The evening world. Newspaper, May 19, 1922, Page 11

wader’? ng cod RETIRES ON JULY 1 succeeded in having the build- amended to permit fireproof the The next with two interior courts to give light and gir to all rooms. This was the first time the principle was applied to school buildings. ie FH type and L type and U type are only modifi- St a cations and improvements on the H ware . Tita occasioned by added experienc@ and C. B. J. Snyder Won Title of | pecutiar tuttding conditions, ‘The He type was evolved to get the greatest utility out of high-priced sites: “World’s Greatest Builder of Schools.”. The great innovation camo with the ection of Morris Witt and Wadleigh High Schools By Victor H. Lawn. 7, In these Mr. Snyder in- The “World's Greatest Builder of |Sttlled auditoriums seating as high bi i as 1,700. From that time on all Bechools,” the man whose architeetur-l yy iain rected in New York have i skill and contracturat ability are re-[ heen not only. fireproof, but have flected in the walls of more than 700]contained independent auditoriums on the lower floor or in the basement School buildings i Gymnasiums, wot down, after in this city, steps thirty-one years of dc- shops, show wimming tivity, July 1 pools have been the more recent im- When C. B. J. Snyder, Superintend-| prove ent of School Buildings of the Board] For all these things Mr. Snyder ek. HGucation, -walkid: lito: & had to fight, as weil as for other im place suddenly left vacant July 1, 1891, ]Prevements not so obsious.+ For tn there were 91 grammar schools and[Stance, his first report, at the end of 89 primary schools in the City of] 1891, called gttention to three essen- tial things: tilation, Proper heating and ven- sanitation New York. Not a single high school was erected or even contemplated on and standardized Manhattan 1s Bronx. [eduipment. He criticised the When the k placeJOf Health for permitting un there were 178 w York. But] Conditions to exist; he pointer the other boroughs added so many] the relation between ventilati Mr. Snyder found himself in charge] euth and the eff Of 105 strnetnres. Ability to learn, and he urged the. Int 31 years that have gone by} beard to make sample desks, boards, fince he took office, Mr. 8 g[etc. on which to get real com; transformed probably a at tive bidding. Snyder then ma doles Into soho strongly advocated indirect radiation 1 and the fresh air supply heated be- fore pi ng into the rooms. All these suggestions have since been The mere Wuilding of new schools}UMiversally adopted throughout the has be . after all, but a sr world, of Mr, Snyder's work. True, he has| FOUR MAIN FACTORS IN SCHOOL planned every Wuilding erected since CONSTRUCTION. 1891, and from the very start he in-] Again, in 1902, eleven ¥ stay troduced innovations and improve kes indy ment which set the standard for the}; workd main factors td bi were four rest of tlie idered. FIRST ATTEMPT AT FIREPROOF And these." he declared in his CONSTRUCTION. new office at Concord Street and ‘he fst school to eo up on Me,] Flatbush Avenue Extension, Brook- to be conshlered to-day. 1 forgot [. 23. i} y and Bayard Streets, in Paci " eh dvanee called by had made that recommendation. Rut iuontors. tt roatest mit ff 1 had to make one again to-day eaatked this structure. It was In this|tbat could go word for word now.” attested there Those four factors are: Milding that the first attempt at fire- made. The first floor had no inflam modations: ble materials Annual increase in attendance ee Not only that, but Mr. Snyder, then C—Number uildings now nted only thirty years old, designed an wel should be replaced by new auditorium in the basement which was | ule bi the beginning of the movement to D—Number of old buildings whieh muke the city schools community | Should be replaced ceotres and neighborhood nee And Mr yder's recommendations Is. Public School No. 23 and{ ten years’ which he finds just as zood now, we An annual fived minimum amount of money for five yeurs to he set aside for new buildings only The first year would be devo remadying the present deficiency and ng for the annual expected in- nd wiping out as many of the schools on the east yy four me side wert Then, Crusader constructed! on this plan ight, the “Young Was patronizing € the atte d to ducation, overcs whiet and in had 1895 expense against him construction of the first all-tire rented and gld buildings as possible, school building in the world—Public] The remainmg four years would be Behool No. 10, With Stre und St, |] devoted to eliminating entirely these Nicholas Avenue! Mr. Snyder con-|latter buildings and providing for the vinced the bonrd that the annual increase of steel, brich and cement tar eit “This is all sanity reduced to plain Weizbed their initial cost and that the] business proposition,’ Mr. Snyder said MEN’S CLOTHI RAY SUITS for men and young men $45.00. Light or dark shades plain or herringbones hand-tailored a. in two, three or four button custom models. The eclipse of economy Over 50 Hand-Tailored Operations Hand-Work at the Price of Foot-Work FIFTH AVENUE Men’s Shops—West 88th and 87th Sts.—Street Level pe ul 1 tireproot buildings cost far less to|them-—repeats now—"‘a) ; . intain than did the old type, It] established shduld admit of no division & question not only of safety but] of responsibility.” of f yestment. And the “Young Cru-] In 1902 the deéficieney in THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1922, nd when once] ber when 1 built the high schools] decorative effects chiefly through the] Some day the Flatbush dren people objected the decorations din the facing Milled, and as Mr, Snyder Hut I showed them the tower on Nigh sehools—and some of the 1 to remain as consulting archt school} Morris cost me only $18,000, provided | public schools which stand by them-]for the Hoard of Rducation, he may buillings could have been wiped our] tor flues, chimneys and additional] selves on sufMcient ground—will prob-[ complete the group he began many with something like $10,000,000 and ir ne year, Now it would require sey rooms years and, a8 suggested by The] a penitentiary. As soon as they saw the new George Washington High] live to see realized, and that isthe ening World a year ago, tho} the difference the critics withdrew] School on Washington Heights, has} skyscraper sehoot'’ he proposed ten} ment, Amount involved would — approach] their objections." been called one of the finest examples] years verpts from that report | prior $100,000, 000. is the only should know. But Mr. Snyder. feels it way—and he suvely und 1 opi extensively and gave the building charac Without ‘the tower it looked like Morris High School at 166th Street ton Road, the Bronx, bhs been will he «t memorials to Mr.] ye st one designed, that rs ago, There is one other dream he may and Mr to {tare “The ed) Colonial architecture in this country, More than 400 feet long, the proportions still maintain the in- yder still says @'Amen"’ only substantial saving (in as they would be of the the auditorium sh: floors by means of moving stairways alators. Mr. Snyder always felt a school he lttest thing Mr, Snyder has] timacy of design characteristic of the] cost of construction of new buildings) building should be beautiful ne is the : Colonial that can be made is in employing the} the firth, “Tt is impossible to overestimats 7 The one regret in Mr. Snyder's life}land occupied for seh stories the effects appearance of a s¢ first floor has threo} is that not been given funds} better advantage by er hus upon the children,"* he said. totalling more than {o complete the quadrangle planned] neighborhoods where congestion of | or that reason I have alway 1 00 sauiare fect there ae When the first building and magnifi-] population prevails school’ buildings othe buildings beautiful and the rooms cheerful-and bright, Tt remem-| auditorium, > . 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