Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-05

Q schoolroom by its floor measure
ments only, disregarding entirely tho
cubic space which should belong 10
each pupil. in order TO secure for him
healfhfnl change of air. Under the
conditions which presented themselves
to your honorable body n theopening
of school in September last-the pros
pect OF a doubling Of school attend
ance with no opportunity TO make
preparation for if-there was no way
of escaping the necessity OF consider
ing our school accommodations from
one point OF view only, namely: How
many pupils conld be crowded into
the various rooms. Now, however.
when the attendance at these schools
has been somewhat settled. 1 believe
IL would be vie TO take into consid-
Grafton the needs OF the city in this
direction, not for the immediate pres
Ont alone, but looking somewhat to
the future as well.
There are at the present time
eighteen public school buildings, the
property of the district, in use. In
these buildings are foriy-eight rooms
for the seating OF pupils
Twenty-Five rented rooms also are
used for the same purpose, making a
total Of sevcnty-three.
There are at the present time in
actual daily attendance in the public
schools OF the city 1914 pupils Under
rules adopted by the board. when a
pupil. from sickness or other cause,
has been absent from his classes live
DAYS he is no longer considered a
member of the school and il marked
withdrawn. Pupils who are thus
withdrawn. but will return TO the
schools, would increase the number
given above fully 10 per cent. making
1t AIS. Ii is important TO noe tLts in
crease, for while such pupils are not
in actual attendance ut the present
tim, vet they are likely 10 return at
any lime and the school must reserve
siitings for them Making another
addition OF those who have been
members of the schools, but have
withdrawn permanently, the number
would be increased 10 fully 300, a.
the total enrolment of the schools for
the year 20 date.
The smallest estimate that / can
find given for floor space which
should be allotted TO each pupil is fif-
teen square feet. In the comDe ition
for model schoolhouses, which took
ftaCC ttl sNtN ttAA lu Aos7V d-fN'A aHN
patronage of the Sanitary Engineer.
the minimum Of floor space wa 10 he
fifteen square feet 10 each pupil. In
the same year John Eaton, commits
sioner of education, requested Mr.
Clark, Of Boston, To prepare a treatise
on rural school architecture. Tho re-
suit OF Mr.. Clark's work was pub
lished by the bureau OF education. In
this treatise sixteen square feet are
allotted 10 each pupil. In this report
l make the smaller number the |
basis OF computation. For ex-
ample. OH this bass a room designed |
for fifty pupils should be 25x50 feet,
giving an area Of $50 square feet of
foor space. This assignment, how
ever, implies the heating of the room |
by steam or hot air; il stoves are used |
n in all our buildings save one, a
additional area is taken /
from the space which should be given
10 seats.
''The following table will compare
the largest number of pupils who
should be seated in the various school
rooms. considering floor areas only,
with the numb whom we have been
obliged to place in them: