The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04

STUDENTS INTO HOMES" IN
STEAD OF CRoWDING THEM INTO I'M
MENsE DoRNITORIEs.
For many years the tendency IN
school architecture, as in the style OF
all other kinds of public buildings, has
been to set display before, convenience
and other elements of utility. Lofty
high school buildings, college ad9rmi
tories, asylums for the blind ~or for
deaf-mutes have been erected at enor
nous cost, and pupils Of all grades
and conditions-son sometimes to then
Der of many hundreds are heEded to-
gether, when health, morals and intel
lectual progress would be far better
served if these structures were mot so
imposing; not SO ornate, but SO tadlyl-
ded into separate buildings aas.Jo re-
.quire of their occupants less cllMblng,
less croWding, less hazard Of! life from
fires and contagious diseases as1d less
of that hot-hOuse stimulus, Whdeh is
exerted by the almost constant aasso-
citation of the sexes, and the influence
of older pupils over younger ones
| dwelling in the same dormitoFs ,gand
mingling continually. It is wonderful
that such success has been achieved,
despite of the disadvantages referred
to, as we see at the Institutions for the
deaf and dumb at Columbus, TO-; deck
sonyille, Ill, and many other places we
might name. No. better evidence OF
the thorough devotion of the SQpefEl-
tendents of thsee institutions to, their
grand missions could be. cited than
their work witnesses. Y ct, Influenced
more or less by the above reasons, at
the Illinois Institution, they have'cut
up their large dormitories into SNAIL
rooms, accommodating from twato
flour pupils, and the superintendent
waiting patiently for the opportunfEy
'Iof doing away with the congregatf
system" In Columbus, they havesazi
1 vided their two sitting rooms into sl4
1 SO as to classify, partially atlcast, thai4s
Pupils according to age; While AL
Il n Northampton, Mass, the Clarke lnstl
Il tuition, with less than loo pupils ~
n putting up two sets Of buildings. serfs
/ rated by street. Smith College, WIFI
4 the spirit Of superior excellence u
(which all its plans have been matured
lis erecting cottages, instead OF bFoat
Hand lofty dormitories. "In Boston ltht
a Perkins School for the Blind has ;adop
lifted, so far as relates to its girls, thu
Il full cottage, or family, systeng and i
/ apIy waiting for the nleafls WfseneMltt
lts perfect the same ENGAGEMENTS FOL
lths boys"
an 1876 the California 1nstitufAon To-
Deaf Mutas was burned to the ground
The Legislature of last Winter made
the,p moderate appropriation CT Sl10,
! O0G. towards the erection of balalEdlng
for the State Institutions for the Deaf
Dumb and Blind. The sum seeme'
utterly inadequate to the requirement.
of the act The Superintendent, In
[ stead of favoring the adoption OF plan
for a. magnificent building which Wolllt
necessitate other and larger appfoprl
atoms from the State hereafter befof'
the premises could be occupied, reoom
mends segregation" as it is ternaed
or thaleme plan above referred to-
Following this design nothing is Eos
in foolish display. Buildings are CON
structad only as fast as needed, IA
stead OF being erected and held fol
years Assoc much idle capital until thF
lschool has grown tothe capacity Of thu
Estructune. An epidemic appearing In
one building that division of tht
school cam be quarantined; a fire oc
curing ia ,pne dormitory, the others
may be sawed; and there is at no Tins
4 danger ofsach terrible consequences
as often attend confiagrations in larger
buildings. d.
/ 1t is believed that hereafter this
plan of segpegating pupils will prevail.
especially in the administration OF
State institutions. Economy alone
will help to aaake the plan popular.
It is seldom that this argument con-
sists with the best interests Of schools
in all other respacts, SO thoroughly ~
| it does in this aeform. Educational,
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