. Social center features in new elementary school architecture and the plans of sixteen socialized schools . hools as eveningrecreation centers and adapt them accordingly. While few cities have as yet adopted standard plans which in-clude all of the facilities discussed below, the rapidity with whichthey are appearing in the newer buildings indicates their generaladoption in the near future. At the present time a majority ofthe leading cities and towns are providing assembly rooms in allof their new school buildings. The AuditoriumThe prevailing tendency is to place this room in the lower part
. Social center features in new elementary school architecture and the plans of sixteen socialized schools . hools as eveningrecreation centers and adapt them accordingly. While few cities have as yet adopted standard plans which in-clude all of the facilities discussed below, the rapidity with whichthey are appearing in the newer buildings indicates their generaladoption in the near future. At the present time a majority ofthe leading cities and towns are providing assembly rooms in allof their new school buildings. The AuditoriumThe prevailing tendency is to place this room in the lower partof the building where it will be easy of access. In New York,where the H plan is frequently followed, the assembly room is inthe basement underneath the open court and is provided with asgood overhead lighting as can be obtained through a seats are fixed and there is a gentle slope to the floor, makingit possible for little children to see the platform from the rear ofthe room. In the Chicago schools of the Mozart type, the as-sembly room occupies a large one-story extension in front of the.
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