The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-02

}EAN between oliver ana
wv Catherine, would
Y be the largest
fchool building In the world. says the
New York Press Members OF the
board OF education who completed ar
for the new school house.
and even the architects VINO had
hand In drawing the plans dld not fully
realize before the magnitude OF the
Charles -. ]. Snyder. superintendent
Of school buildings. thinks that the
mayor IA not fully posted on foreign
school buildings. for though he himself
Is an expert on the subject. Mr.. Snyder
will not admit that the Henry street
school Is as large as Mayor Strong
seems to make II appear.
The new Henry street school house
will be. however. the largest school
building In this country. and this Is
enough 10 be proud o. II will tower
In the air iOS feet. while the roof play
ground. the first Of is kind anywhere.
will be- nearly 100 feet from the street
level The building will cover the
whole OF the Henry street side OF the
block. making the length nearly 200
feet. lts depth from the street will be
about 100 feet The building will con
tain i've stories. not counting the play
ground on the roof
The figures giving the general d.
mansions do not convey much idea OF
what this new school building really
will be. In several respects. even be-
sides the innovation OF the roof play
ground. the building will be a note
worthy addition 20 New York's col
lection Of model school buildings.
Besides forty-eight class rooms. Civ
ing accommodations 10 about 5000
children. the building viii contain q
large assembly hall. commodious
gymnasium. a cooking school. a car
pcntor shop. n library and a hndergar-
ten. With all these departments an
abundance Of room Is left Tor other eX.
porlments that future boards Of odu.
cation may see No 10 introduce.
Besides the playground on the roof
the whole Of the nrst or ground floor
will be used also as a playground or
recreation hall. as teachers nowadays
prefer TO term H.
With these conyeniencos for the
amusement Of the young East siders
a. Il likely that school buildings with
such playground attachments Will b.
kept open after school hours IN order
10 take the children on the street. but
az yet no definite plans In that dlrcc'
ton have been announced.
OF the I've stories the hrst will b,
used as a play room. with possibly bath
rooms 10 come later The next thre,
stories will contain the forty-eight
class rooms. the fourth being arranged
80 as 20 form an assembly hall wher
needed. The other floor will be- giver
up TO the carpenter shop. library an,
other extra rooms.
The roof playground. being the flrs
% the Kind In this country. u natur
ally the most interesting feature OF N,
structure. The new school officially
10 BE- known NJ grammar school No. I
will be a mixed school-that L.. IN
studies will be- Of the grammar AM
primary grades. for both boys AM
yirls. The roof garden. IN consequence,
will be divided into two sections. on
for boys and the other Tor girls
The root playground will be inclose
IN a huge cage.
The floor will be concerted. so tina
Il will be az pleasant for boy and gii
games a. an asphalt street The uppe
portion Of the mansard roof OF N
building will form a coping OF aboy
three and a half feet In height. extend
! ing all around the playground. Res
J lng on this will be the huge wire Gag
} supported above the roof by light ste
, trusses. 20 that no posts or girders e.
, tend 10 the floor Of the roof.
: The top Of this cage will be abol
D sixteen feet from the floor OF the ro
b playground. This means that the ne
} work above the coping viii be abor
4 twelve and one-half feet high. II
. object Of the wire cage will be. s,ranI
. a. Il may seem. to protect persons
the street moro than for the safety
the pupils.
The mesh OF the wire network N
forms the cage will be 90 small IN
stones. balls and other objects IN
boys and girls delight TO throw VIII
, Al play will not 30 through and fall
the street below and lnjure perso
who happen 20 pass near the school.
The wire cage will be strong enouF
moreover. 10 stand a good deal OF q
saultlng. Bows NAV play baseball
! the roof without tear Of losing {
ball by batting out a homo run VIII
the ball Is falling i've stories to /
}. street.