SATURDAY, JANARY7,192
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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NE UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL'
ILD10'NG TO MAKEFACIITIES
CO PLETEHRFOEUCANTIION
SPACE WILL BE PROVIDED IN NEW UNIT
FOR THOSE OF YOUNGER THAN
SCHOOL AGES
"When this new unit to the Uni- years of age. This unit has been sug-
versity high school is completed, the gested for the fourth floor, as it re-
liiversity of Michigan will have coin- moves the small children from the
pleto eeducational and observational
flites for children from one and a noise and danger of the street and
half years old to the oldest student in will give them more air and sunshine.
the University," said Dean Allan S. The arrangement also makes it pos-
Whitney of the School of Education sible to construct a roof garden for
in a recent interview. Photostat games, when use of a playground1
copies of the suggested plans for the would be impossible. The 'suggested
new building which is to be built up- plans also provide for a separate en-
on the south side of the present high trance and a suitable elevator.!
school building on East University The new unit will reach its fourth
avenue have just been received at the aim in the medical and physical exam- I
Dean's office and copies mailed to the ination rooms, in the observation'
memb, rs of the committee for consid- rooms, and in the new offices, in that
eration and suggestions. more space for desirable features will
The plans show that great care has be on hand. The observation rooms
been taken to make the new unit are an interesting feature in that
complete in as many as possible de- many will be designed so that stu- '
tails, and due to the inspections of dents may be observed while unaware
several school's, carried on by mem- of the fact.
hers of the faculty, the ideas which First Floor Is Special.
a'e incorporated will be entirely up The first floor, under these sug-
to the minute. In formulating these gested plans, will be the place for
pLns, four main aims were foremost most of the needed features. The
and among those which will be real- swimming pool, the auditorium, a
ized. gymnasium for the elementary grades,
Coutains Many Features. the cafeteria, and the rooms for home
When the present University high economics study will be located on
school building was erected, lack of this floor.
sufficient funds made it impossible to The upper parts of the swimming
include several desirable features. pool and the first floor gymnasium
The new unit will include many of will extend to the second floor. On
these, in the forms of a swimming this floor will also be found rooms
pool for both high school and elemen- for second, third, and fourth grades,l
tary units, a gymnasium for high psychological examination rooms, con-
school girls, a department of home ference and directors' rooms, and thet
economics for the high 'school, a caf- hospital for the school.
eteria for both high school and ele- Rooms for the remainder of the
mentary units on the first floor, and grades, through the "sixth, are located
on the fourth floor, a temporary libr- on the third floor. The girls' gym-
ary and seminary room for University nasium will be on this floor above thet
students in the School of Education. gymnasium below. A special music,
The second aim of the erection of room with a stage will be located inI
the new structure is to provide rooms the south-east corner. A room fort
for controlled and experimental graduate students, the art room, the
groups of pupils from kindergarten to library and literature divisions, sev-
sixth grade pupils inclusive. There eral observation rooms and offices
will be two kindergarten classes, and fill almost all the rest of the space on,
two of each of the classes up through this floor.
the sixth grade. In addition, the plan Contains Pre-School Group.
provides two rooms for the special Complete equipment and facilities
child; the child that varies to a for taking care of the small children
marked degree from normal stand- who will attend the University's pre-
ards. school division will be found upon the
Probably the most interesting and fourth floor. There were many sal-
valuable addition to the equipment of ient points to be considered in the
the University will be the object of construction of a suitable place for
the third aim-that of providing the child of this age, and Dean Whit-k
ample space and equipment for the ney and other members of the faculty
pre-school child, that is, below five took several trips to other colleges
and . universities where pre-school
units are now in operation. The pres-
ent suggested plans are based upon
their findings and upon suggestions
offered by other members of the com-
mittee.
The School of Education is now con-
ducting a pre-school unit in conjunc-
tion, with the Merrill-Palmer schoo
of Detroit, in a building back of Hill
auditorium. The new unit will take
the place of the present one and will
be entirely -under, control of the Uni-
versity. As the field of study con-
cerning the pre-school child is very
little cultivated and explored, the stu-
dents and faculty will have wide
scope in their new field of research.
