The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-15
4 new SCHOOL LAW
State Board Of Education to
Enforce a Movement
Toward improvement.
ARCHITECTS SUGGESTION ADOPTED.
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Best Principles Of School
Building to Govern in
the Future.
ARCHITECTS SUGGESTION ADOPTED.

stantial system of public school buildings,
says the Newark Sunday Call"
The preliminary steps looking to the at
ainmen of such an object were taken
last February, when Senator Hoffman
introduced to the Legislature a bill knpwn
as Senate No. 1872 which calls for the
definite and intelligent organization of a
| system of supervision over the building
of schools. The bill subsequently, became
a law, and last week action on a line
with the directions of this law, was taken
by the State Board Of Education.
This is the substance Of the law
/. The State Superintendent of Public
Instruction is hereby authorized and
directed to procure architects plans and
| specifications for a series Of school build
ings to cost sums ranging from $500 to SlO,-
900, together with full detail working
| plans and directions for the erection of
the same; in the preparation of such plans
due regard shall be given to the proper
heating, lighting, ventilating and other
hygenic requirements; said plans and
| specifications shall be approved by the
| State Board of Education, and shall pc
| loaned to any district desiring to erect
! a new school building.
2. In order that due care may be exer-
| cised in the heating, lighting, ventilation
and other hygienic conditions OF school
| buildings hereafter to be erected in this
| State, all plans for such buildings shall
he submitted to the State Board of Edu-
cation for suggestions and criticism be-
fore said plans are accepted by the Board
of Education of the district in which 1t
is proposed to erect a new school puild-
ing.
8. This act shall take effect immediate
| ly. but no expense for said plans ana
| specifications shall be incurred by sala
State superintendent until the Legisia-
ture has made an appropriation for SAID
purpose.
Previous to the action of the State
Board of Education the New Jersey So
| ciety of Architects had held several SEES
sions for the purpose of determining upon
a series of recommendations or sugges-
tons to the Board as to how, in the opin-
ion of the society the new law should pc
nut in force. These recommendations
were prepared by a COMMITTEES appointed
by the society for the purpose, and OF
which Charles P. Baldwin. of this city,
was CHAIRMAN.
follows
The attention of the New Jersey So
cietv Of Architects having Keen called 10
| Senate Bin No. 1872, introduced Februaty
9 1895. BY Mr.. Hoffman, and which mas
since. become a law known as snppse-
| tablish a system of pubic lnstrlclion,
| etc, the said society at a regular Hiees-
| ing held today tune 3 has instructed, iile
to communicate to you some or IT'S views
| regarding the law namet, and fespect-
| fully to offer a few suggestions as TO AIS
| application.
| ter of procuring model plans ana spectii-
4 cations as referred to ils the frst pa5a-
| graph of said law, that the plans pc ~
fernined upon through competition among
architects whose places CT business "
| residence may be situated within the DOE
ders of this State, and that your Dody en-
| gage the service of a duly qualified ar
4 ehifectural expert to aid you in draW1ns
up the terms of the competition ana N
! determining the relative value OF TIE
| plans submitted. This is suggested IN OF,
der that the better class Of architectural
practitioners may be induced to compete.
as many would not do If ITO expert were
Regarding the second paragraph OF the
law. which refers to the passing, upon, by
YOU in the future of all plans for scnool
buildings to ps erected n tlf mat ata nronsr
architectural services be secured 20 ali
YOU in this matter and in the formulation
of a set OF regulatlons 81 rqu,r = sion ~
gulue ppna sneci6cations for the buildings
named. In order that this may be done
at once. without any emparIasSHle tnnder
you, OUT e sust ~ three If ifs members to act
in conjunction with you until suitable ap,-
preparation to meet the expenses OF sucn
services S Pssnectfia1llv yours.
GEORGE w. Won ARK,
When the member OF the State Board
of Education came to consider the above
suggestions it decided to REFER the nrst
recommendations to the State Superin-
tendent, since, according to the law II
comes directly under his jurisdiction. me
board adopted the second suggestion tnat
with reference to the securing OF proper
advice in the drawing up of 2 standard
set of plans to be loaned to Boards OF t1s-
ucation upon application, all but the
clause in which the New jersey Society ~
Architects offers to appoint three OF its
members to act as advisers. The board
was heartily in sympathy with the gen
eral idea of the society. and seemed to
feel indebted to it for the suggestions,
but it was decided that IT would not do to
limit the selections Of its advisers to
members of that society, since it does not
comprehend the lower part of the State,
which would certainly desire representa-
ton on SO important a committee, since
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