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from three to five feet. We quote the following, touching on 

 Harney's ideas relative to the inside structure: 



" The wood- work should all be stained, and the walls tinted 

 some Boft neutral tint — gray, cream or pearl color. The windows 



are all sash windows, double bung for purposes of ventilation ; 

 and, in addition, there are two ventilating shafts rising from the 

 floor through the attic, and terminating in the ventilator on the 

 ridge of the main roof. These shafts have openings near the 

 floor and ceiling, with arrangements for opening and shutting at 

 will. They are made of smoothly planed, well jointed pine 

 boards, and measure each sixteen inches square inside. In order 

 to keep up the circulation, and to supply cool air from outside, a 

 shaft is introduced, running along under the floor, and terminat- 

 ing at the platform on which, in winter, the stove or heating 

 apparatus will stand, and from this distributed into the room by 

 numerous small holes in the riser of the platform. We consider 

 the simplest methods of ventilation the best, and the above will 

 be found both simple and effective. The great desideratum is to 

 provide means for the discharge of a certain quantity of vitiated 

 air, and to supply its place by the same quantity of pure air, 

 properly warmed in winter. To make the discharge more 

 effective, the stove pipe may be carried up in connection with one 

 of the shafts, rarifying the air. and making the upward current 

 stronger, but in ordinary cases this will be hardly necessary. 



There are two entrances to this house, one for boys and one for 

 girls. Both entries are ten feet apart, and are in the main build- 

 ing, opening directly into the school room. 



