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MODERN AMERICAN SCHOOL BUILDINGS. BEIJNG, 1 A TREATISE UfUN, AND DESIGNS, -THE CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL BUILDINGS. BY WARREN RICHARD BRIGGS, F. A. I. A. 89 FIRST EDITION. FIRST THOUSAND, NEW YORK JOHN WILEY SONS. LONDON CHAPMAN HALL, LIMITED. 1899, Copyright, 1899, BY WARREN R. BRIGGS. ROBERT DRUMMOND, PRINTER. NEW YORK. AS A SLIGHT TRIBUTE TO MY WIFE, Beacb AT ALL TIMES A LOVING HELPMATE, THOUGHTFUL ADVISER, AND CLEVER AMANUENSIS, THIS WORK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED. PREFACE. THE preparation of this work has been fragmentary in the extreme the several subjects have been treated at intervals, usually wide apart, extending over a period of twenty years they have, as a rule, been taken up at moments when the machinery of the office was practically at a standstill, or when some special problem or incident had brought forcibly to my mind the need of radical reforms. The first twelve chapters are here presented for the first time Chapters XIII and XIV were papers prepared for State Board of Health reports. Chapter XV is composed of the series of papers originally written for Architecture and Build ing and the last chapter has recently been compiled to com plete this series. The illustrations and designs, with some minor exceptions, are entirely new. Their collection and arrangement in book form was suggested by the constant demand for those that had been published which could not be supplied. The State Board of Health reports were limited editions, long since exhausted and, while there are undoubtedly many volumes of Architecture and Building containing that series of articles in existence, they are, as a rule, to be found only In the libraries of architects and are not accessible either to VIPREFA CJS. the public or those who may be especially interested in school buildings. Under these conditions it was deemed advisable to edit in book form not only those that had already appeared, but such other matter as might be pertinent to the subject, with a hope that the interest taken in the original articles may be intensified and increased. If the perusal of the pages of this book will tend to im prove this most important branch of American architecture and result ultimately in better buildings for our children to pursue their studies in, my efforts in their behalf will not have been in vain. BRIDGEPORT, CONN., 1899. CONTENTS. CHAPTER P AGR I. IN GENERAL 7 II. APPROPRIATIONS 2 r III. COMPETITIONS 33 IV. SPECIALISTS 49 V. COMMISSIONS 63 VI. SUPERINTENDENCE. ETHICS 75 VII. READY-MADE PLANS 91 VIII. ENTRANCE-HALLS AND STAIRCASES 107 IX. WINDOWS AND LIGHTING 119 X. HAT-AND-CLOAK-ROOMS PLAYROOMS 139 XL HEATING AND VENTILATION. ... 155 XII. SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS 177 XIII. HYGIENIC CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGEPORT HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING 195 XIV. SUBURBAN SCHOOLHOUSES 223 XV. PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLHOUSES 263 XVI. CITY SCHOOL BUILDINGS ON RESTRICTED SITES 399 vii ILLUSTRATIONS. PLATE PAGE 1. Perspective of Twenty-Room Grammar-School Building .......... i 2. Plans ............ 3 3- f ............ 5 4. Perspective of Competitive Design for High-School Building at P. 15 5. Plans . 1-7 6. . 19 7. Perspective of Centre School Building, Danbury, Conn ........... 29 8. Plans l .......... 31 9. Perspective of Orphan Asylum, Bridgeport, Conn ............... 43 10. Plans ................ 45 t ................ 47 12. Perspective of Lincoln School Building, Bridgeport, Conn ........ 57 13.Plans ........ 59 14. ........ 61 15. Perspective of Small High School Building ...................... 71 16. Plans f ...................... 73 17. Perspective of Six-Room Building. . . ............................ 85 18. Plans ............................... 87 20. Perspective of Eight-Room .........................., . 101 21. Plans ..... .. ..................... .... 103 22. i ............................... 105 23. Sketches of Entrance-Halls ...................................... in 24. Perspective of Four-Room Building with Hall ......................

How is the biblical text understood and how does it function in the life of the reader today?

Richard Briggs first provides an illuminating introduction to the nature and claims of speech art theory. This seeks to extend our understanding of both spoken and written means of communication by seeing them not as merely representational or 'reality-depicting', but as acting or causing acts to be performed through the words themselves.

Briggs goes on to discuss to what extent the application of speech act theory might be helpful in the interpretation of biblical texts. In one of the first book-length explorations of this topic, he examines in detail several biblical speech acts of particular theological significance, including the confession of sin, forgiveness and teaching.

Through exploring the specific ways in which the reader is drawn into the performative action of the biblical text, and how speech act theory forces the reader to look beyond language into the world which gives the language its ability to function, speech act theory is shown to offer valuable insights within today's complex hermeneutical debate.

'A very significant volume . . . '
Alan Torrance, Professor of Divinity, University of Andrews

'An excellent piece of work . . . which is thoroughly acquainted with speech act theory and takes the debate forward in a variety of creative, exegetical and theological ways.'
Dr Craig Bartholomew, University of Gloucestershire