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References to the Plan. — A. Teacher's Desk. B. Platform. C C Step to 

 ascend the Platform. D. Stove. E 10. Pipe. F. Teacher's Room. G. G. Entries. 

 H H. H. Desks. I. I. I. Seats. J. J. End view nf desks. K. K. End view of Seats. 

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VIEW OF A SCHOOL-HOUSE IN GREENLAND. 



Description of School-house in Greenland. 

 The School-house in the " Northern District " in Greenland was erected 

 in 1847, is of brick, 50 feet loin; and 30 feet wide, and finished 12 feet 

 high inside. The walls are twelve inches thick, ceiled to the window 

 sills, and lathed and plastered uliove. Black-hoards fill the spaces on 

 each side, tinder which permanent henclies extend the whole len>rtli. Al 

 the end opposite to the entrance, a platform is raised one step high and 

 five feet wide, on which is placed fhe teacher's desk. This end is tilled 

 with permanent hook-eases am! ca hi nets with doors, half nf which are 

 glased. The house is divided by a partition, forming a large entry lead- 

 ing to fhe school-room, both of which are heated by a stove placed in the 

 partition. There is one outside door, and there are two leading to the 

 school-room. These last are kept locked, except when the teacher is 

 present, by which regulation the school-room is kept clean, and the desks 

 are found, after a recess, in the same order as when they were left; the 

 entry being sufficiency large lo accommodate the scholars in foul wea- 

 ther, or at other times when the teacher is not present. In the entry are 

 hooks for hats and over-clothes, numbered to correspond to numbers on 

 the desks. In the school-room are 48 separate desks, of different heights, 



PLAN OF A SCHOOL-HOUSE IN GREENLAND. 



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to accommodate scholars of all a^es, framed on posts permanently fixed 

 to the timbers of the floor, and fitted with chairs of corresponding heights, 

 set on cast iron frames secured to the floor, the whole being stained and 

 varnished. The floors are of Southern hard pine. The other wood work 

 is grained ami varnished. There are six windows in the school-room 

 and two in the entry, of 24 lights, 12 by f J glass; the whole ot fhe sashes 

 being hling, the upper to let down, as well as the lower to he raised, and 

 those on the west side fitted with blinds. There is a cellar under the 

 whole, for fuel, with an outside door ami an entrance from the entr". A 

 well selected library, of nearly 200 volumes, is placed in the bookcases, 

 for fhe use of the district. There is a small apparatus for the use of the 

 school, and the walls are adorned with a complete set of Pelton'a large 

 outline maps. The lot on which the bouse stands, is one quarter of an 

 acre — all the district could procure — which is planted with shade trees, 

 and promises to become an ornament to the town. 



VIEW OF A SCHOOL-HOUSE IN MANCHESTER. 



PLAN OF A SCHOOL-HOUSE IN MANCHESTER. 



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