The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-01-09
. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES"
New Parental
School.
Plans for a Model lnStitu-
ton for New
York Boys.
FROM THE CITY RECORD, NEW YORK

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The committee on buildings of the
Board of Education has submitted fol
approval plans for the new Parenta
School on the road from Flushing t.
Jamaica, about 100 feet south of the
Borough Of Queens. The present
plans provide only for the administra
ton and school building. three DORM
tory buildings, power house and farm
buildings and additional buildings to
! be erected from time to time as funds
are available for the purpose. The
administration building will provide
Offices for the superintendent or prin'
! cipal and his clerks, together with a
waiting or reception room for the gen
! eral public, accessible directly from
the main entrance, thus isolating the
public portion Of the executive offices
from the school, which occupies the
balance of the structure.
The first moor, in addition to the ex-
ecutive Offices. will provide for four
classrooms and an assembly hall, COX
&c feet, with entrances directly from
the campus as well as from the
schoclrooms. The second floor Will
provide seven classrocms. teachers
rooms. etc. while the attic has been
laid off for stCre-oOms and dormltor-
les for the female help. The base
ment will provide three manual train
ing shops, a gymnasium 6OX66 feet,
storerooms, toilets, etc, and space for
the ventilating apparatus.
The dormitCries or cottages pres
ent some rather unusual features, hav-
ing been designed only after eXamina-
ton of similar institutions in various
parts of the country, made upon the
declaration of the board in favor OF
the adoption of the cottage system.
The committee on special schools in
considering the cost of the structures,
as well as that for maintenance, final
ly recommended the double cottage
or dormitory building, and the plans
for these provide for structure III
feet in length. divided on ITS centre
line by freproOf wall running
through to the roof, thus forming two
distinct structures. as far as internal
arrangements go, the only connection
being through the fire escape which
serves both portions.
The building in it's entirety will &C
commodate sixty boys. divided into
two equal groups, each in its own por-
ton of the building and under its
own master and matron. The boys on
entering their cottage from the
school. farm work or play pass
through door direct from the play
ground. which is provided at the rear
of each cottage, through a hallway
into the basement, where their out
door clothing will be removed in
large, light dressing room, wherein
are provided lockers with seats. II
the clothing or shoes be damp they
may readily be dried in room espe-
cially designed for the purpose. At
the rear of the dressing room there
has been placed a lavatory. leading
from which are two compartments,
one for shower baths and the other
for toilets Each locker has COM
partment for shoes, which the boys
remove and replace with house slip
pers or moccasins before they pass
into the dining room or the dormito--
les. This not only reduces the noise
which thirty boys must necessarily
make but also permits, OF the cottage
being kept scrupulous!y clean.
One of the important things is 2
large, light open indoor playrOom,
which figures not only for recreation
purposes in the daytime, but also for
that portion of the inmates of the cot
tage. consisting of the active, restless
boys. who do not care to sit and read
during the evening, but would rather
have their recreation in play. The
first floor is entered both from the
playground of the boys and from the
campus, the hallway running directly
across the buildings, with the dining
room. pantry, etc, on one side ami
the living room, reception room and
matron's room on the other.
The dining room is designed espe-
cially with reference to the seating Of
thirty boys, the master and matron
and instructor, the pantry adjoining
being fitted with china closets, refrig-
orator, sink, serving table and balm
marie, the under side of which will be
fitted as a plate warmer. On the OPP
posite side of the hall the living room.
about 2Sx32 feet in size, will afford
ample space for the boys to be gath
cred about the tables in small groups,
reading Or nlavinr oannS heino at