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It is a room in graduation exercises the class can be constant demand every hour in the day seated on the stage, and for very large planning a comprehensive building for the teaching of public speaking and for regular training in what are called gatherings the capacity of the room for so large an enrollment it is essential, not only that the working (Continued on page 470) auditorium activities. It is needed for handling large groups in courses in the Estimated Shortage in School Buildings, Equipment, Books, and Supplies appreciation of music and in the appreciation of art, thus serving many important uses as well as providing a place for public gatherings and regular assembly purposes. A view of this auditorium looking toward the stage reveals a very unique arrangement. At the rear of the stage proper is a passage-way formed by two sets of folding doors which separate a room from the stage. This room contains a bank of elevated seats that accommodate about 200 pupils. The room is devoted to music and can be used while other work is going on in the auditorium. When the doors are folded back into the walls the music room becomes a part of the stage. This bank of elevated seats is constructed so that it may be brought forward toward the front of the stage as desired. It serves a splendid purpose in concerts when a chorus and orchestra may be brought together on the stage. At the NOT OTWITHSTANDING the general support given the public schools, there is still a significant shortage in school buildings, equipment, books, and supplies. There has always been, also, a shortage of properly trained teachers. Parent-teacher groups, citizens' improvement societies, chambers of commerce, business men's leagues, women's clubs, and scores of other groups have co-operated to improve school standards and to provide school facilities and equipment. According to the most conservative estimates based upon available facts, an alarming shortage exists. 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Do you believe it should be the function of a school director to devote his time principally to questions of policy in school affairs? If your answer to the above is "No," please describe what you do consider the function of a school director? What do you think should be the policy of the board of education concerning vocational training, the placement bureau and the child guidance clinic? Do you favor the centralization of vocational work in one building? What is your attitude toward the new charter? .85% .80% 65% ..33% .67% .15% 20% 70% ..65% .85% 60% .50% .75% capacity of the building be provided for, but also that in each department the rooms be planned suitably for their specific uses. Lay-outs of each type of room were planned, equipment, and floor spacing carefully figured in conference with the subject specialists who were to use the rooms. An illustration of the placing of rooms is found in the art room with its windows facing the north. With equal consideration at the other end of the third floor is located the biological laboratory with a conservatory built out on the southern exposure to secure the most sunlight for the growing of plants. The shops are all at the rear of the building so separated from the class rcoms that no noise or interference of any kind is possible. The administrative center and the location of the library show the efficient planning for convenience of supervision and administration. The library has a capacity of 120 at tables. The two study halls seating 70 each, and the conference rooms and library class room are near. The provision for the largest possible use of the library is unusual. The library is a very beautiful room giving a real atmosphere of culture and refinement. Among the Magazines Ten Outstanding Articles for May From bulletin issued by Franklin Square Subscription Agency in cooperation with advisory council of librarians. The Fourth Migration. By Eminent Authors in Survey Graphic. Eminent authors, architects, builders and regional planners trace the breakdown of "dinossur" cities and show how the new drift to the country, encouraged by automobile, radio and aeroplane may produce better environment. Congress Invades the White House. By Charles Merz in Harper's. Congress bungles its job-but why? Because Congressmen are incompetent or because of their infinite capacity for taking pains with the wrong thing? Mr. Marz's brilliant article goes to the bottom of the question. Some Younger English Novelists. By Hugh Walpole in Bookman. Since the war, says Mr. Walpole, the English novel has been in the hands of the women. In this article, this jovial and clear-sighted master of fiction gives an analysis of the post-war English woman novelists. Music of the Fairies. By Herbert Ravenel Sass in Good Housekeeping. He who has studied birds in his own garden and in the woods discovers the delicate crooning sounds that birds make when they "sing under their breath." The article tells of many such strange and lovely facts. Overcrowding the Woman's Colleges. By William Allan Neilson in The Nation. So many girls want to go to college says the president of Smith College that many have to be excluded by rigid entrance requirements. He advocates new schools for girls gifted along other than academic lines. The War Between Church and State in France. Both phases in Current History. Professor Guignebert at the Sorbonne, Paris, and Georges Goyau, one of France's Forty Immortals, discuss both phases of the acute trouble now in progress between the Catholics and the French government. Why I Live Abroad. By Lawrence J. Thomson in The American Mercury. The schools, the service, the personal freedom, the intellectual life of great European centers, this author believes, is keyed to the best minds in the community instead of being pitched for the feeblest minds as in America. The New Religions of America. By Jules Bois in The Forum. Modern Theosophy, through the weakness of human beings for necromancy, has gained many adherents by reviving ancient occultism in plausible modern guise. Some American Women and the Vote. By Katherine Fullerton Gerould in Scribner's. The writer believes that cultured women are not taking interest in the ballot because they never pursue serious ideas in their social intercourse, and that one woman will not take another's opinion on politics. Florida the Pioneer State. Frank P. Stockbridge in Review of Reviews. A remarkable article about Florida, its agriculture, transportation, road-building, home-making, town and city planning, and its provision for winter visitors and climate-seekers. |