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" The openings between schoolroom and workroom 

 are fitted with glazed swing sash and folding doors, 

 so that the rooms may be used either singly or 

 together, as desired. 



"The workroom has a bay-window facing south 

 and filled with shelves for plants. Slate blackboards 

 of standard school heights fill the spaces about the 

 rooms between doors and windows. The building is 

 heated by hot air ; vent flues of adequate sizes are 

 also provided so that the rooms are ventilated. 



"On the front of the building, and adding ma- 

 terially to its picturesque appearance, is a roomy 

 veranda with simple square posts, from which 

 entrance is made directly into the combined vesti- 

 bule and coatroom and from this again by two doors 

 into the schoolroom." 



HELP MAKE A SCHOOL PLAY GROUND 



Throughout the entire country there is at last ris- 

 ing a wave of enthusiasm in behalf of affording the 

 child a better means of play. First the cities took 

 the matter up, then the towns, and now the country 

 districts are beginning to do their part. The farmer 

 and his wife should feel an interest in such a matter, 

 for they can render no better service to their com- 

 munity than that of joining the district teacher in an 

 effort to equip the school grounds with play apparatus. 

 As a suggestive outline of what materials to procure, 

 the dimensions and cost of the same, there is given 



