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Excerpt from School Grounds: Their Design and Development Modern education seeks to contribute to the expansion of the life of the child by providing an environment of beauty - buildings of pleasing architecture and grounds with the charm of landscape gardening. Our school grounds should be attractive, placed where they will conveniently serve their tributary districts according to the best standards of city planning, large enough and of such well chosen topography as to provide amply for playgrounds, parking, borders, and gardens, all so judiciously planned, that their orderliness and obvious wisdom of arrangement become elements of beauty in the unity of the whole. It is advisable to have a well studied plan for every school ground, regardless of size. A definite portion of the funds allotted for building purposes ought to be set aside for the development of the grounds, in the very smallest districts as well as in those which can afford to secure the professional services of a landscape architect. A worthy appreciation of artistic school buildings has been created during recent years, especially in the cities, and in the more progressive rural districts. Construction should be the basis of building design. With this in mind, false fronts are to be avoided, especially that too prevalent imitation of the "mission" style with weird scrolls concealing a simple gabled roof. Closely following the desire for good architecture has come an understanding of the value of landscape development. Our schools have assumed a more important role in community life through the wider use of the buildings and playgrounds as public meeting places. The location of such an important feature should receive. careful consideration from the viewpoint of modern city planning. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.