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Such a building as this, placed on dry ground and amid a 

 grove of trees of the native forest, having the old or decayed 

 trees removed, would be daily visited by the children of a 

 neighborhood for learning and with pleasure, all things consid- 

 ered, as before written touching the teacher. We want no more 

 use of the rod, for it is time that intelligence of mind, not 

 passion, should rule. Leaving this we now give an elevation 

 design taken from the Horticulturist of 186H, made by G. E. 

 Harney, a capable architect. "We have changed his ground plan, 

 and made a plan for the planting of an acre <>f ground as a school 

 ground, giving the position of the building. We give the lay of 

 the grounds, line of paths, position of the building, but have not 

 space in our columns to give a definite scale for the planting. 

 We number where the large trees are, where the shrubs are to be 

 planted ; but first our copy of the building by Mr. Harney as a 

 perspective view. 



It will be seen at once, by the most common observer, that the 

 design is to be constructed of boards, set upright, and battened. 

 No show of chimneys has been given by Mr. Harney, and in my 

 change I have marked where the chimneys should be, supposing 

 them only as flues for stove pipe, and opening or ventilating at 

 or in the cupola by side air passages. 



The height of the main rooms should be 12 feet, rising in the 

 center of the principal school room, marked 20x30 on the plan, 



