lighting and seating, to provide a well-lighted and ventilated coat and cloak room adjacent to each school room, to have ample and well-lighted corriders, to plan with a view to beauty of design, and withal to keep within the bounds of economy, requires a profound knowledge of principles, practical skill and sound judgment. As an objective basis for discussion, another building Plate V-drawn by Mr. Briggs, has been selected. Although not ideal, this house possesses many excellent features. An examination of the plan reveals the same defect in lighting two of the rooms that was pointed out in the tworoom building,—a defect which is easy to remedy by blinding the windows on one end and moving the teacher's platform. The only other defect noticeable in this plan is the use of the main hall for coat and cloak rooms. In the pres ent case, however, this defect is not without compensating advantages. It gives freedom, room, and publicity in the putting away and the taking down of wraps, and it economizes space. The objection which usually prevails against the hall as a place for wraps is the odor which is liable to come from the drying of wet outer garments. This objection, however, is partly answered in the present building by the position of the heating and ventilating chimneys, which secures good ventilation for the hall, and thus prevents any currents of air from the hall into the school rooms. The hot The chief merit of this building is its centrally located, compact and ample heating and ventilating apparatus. The position, size, and quality of this breathing apparatus is as important in a building as are corresponding features in the lungs of an animal. The central location is economical and gives a proper balance to the distribution of air. air pipes rising inside the large aspirating chimney produce an upward current which draws the air from the rooms connected with it through the registers. The cold air passes in through the fresh air duct in the basement, is heated by the furnace, and rises between the furnace and jacket to |