New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-12
PRINCETON'S NEW YEAR.
INCREASED FACILITIES FOR WORK.

NEW BUILDINGS, SEw Professors, AND ADDITIONS
TO THE MUsEUMs-TnE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
SILL MORE SEW BUILDINGS.
GFRoS An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT TRIBUNE
PRINCETON, n. j., Sept. 1.-THE college ses-
sion opens Tomorrow ana humber Of changes have
been made in the grounds and buildings during the past
Summer made necessary by the establishment OF five
proessorsp, and the expectation of an increased
attendance of students. Dickinson Hail. containing the
lecture ana recitation OF the Academic depart
ment, has been enlarged and beauticd by raising the
roof aud adding five additional rooms, besides completely
altering the external appearance OF the structure ny re-
building the four small towers the ends, and placing
in the front iron porch and massive iron tower This
Will break the otherwise long monotony of arches and
windows. aud take away the dumpy appearance which
the building wore before
The foundations have been LAID for addition to the
School Of Science consisting OF two wings which, with
the previously built, will complete the square OF the
building These wings, fronting Washington and VIII
Ham-ss. will contain laboratories and ecurerooms for
the Architectural Asironomical PHYSICAL ana IN l er
ing Departments. and large Herbarlnn ana Museum o,
Construction. The houses around the building are III
process OF removal. IN order that the completed sue
may the best advantage, and the Campus
front be unobsifuted by any .hnS tehdiuS 10 mar IN
symmetry.
An Instruction Observatory, as 1t ia called with resi-
dence OF Prof Young attached IN VI erection ON
q spot which the college ago sought to Obtain Tor
the Hasted Observatory commanding as does an I'M
interrupted view OF the horizon for miles East, West
and South This structure, which, with Instruments
VIII 800, 900, consists OF tnrret on the south
eastern corner containing nine inch equatorial, mace
by Avian Clark, esq, of Cambridge prime NeitlcM or
Gle zenith transit Instruments beside clock pAo-
tographic and asssians ROOMS The Halsted ODserya,
tory, erected IN 1865 u hted only lOr latge eqtoi
which, although the college expects at SOM tme IN ne
future 10 purchase II as yer unable to AFFORD ad TO
alter the building would laVe required greater
expenditure than for the building now IN course OF cree
uon which. as II Is constructed OF wood Is comparatively
inexpensive Prof. Young WIZ nave MS eiue ovh auu
cabinets IN the new wings OF the scho0i OF Science
some hundred yards distant.
Assated before these changes have been necessitaed
By the increased demand for accommodation In lee
turerooms and laborato tories. and other account
would have been made. For whatever may have been
their policy times past, the authorities seem now TO
BIZ fully awakened to the Importance of building M their
staff OF Instructors aud Of dlss!pang tho notion ihat
they negrcGg the essential Tor the noh-eS9ehtih
things Tie professors all men in the prime OF
hie OF either acknowledged ability and mark or OF great
PROMISE and in order TO give them every advantage al
the beginning OF their colrse of instruction pleasant
lectuierooms and abu dau; apparatus VIII be supplied
The corps Of instruction, compared win last year. VIII
thus show Urge increase. lt is expected that Prof.
Young W u have assistant PrOs OIIls and sloan VIII
open classes ia Latin and GT'eh ana Prof kochWo5d
viii take OF theSopnOmOre class ana some ~ me
scientific students Resides these recent appointments
the trustees have decided upon founding new profess
sor~np Oi Continent languages, but yet no lncun-
there reason 10 nope that Prot Brlcket VIII re-
ceye assistant IN the chair Of PHYSICS since MS eec
ton in S collection In the physlcal c1onctS have
bcru itI,cd: nIuv OF them LII gc been made IN tie
workshop OF tEc &c DOL THIS collection VIII o. Vey
largely increased duTin the coming year, rs glft has
been aIeady received for that npose. The study OF
pnyscs viii now be required during junior year onN
and "a class in laboratory practice Will DC added 10 inc
senior list OF electives Ihe courses IN Laun AMI
Greek ne enlarg d. ana more attention viii tie
paid to biology ia the Scientific school
The museums of the college have received very large
additions during the past Summer. In the Geological
Museum. Prof Il. Wacrhouse Hawkins has completed
his Of paintings in oil repres 'ntng the scenery and
fauna Of the geological ep0chs, and has lately
been engaged in the restoration Of the gigantic Cooso
cheys TIE Archaeological Gallery has received collec
ton OF human remains pottery and implements from the
mounds Of the West and the palran oogsts OF the Scion
tifc Expedition Mcsrs speir, Scott, Osborn Lny e aud
Potter, now their way home, having met with great
from the Colorado bone beds. The Geological Museum
has received fine set OF piasttque preparations
large nunher ct birds daring the past year. and the coli
leopon Of skeletons has been greatly Increased The
creased the number Of cooks its shelves from $1,000
to 10000. some 1000 were procured during
while in addition the library OF Prof Alexander. con
sisiing Of 5000 Volumes relating 10 the
development ami biography OF astronomy collected dur
ing fifty years OF TX that science and containing
iarge lumber OF extremely rare and valuable proiuc
tons has been purchased for the of the observatory
ard VIII be placed therein as soon as II Is ready Tor thef
reception.
The Theological Seminary opened on Thursday last
Professor Charles Hodge for hity years aud more the
yoMeated head OF the institution has retired from active
connection with 1t, and his son, DE-. A. a. Hodge OF
Allegheny Seminary been called to take his place.
The large plot OF ground in tac centre Of which stands
the theological Library the gift OF James L'nOX, esq.,
to receive three structures the gilt OF the
Denefcent hand. One OF them is to be 10 the
main building the other two houses to be occupied by
DIS. 4. A. Hodge and Mofat. The Seminary, it is re-
ported has received gift OF $4,000 from r. L. q A.
They have erected large three-story building
dressed brown stone, relieved by trimmings OF
white sandstone; the entire building to be
used for recitation-roOms, assembly halls
museum and rcGdng-roOu The recitation-rOOms, four
number. will be the first floor, the assembly halls
the second while the entire fd Oor VIII be used as
an archaeological museum, with the exception OF oe
which will be furnished by the Alexander Society,"
4 raj rcadngrOUm. This new buildlng-caed, by
the trustees honor OF the donors, Stuart all-will be
fully occupied for the first time, during the present
SION. Another gentleman, who has done great deal IN
es Of New-York. lie purchased the handsome grounds
aud built the Seminary Library building. He also
nlel many OF its shelves with valuable BOOKS. Several
scholarships also have been founded by him. And now
by his directions, wOrkmen are engaged III making eX
cava0ns preparatory TO laying the foundations for three
new buildings the of the library and facing stock
St. opposite the spacious grounds OF the late Com
nudOrc Stockton What the buildings designed for,
one, Mr.. LenOx and perhaps few confidential
friends. know. OF thing sure, they arc 10
supply need which the quick eye Of MI Lenox has
detected.