Architect and engineer . the walls, the proportions of which is usually uninteresting in spite of the skillof the architects. In the Vallejo school theforeground is laid out with low one-storywings and in this one story portion havebeen placed the rooms that permitted of anarchitectural handling not stilted by win-dow^ requirements. Behind this arcaded onestory portion is a spacious open patiowhere children and teachers may gatherfor open air classes, out-door plays and THE ARCHITECT AND ENG1NEEJ< ^ 15 ? FKBRUARY. NINETEEN THIRTY-FOUR student body meetings. Here we may see tifully tiled pat
Architect and engineer . the walls, the proportions of which is usually uninteresting in spite of the skillof the architects. In the Vallejo school theforeground is laid out with low one-storywings and in this one story portion havebeen placed the rooms that permitted of anarchitectural handling not stilted by win-dow^ requirements. Behind this arcaded onestory portion is a spacious open patiowhere children and teachers may gatherfor open air classes, out-door plays and THE ARCHITECT AND ENG1NEEJ< ^ 15 ? FKBRUARY. NINETEEN THIRTY-FOUR student body meetings. Here we may see tifully tiled patio with its fringe of shrubs,the children squatted on the tiled pave- To the rear of the building and stretchedments listening to their teachers much as out in a succession of elements are the gym-did the Indians of the Missions sit to hear nasium, the boys and girls locker rooms,the teachings of the Padres. the clinic and farthest removed are theBehind this open patio is the main wing shops and vocational AUDITORIUM. MARIANO GUADALUPE VALLEIO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLFrederick H. Reimers, Architect class room of the building, a two storystructure which has been screened from thestreet by the one story part of the buildingand the distance across the patio. To oneside of the patio is the auditorium and cho-ral room, isolated in a semi-fireproof build-ing completely enclosed in walls of mas-onry. To the opposite side of the patiofaces the art department where the aesthet-ically minded may look out upon the beau- TowER Ornate and PracticalIn one corner of the patio is a gracefultower of open belvedere at the top and sur-mounted by a dome of gold. Perhaps herewe see the transition from the early set-tling of the Spaniards and Padres to thegold discovery which marked the new Cali-fornia that we know today. The tower ispractical and not an unnecessary expensefor it houses the giant air condensing fan THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER -^ 16 ? FEBRUARY. NINETEEN THIRTY-FOUR equipment t
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