English: Identifier: highschoolbuildi00nati

Title: High-school buildings and grounds Year: 1922 (1920s) Authors: National education association of the United States. Commission on the reorganization of secondary education Subjects: School buildings School grounds. [from old catalog] Publisher: Washington, Govt. print. off. Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Text Appearing Before Image: lL.\TE :i2.—PKIiNT SHOP, CENTRAL HlOli SCHOOL, WASHINGTON, 1. C. 28 HIGH-SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND GBOUNDS. (G) COMMERCIAL ROOMS. Bookkeepinsj. penmanship, stenogiapliy, typewritinj:, hanking, and office prac-tice constitute the general group of commercial subjects. The requirementsfor these related activities will vary from tvv^o rooms of normal size to a largegroup of rooms of various sizes. As the commercial subjects are becomingincreasingly popular, it is advisable to locate the group where it can easilyexpand. The shop plan of reserving large areas for these activities and sub-dividing as needs demand by part-glass partitions has proved satisfactory inlarge high schools.

Text Appearing After Image: -COMMERCIAL GROUP, CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. (H) HOME ECONOMICS. The home economics group includes the laboratories used for teaching foods,clothing, and housekeeping, also millinery, dressmaking, laundering, child care,and home nursing. In some schools the laboratories for the related group ofapplied arts such as intefior decoration, pottery, and textiles are also includedand may be arranged adjacent to the home-making group. A classroom may beadded for purposes of lectures and discussions in connection with the variousactivities in this group of laboratories. It is especially important that the home-economics department be locatedwhere the conditions of light, ventilation, and sanitation are conducive togood work and exemplify good American standards of living. The sizes of home-economics rooms must depend on the type of equipmentdesired and to some extent also on the method of instruction. Both of thesematters need to be determined in advance, particularly the former,

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