The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-05-16

so as TO anticipate the most system tic
classification Of the departments and
provide most perfectly for all the or
CARNATIONS OF the institution. The
plan was then developed under the A.
nest architectural taste OF the country
and reduced by the laws of perspective
TO canvas. The main front is TO the
south. The buildings are of brick and
all three stories high, besides the base
ments. The partition-walls, being OF
brick. give great strength aud stabili-
ty. Tho central building presents
front OF eighty feet, and, Including the
portico, has depth ..of sixty-six feet.
The front OF its basement contains two
class-rooms, and the rear is used for
storage OF fuel. In the first story are
the Treasurer's Office aud three class
or lecturs-rooms: in the second story
are the library, the Presidents room,
and studies for two Of the professors
and in the third story is beautiful
chapel sixty by sixty-six feet, and TWEEN.
ty-two feet in height. This building ia
OF French style, surmounted by an
elaborate dome, the summit OF which
terminates in deck twelve feet square,
inciossd by an iron oresting. Upon
this deck rests pedestal, the point OF
which is $50 feet from the ground.
At the right and left Of the central
building and Nifty feet distant, are halls
hfty by seventy-two feet in size. These
are connected 10 the central building
by tvo-story corridors, which not only
give the three very much the appear.
snee Of one building similar in form
to the old, but also save much Of the
running up and down stairs. The hall
thus connected on the east will contain
the boarding hall, the rooms of the
Lady Principal. and the ladies' dormi-
tories. The corresponding hall on the
vest will furnish rooms for the Com.
mercisl Department, aud contain the
gentlsmen's dormitoriss In honor Of
Prof. Chss. p. Griffin, FIRST President
OF the Union Business Institute pre-
vious 10 its consolidation with the Col
lege. and in acknowledgment Of the
fact that his subscription 10 Ave times
larger than any other OF those raised
by Prof Rideout for its erection. this
west building has been named Grim
Hall. Already the work upon il II be-
gun, and by next term Prof. Rideout
will have the proud satisfaction Of os-
cupying the first Sl5, 900 building ever
erected in the United States for com.
mercial and telegraphie purposes.
The central building 10 completed
and in use also that on the extreme
left, called Knowlton Hall, in honor OF
the late Rev and Hon. Ebsnezer
Knowlton. OF Maine. The building
on the extreme right is also under roof,
and will soon he occupied. This 10
popularity known ss Fine Arts Hall
waiting, however, like q modest maid
en-, until some liberal nan shall sndow
il with portion OF his fortune and
his name.
Knowlton and Fine Arts Halls are re-
spsctively sixty feet further west and
east than the other three buildings, and
their north line is forty. eight feet south
Of the latter. The five thus occupy
three sides Of the College campus -
The east one is occupied in its frst
story by the philosophio lecture room,
an appsratus-room, and two mathemst-
icsl class-rooms in it's second story by
the Art and Music Departments and
in its third story by beautiful halls for
the two ladies literary societies--
Knowlton Hall has in its first story tks
Iaat--~-rooin foI SiieuaistIy sSa ..--,---i
history, two are-proof chemical lab
oratories, and q museum or cabinet. -
In it's second story 10 a hall set apart
for the use OF the alumni, and theo-
logical society hall and in it's third
story spacious and elegant halls for the
Amphictyon aud Alpha Kappa literary
societies.
When il is remembered that this new
group will extend depth north and
south OF l92 feet instead of go feet,
and a breadth Of 400 feet instead Of
260 feet, as in the old building, and
that the area inclosed will be fifty per
cent. greater, the magnitude and value
OF the now plan will begin to be real
lied and appreciated.
The fire was Q very costly advertise
ment, but il is the intention that the
College, before the efforts in that di-
rection cease, shall stand higher aud
with prospects for good hundred per
cent. beyond what Il did the day prior
TO the conAsgration. The undertak-
ing is not rash, but accords with the
judgment aud advice OF the leading
architects and the sblest educators OF
the country. Since the fre great I'D.
vancsuent has been made In collecting
. cabinet and philosophical apparatus.
E0k. ia kA8a0 M. oNh tOhS(tAoh Va
Alpine and European plants . nucleus;
and the following. from the last annual
catalogue, shows the progress made:
tions Of other colleges, the alumni.
aud friends, have already made more
than beginning In the work of resto.
ration. While some valuable mineral
specimens were lost that will not soon
be replaced. yet the new collection in
already more complete in certain de.
parinents than before the fire. Ae-
tnovlsdsment 10 given for the
% Baggsrly collection Of minerals.
CD Wabash College contribution.
(3) Prof. Dswson's donation. Mon.
| trsal.
"a A most valuable collection from
Brown University. by Prof J. W. p.
jerks.
(5) Valuable collections FROM friends
Of the College in India.
(6) Tuttls aud Hsrwood collectisD.
Lincoln. Nebraska.
CD J. +. Ward. collection of aim
erals.
(sJ Repeated contributions from DIR.
(; T.. X. Abbott, Of Californis.
C9) Suite OF ores and rocks from ihs
Upper Peninsula OF Michigan.
(iO General collection from North
srn New Hampshire and tie White
Mountains.
Ql) A collection Of Alpine and Eu.
ropean plants (named and classified At
the British Mussum).
I'D A collection OF India plants.
(ls) A collection Of New England
plants.
tl4) A general collection Of Michigan
plants.
(I5) Collection of iron ores aud fur.
mace products, by Mr.. J. A. Weity.
The Department has also added a
series OF one hundred colored anatom-
ical charts, and also q suite OF ten
geological paintings illustrative Of the
different geologic ages. painted for the
College by Prof Geo. B. Gardner,
which are Of the highest artistic snd
scientific value. A new and powerful
microscope, made by Browning. of
London, has been presented 10 the De-
partment the present year.
The Department of Chemistry,
though il lost all by The fire, 10 nov
more fully equipped in chemicals and
apparatus. and possesses more varied
and.couvenient appliances for its work,
than before the fire.
The library has also received val
liable addition OF nearly 500 volumes
formerly belonging TO the lamented DIR.
Day, late editor OF the Morning Star,
X - IA - A.