side of the child as it is to teach themultiplication table, or the single rule of three. 139 — AND THE NEW.
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