'itis. intendednthat the small child-
rnin this special unit, who range
rom one and one-half years to five
years of age, will come to school
about nine o'clock in the morning.
They will not come in contact with
the older children, being taken up
to their floor on a special elevator.
The children will probably spend the
morning, doing simple lessons and
playing in one of the work-and-play
rooms. At dinnertime, they will set
theirtown table, eat their noon meal,
anfd theni, pcra v tr he table. Th-isa~t~UkU.A L.
work is a part of the elementary in-
struction which the department in-
tends to give. After dinner, they will
go to one of the two cot-rooms which
are provided, and take their after-
nobn nap. School will close for them
at about three o'clock in the after-
noon.
To Observe Children Closely
While in the school, nearly every
minute of their time will be under ex-
pert observation. A dietitian will be
in charge of their food, a doctor will
be in attendance, and trained teachers
will be in charge to aid the small stu-
dents in forming good health habits
and in learning to work with chil-
dren of their own age.
In addition to the work with the
children, it is planned that confer-
ences will be held with the parents
of the children, and instruction given
by doctors, dietitian, and teachers.
While these plans as submitted to
the com'mittee now are not final, it
is expected that no radical changes
will be made and that the final draw-
ings may be made and completed
within a month's time. Members of
the committee appointed by President
Clarence Cook Little to formulate the
plans for the building are now con-
sidering the photostat copies and
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Committee Has Plan ' f .
According to Dean Whitney, these ^
suggestions on the present design will --
be put together and used in the best -
way possible so that the final strue-
- ture will be as com-plete and modern
as possible. The present plans are
1 the work of Dean Whitney and Ar-
thur W. Clevenger, state inspector = RETURNS BY POPULAR DEMAND
of high schools and a member of
1 the faculty of the School of Educa- THE PHOTO PLAY WITH A THEME
tion.
As soon as the new plans hav - W ILLIAM FOX presents
been completed, they will be turned
over to the architects, Malcomson and 1 G 1M G w e
Hogginbotham, of Detroit, who will Grcate t -
turn their attention to the specifica- = N otion toR ip.re
tions and allied work as soon as pos-
sible. Although no definite date has.
been set for the start of construe-
tion work, it will probably begin this
spring.
LICENSE BUREAU
NOT VERY RUSHED OHITS
RETUR:1 WELL FOLKS
With the total of 1928 license tags ITS THE OUTSTANDING
issued over 10,000, clerks in the Ann = uth WAR PICTURE WITH A
Arbor branch of the state license bu- RC.AGLN-EDMUND LOW STORY.
reau reported yesterday as the first DOLORES DA RDO and s erA ST Y
quiet day that they have had in nearly _ I AND W HAT A IPICTUIRE$
tw ees From the stage triumph hi__SE IT NEMR
two weeks. LAURENCE STALNGS-d MAXWELL ANDERSONS
The day's total was close to 250
.sets of plates sold, with cash receipts RAOJUL WA LS4-'PdclJ o7ye//
of close to $6,000. They refuse to be I
optimistic as yet, however, saying that -
while one day may be quiet they are E I
* probably due for a few more rush 2
days, especially as the Ann Arbor po-
ice are making a strenuous drive on " U-;
those who have not put the new tags 2_-
on their cars. =
LANSING- Revised reports pre-
sented to R. A. Smith, state geologist,
concerning the new oil well, near==
Muskegon indicate, Smith believes,
that a substantial oil field may have -,(
been struck. -
WISCONSIN-How the state uni-
versity can ally itself with the popu-
lar demand for adult education which
will fit the citizens of each commai-
ty in the state to grapple with the LAST TIME TONIGHT
problem's of living together is aTA 0T
question the University Extension di- ld THE SCteEA OF A NATION
vision is seeking to answer. - A Perfect landing in the
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