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buildings: or, in districts in which the building is now too large, one part 

 of the room could be partitioned off as a work-room. 



It is the purpose, also, to make this building artistic, attractive and 

 homelike to children, sanitary, comfortable, and durable. The cement- 

 plaster exterior is handsomer and warmer than wood, and on expanded 

 metal lath it is durable. The interior of this building is very attractive. 



The pictures show the building just as completed, before the grading 

 of the grounds. School-gardens and play —grounds are being made at one 

 side. 



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The cost has been as follows : 



Contract price for buildings complete, including heater in cellar, 



blackboards, and two outhouses with metal drawers $1800 00 



Tinting of walls 25 00 



Curtains 16 56 



Furniture and supplies 141 75 



$1983 31 



In rural districts, the construction might be completed at less cost. 

 The average valuation of rural school buildings and sites in New York 

 State in 1905 was $1,833.63. 



The building is designed for twenty-five pupils in the main room. The 

 folding doors and windows in the partition enable one teacher to manage 

 both rooms. 



