The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-13

L ut OWN JIOWS anu MUSI nave
Allowance Made for 1.-THE
State Does It in It's School
Houses That Are Now Being
Erected-Must Be Done to OBJ
viate Double Work and Tearing
Away Things-Minister Offers
Good Suggestion for the City.
Most people are near-sishtcd when
planning for the future. They never
use an opera glass to get Il general
and somewhat distant view but con-
| fine themselves to the use of a micro
/ scope for studying details. Things
! which are capable of expansion and
! growth should be studied in the
large. Education should from the
very first, have in view some uIti
mate end. The physical culture Of the
child should be planned and lead on
| tons found necessary in many cases
at q later stage Of growth lniSat
have been prevented 10y wise fore
thought in the earlier years. The luck
Of such forethought frequently pre-
vents proper growth, or entails OK
pensc and labor which is uncconomi-
cal.
The wise measures being under
taken to provide a City Plan for Ral-
eigh is based on the above obviously
true ideas. A city is growing or
ganism. While we may Well say
Watch Raleigh grow we are act
ing unintellgently, II we do not pro
vide for the manner Of its growth
Every growing thing is small at first
A small plan would be sufficient, il
we did not intend that it should
grow. Wisdom compels US to plan fol
: future growth, as we'll as to build il
, the present. A plan that contempla te:
extensive growth can be used, eyel
4 though there should be little or NJ
growth while plan made Cor tn,
4 present alone can never be usc?u
0 when growth takes place and will in
clude details which make prope
D growth impossible. \ gourd in i bot
/. tie may be interesting, but can hardI
look like a normal gourd.
One Of the Wisest examples Of prop
. er provision for the future IS foun
y in the plans for school houses sen
out by the State Board OF Educa
4 ten II school district needs i orc
room house, and built it in the I'D
y fashioned way, it would diii:cu ~
aud expensive to make a chang, VII :
a tNo-rOom mouse became neccsSll
a The State plans enable a dis: 'icr :
build one-room school hous,
. who is in every way convenient ~,
d suitable for present needs. but
l. Which, in accordance with the orig
ma plan. q second. or eve 4 thir.
room may be added without IA
~ waste Of money or labor.
~ AS an example - ne poor result
where there is no general Dan, j:
20 uav notice the stained glass in III
20 Ever: ge church. Where It :s 4
20 1lanced out i :forehand, pr y. . IL
20 dnprrs will gladly choose q suo','>
20 alrc,cv in th- scheme and tn, resi-.
20 is harmonious and dignified. The 81
30 from time to time Of a single Windo
that has no relation in subject deslEl
30 or colorng TO anything else produce
a-result much like a scrap oooi..
In the building Of many institution
ii. ia customary too often to erect
building just somewhere II 4 som'
is how. when the need for it S inp0r
~ ant. This plan should never 'Je 70
lowed A series Of buildings can
as MANNED for, with practically no ext
is expense each in its own proper D'ac
n, and thereafter each can be built
- lis proper relation to buildings I,
n ready existing. or that may therctf-
H.. built, thus securing ultimate ha
= ,sony in the group OF buildings, Whit
OF IS exceedingly unlikely under RI
he other plan. The highest efficiency al
ha convenience results from erectil
Ily .zcparate units in q comprehena
RI plan. for it will not be necessa
ct later to waste money already Spe
D hy tearing down or removing SUI
buildings as, in one way or anotht