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REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



farm homes several miles away in a covered wagon. This model rural school 

 solves many of the problems of country life. That is what it is for. 



In solving the one-room school problem and the one-teacher school problem, 

 we have solved the problem of the consolidated rural school and village school, 

 * since the equipments described in this circular are easily adaptable to build- 

 ings of several rooms. 



This model rural school has three principal floors : The basement, the first 

 floor, and the attic. 



DESCRIPTION OF BASEMENT PLAN. 



The basement is rectangular (flg. 3). It is 2S by 36 feet outside measure- 

 ment — 8 feet from floor to ceiling. The floor is of concrete, underlaid with 

 porous tile and cinders. The tile leads into a sewer. 



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 400 CAL. 



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BASEMENT .PLAN 



-Basement plan of model rural school. 



The walls are of concrete, protected from undue moisture by an outside tile, 

 a foot from the walls and averaging 3 to 7 feet beneath the surface of the 

 ground, sloping rapidly into the main sewer. The ditch above the tile is filled 

 with cinders. 



The outside entrance to the basement is of concrete, with an outside drain 

 through the lower step into the sewer. The steps of the outside entrance to the 

 basement and all other steps are of uniform height and tread, about 7-inch 

 riser and 11-inch tread. 



The basement has eight compartments: 1, Furnace room, containing furnace 

 inclosed by galvanized iron; also double cold-air duct with electric fan; also 

 gas water heater; 2, coal bin, 6 by 8 feet; 3, bulb or plant room, 3 by 8 feet, 

 for fall, winter, and spring storage; 4, dark room, 4 by 8 feet, for children's 



