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REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



looking-glass, towel rack, soap box, ^nd other accessories. Each toilet room is 

 reached by a circuitous pasgageway, furnishing room for children's wraps and 

 overshoes. Scheme for perfect privacy in toilet rooms. All toilet-room walls 

 contain air chambers to deaden sound. The toilet rooms are clean, decent, and 

 beautiful. 



The main entrance to schoolroom is through a porch. There is a small porch 

 on west side especially for girls. All rooms are wired for electricity and 

 plumbed for gas. The walls are adorned with pictures. 



DESCEIPTION OF ATTIC PLAN. 



Every rural schoolhouse has an attic, but this seems to be the only one whose 

 attic was ever discovered. This attic is 35 by 15 feet, inside measurement, all 

 in one room, as shown by floor plans in figure 5 ; distance from floor to ceiling, 

 7i feet in middle part. 



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ATTIC PLAN 



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The attic is abundantly lighted through gable lights and roof lights. It 

 contains modern manual-training benches for use of 8 or 10 children at one 

 time. It has a gas range and other apparatus for experimental cooking. It is 

 furnished with both gas light and electric light. 



It has a washbowl with hot and cold water, looking-glass, towels, etc. It has 

 a large sink, such as a good kitchen usually contains. It has a drinking foun- 

 tain, but no drinking cup, either common or uncommon. It has cupboards, 

 boxes, and receptacles for various experiments in home economics. 



It has a disinfecting apparatus and a portable chemistry-agriculture labora- 

 tory, and numerous other equipments. Its utilities will grow in number and 

 improve in quality. It is properly heated and ventilated. 



It has a disappearing bed, which slides out under the lower roof, except when 

 in use. The bed is used by the young man who acts as janitor. 



This attic is from all points of view sanitary. 



