COLLEGE AND STATE 



can be perfectly adapted to their uses or 

 country life be wholly attractive. We are 

 so accustomed to our buildings, both in 

 country and city, that we do not think to 

 challenge them; and yet there are rela- 

 tively very few buildings in the world that 

 are either good to look at or are well 

 adapted to their ends. All architecture is 

 either good or bad, whatever the building 

 costs: it must have good proportions and 

 exactly meet the needs for which it is con- 

 structed. Certain boxes appeal to us in 

 their attractive shape, yet we forget that 

 shape and proportion are the first con- 

 siderations in the good looks of buildings. 

 All the sanitary waterworks and other 

 conveniences of modern residences must 

 come into country districts, and this will 

 call for new plans of buildings. How to 

 build a house to save steps, to cause it to 

 be sanitary and cheerful, to insure good 

 construction, to make it comfortable and 

 durable, are questions of careful planning ; 

 and the more we build by merely copying 

 other buildings or depending on the wit of 

 the carpenter, the longer will we continue 

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