The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13

| school exhibition exercises, there being
| an elevated portion that can be used
| as stage, or the entire court can I'D
used for athletics, the spectators being
seated on the colonpade Of the second
story and looking down.
New York, Boston, Providence, r. l.,
and many other cities had proved tho
| power of fresh air in mental and
| physical development
| Chicago, Boston, etc, had recognized
that most of the troubles with eyes,
nose and throat had been directly due
| to the plenum system Of ventilation.
Chicago demonstrated that all these
| diseases are durable in fresh air and
so prevented as demonstrated in the
outdoor schools; also that fresh air is
Us good for we'll children as for sickly
| children by the outdoor classes for
| average children.
Therefore from New York, Boston
and Chicago were derived the outdoor
features of the school; also from them
was derived the idea Of the natural
system Of ,ventilating by means Of the
courtyards
The courtyard also affords best OPP
portunity for lighting The light OF
the outdoor school Is better for the
eyes than any other school. This
statement is backed by the principles
| cited by Shaw and all other recognized
authorities on school hygiene and ar
| chitecture, besides the great men &C.
| lively engaged in the work in the cas-
and the best authorities on this coast
The ideal school structure is the one
| Incorporating the best opportunities
| for all these elements, the results OF
| experience tested by time.
l submitted this accumulated truth
to three of the best architects In Sat
Francisco.
The plans herewith presented ard
drawn by one of the finest architectl
| on the coast, a man who built many OF
| the best schools of Chicago Every de-
tail has been perfected, every problem
solved.
What are schools for? For results
For what results? Mental and phys
ical results. What is the best schools
| That which has the best results, men
tai and physical.
This school has opportunity for best
results, mental and physical.
Safest structure possible to build BEL
ing earthquake and fire proof-a closed
! building, draftless and heated and
| lighted like any other indoor school,
but having additional outdoor features
| VIZ. one, two or three sides may bd
opened by means of portable slided
that can be easily and noiselessly adj
iusted by teacher or pupils. These
Tides have blackboards which are ex-
lensively used In eastern schools on
similar portable partitions.
Beauty Is also an essential feature
Df this school, both outside and inside
! the rooms being toned in those shades
which authorities agree are most beneJ
fetal to the eyes, with boards and fur
| tlishings to harmonic. |
Nothing that is true has been or can
be said against this school because it
Is built on the truth of experience that
has stood the test of time There is
not an unsubstantial factor in the
whole structure, because 1t was built
put of only the best factors of other
! schools.
/ have donated to Alameda, my home
sity, these labors of years in the hope
that Alameda will be the first city in
| America to have the ideal school,
school more perfect than any yet con-
Etructed.