School sanitation and decoration, a practical study of health and beauty in their relations to the public schools by Burrage Severance & Bailey Henry Turner

Author:Burrage, Severance & Bailey, Henry Turner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: School decoration, School hygiene
Publisher: Boston, Heath
Published: 1899-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

PLATE XX. —A WELL DECORATED SCHOOLROOM.

in frames and on easels, pictures singly and in borders, it contains casts and flowers, vases and dried grasses, flags and bric-a-brac. The room is burdened with a melange of decorative material, it is a new curiosity shop! A drawing teacher, more nice than wise, used to say " bric-a^m 7 ." "She means bric-a-akbris," remarked an artist who happened to hear ; " bric-a-debris fills a long-felt want in one's vocabulary." The word comes unbidden to the lips when such an interior as this presents itself for judgment. Contrast with it the interior from a primary school in Springfield, Mass. (Plate XX.) Here are a few of the best photographs obtainable, photographs of recognized masterpieces. They are large, appropriately framed, and hung with reference to the wall spaces. There is no crowding, no confusion, no clutter anywhere ; the blackboards are utilized with some thought of orderly spacing, the vases of flowers are tastefully arranged, and the effect of the room as a whole is clean, temperate, restful, wholesome. One cannot imagine haphazard, slovenly results coming from children accustomed to such an atmosphere of order and peace and beauty.

Such schoolrooms are none too good for the most out-of-the-way corner in these United States. To produce them requires something besides a wish and a bag of gold ; it requires good taste and forethought. Given the finished room, the problem is what kind of decorative material shall be used and how much.

It is well to plan the decorations ideally, at first, without regard to expense. With unlimited means, what ought to be done to perfect the room ? The light comes from the left side only : then upon the wall in

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