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Improvements in School Architecture. 
There is no point on which a greater mistake is made, by those having in charge the school affairs of districts 
the whole country over, than in neglecting to rondor school-buildings comfortable and attractive. Wo have seen 
district school-houses in the country,—whore one would think there was no need of economy in land, and that 
the shade of the green trees was abundant 
enough to be had for tho seoking—set down 
at the junction of two sandy roads, without 
even a bush in sight, and scarce a blade of 
grass,—aricketty shanty-like structure, pla¬ 
ced so high on blocks that you could see the 
day-light under as well as above and on 
every side of it—in fact put up, one would 
infer, just where the winds would be surest 
to penetrate its crevices in winter, and the 
summer sun beat the fiercest on its unpro¬ 
tected sides, as well as made as ugly as pos¬ 
sible throughout exterior and interior. 
The Teacher* has been publishing some 
good suggestions on the subject of School 
Architecture, accompanied by plans and de¬ 
signs. By the courtesy of Mr. Cruikshank 
we are enabled to present above one of these 
designs from the November number. This 
house will seat 144 pupils. Scale, one-six¬ 
teenth of an inch to the foot. The dotted 
line in the center represents a sliding door, 
hung with weights and pulleys, and sliding 
upward to the top of the room. A partition 
in the attic separates the rooms, and receives 
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* The New-York Teacher : A Monthly Periodical, de¬ 
voted to the cause of General Education and to the Eleva¬ 
tion of the Teacher’s Profession. Albany : James Cruik¬ 
shank, 55 State street. 
this door as it slides up towards the point of the roof 
The sliding door may be constructed so as to serve for 
a blackboard on each side. It may here be remarked, 
that for smaller plans, with a single room, the style of 
