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tables are also oblong, but have six tiers of four drawers each, and cabinet ends. 

 They measure lU'i inches in length, 4(j inches in width, and are 30^ inches in 

 height. Here the seating capacity is six students, instead of eight as in the other 

 rooms. The diiTerences in tables is of no importance and is due to their being 

 planned at different times and by different teachers. All these tables answer well the 

 two chief requisites for laboratory use — stability and plenty of room. Furthermore, 

 large tables seating six or eight students save fioor space, and are more conducive 

 to quiet work than many small or individual tables such as are used in colleges. 

 Each room has one or more supply tables, differing from the student tables prin- 

 cipally in being higher (85 inches) and having fewer lockers. There is also a set 



A CORNER IN THE CONSERVATORY. 



of tables of this height for the practical work in physiology, at which students may 

 work standing, or on stools. 



The chairs are the revolving screw-top kind with rocking spring and back. 

 On account of the different ages and varying stature of high school students, the 

 adjustable chairs are important. They can also easily turn toward the teacher 

 and rise without dragging back the chair or jarring the table, and a class exer- 

 cise may take place at the laboratory tables, avoiding the confusion and loss of 

 time incident to moving from a recitation room. In fact, no laboratory period 

 should be allowed to pass without some general questions or explanations cover- 

 ing points found difficult by a majority of the class. It has a stimulating effect. 



A large case for books, apparatus, and specimens, with glass doors and cabi- 



