BIBLIOGRAPHY Adequate Electric Outlets for Denver Schools. February 2, 1924. Electrical World, 83:244, ALT, H. L. Mechanical Equipment of School Buildings. Bruce Publishing Co., Milwaukee, 1917. Code of Lighting School Buildings. General Science Quarterly, 3:91-106, January, 1919. Code of Lighting School Buildings. Transactions of the Illuminating Engineering Society, 19:375-410, May, 1924. Code of Lighting School Buildings. American Standard, approved June 16, 1924, by American Engineering Standards Committee. Prepared under the Joint Sponsorship of and Issued by the Illuminating Engineering Society and the American Institute of Architects, New York City, 1924. Code of Lighting School Buildings. School and Society, 20:305-306, September 6, 1924. MYERS, R. Electrical Installation and Illumination. In School Architecture, by John J. Donovan et al. Macmillan, 1921. OTTO, F. A. Maintenance of a Lighting System. National School Building Journal, 5:2:80, 88, 89, February, 1924. SPAULDING, H. T. Artificial Lighting System in the Schools. In Grade School Buildings, by W. C. Bruce. Bruce Publishing Co., Milwaukee, 1914. PROBLEM 69 DETERMINING THE ADEQUACY OF STAIRWAYS Problem: In Williamstown, N. K., the school architect has presented a plan to the Board of Education to conform to the school needs as outlined by the Board. The superintendent raises questions as to the adequacy of the stairways. The tentative plans of the architect, as reproduced in Diagrams 1, 2, and 3, call for the housing of 700 children of the kindergarten and first six grades. Gymnasium facilities and art room are also provided. The plans provide for the extension of the building to double its present capacity when the need arises. 1. Is there any justification in criticizing the stairways as they are planned in this building? 2. Are the stairways adequate for capacity of building in terms of present school building standards? Apply the formulæ determined by the National Education Association Committee on School House Planning. Criticize these formulæ in the light of other standards of measuring stairway needs. 3. As a superintendent of schools reporting to the Board, what are the detailed criticisms you would make of these stairways? 4. List the standards covering width of the stairs, the dimensions of treads and risers, stair landings, balustrades, hand rails, and stair openings. 5. What is a fire-resistive stairwell? BIBLIOGRAPHY Better and Safer Buildings. American School Board Journal, 53:44-45, July, 1916. BROCKWELL, S. How North Carolina Got Safe Schools. North Carolina Insurance Department Bulletin, Raleigh, N. C., December, 1921. DONOVAN, J. J. ET AL. School Architecture-Principles and Practices. Macmillan, 1921. FORSTER, H. W. Fire Protection for Schools. National Fire Protection Association, 87 Milk Street, Boston, November, 1919. JOHNSON, W. W. Safe Construction of School Buildings. American School Board Journal, 54:15-17, 54-58, April, 1917. MELCHIOR, W. T. Insuring Public School Property. Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1925. NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. Report of Committee on School House Planning. National Education Association, Washington, D. C., 1925. STRAYER, G. D. AND ENGELHARDT, N. L. Standards for Elementary School Buildings. Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1923. WOOD, F. H. School Buildings and Grounds. University of the State of New York. Education Department, Annual Report, Vol. 3, 1915. PROBLEM 70 THE VENTILATION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS Problem: The Board of Education of Glasgow, N. K., has undertaken a school building program entailing the expenditure of large sums of money. The program of new construction includes a high school, junior high schools, and elementary schools. The Board has adopted a window-gravity system of ventilation for all installations. Its action has been based upon the recommendations of its architect and professional educational advisers and the approval of the local educational officers. The Board has been asked by commercial organizations interested in securing contracts to reconsider its action. A reconsideration of the ventilation policy of the Board has thus been made possible. The following brief has been presented by the opponents of the window-gravity system of ventilation. BRIEF SUBMITTED IN OPPOSITION TO THE WINDOW-GRAVITY SYSTEM OF VENTILATION To the Board of Education MADAM AND GENTLEMEN: It may be well in the beginning to outline briefly the different types of heating and ventilating systems that are under consideration. In the first type known as the "Straight Blast System" air is heated by central heaters and blown by a central fan to the classrooms. Thermostats in each room control the temperature of air that is delivered to each room and thus control the temperature of the room. In this system 30 cubic feet of air per minute is introduced into the room for each pupil and the air furnishes the heat for the room as well as the ventilation. |