Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from School Grounds and School Architecture for the School Officers of Michigan 1908
Some years ago the Department published a pamphlet on the subject of school architecture. The calls for this pamphlet have been so numerous that the edition is exhausted, and I therefore deem it advisable to issue a second pamphlet on the same subject.
Until recent years little attention was given to the matter of school archi tecture, Contracts were let to builders who had no experience or training along the line of sanitary science or architecture, and as a consequence our state is dotted over with school buildings, both in country and city, which are insanitary, improperly constructed, poorly lighted and without proper means of ventilation, Within the past fifteen years architects have begun to give special study to the subject of school architecture, and researches in sanitary science have brought out ideas Which if incorporated into our school buildings will prevent much sickness, and also prevent that too frequent occurrence, of young people breaking down during their school career. In almost every instance where young people have been obliged to leave school because of failing health the cause has been ascribed to matters which are not connected with the school, and we find that in a large number of cases the direct cause of these break-downs is improper light, heating, ventilation and sewage.
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