School Sanitation and Decoration: A practical study of health and beauty in their relation to the public schools.

Cloth 12mo, 224pp. Good to Very Good with soil and mottling to cloth, ink stain at the foredge affecting the rear pages pagesMany plates (some toned) including examples of school interiors, floor plans, student work and suggestions for appropriate artwork for the school. Henry Turner Bailey was a prominent and sometimes controversial art educator in Massachusetts involved with shaping official school policies. The importance of the learning environment was often overlooked, but architecture (encompassing sanitation and ventilation) was essential to the mental and physical well-being of both students and teachers.