New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-09

NEW HOME FOR THE UNION SEMINARY.
The Rev. DR. Hitchcock, president of the Union
| Theological seminary, recently gave liHbCNE
rrportcr an account of the new buildings which are
now building and will be occupied by tile Seminary
in the summer of 1883. 800 r.
{" TIN, seminary was founded said Or. Hitchcock,
in January 1886 and opened for instruction IN
December oi that year. The present site OF the
seminary was at once selected ana was considered
TO be well uptown-quitc on the outskirts OF the
city The city was scarcely settled above feminist.
at that time and the location was considered TO De
near enough to the business portion or the city
and vet sufficiently remote Tor quiet literary re-
treat The huildmg was dedicated December -,
1855 In 1852 the accommodations were found To
he too small, and the original building was en-
Iargpd The need of a FIRE proof building for the
library has long been felt the number OF students Is
increasing yearly; the character OF the clty about
the seminary has materially changed; the
churches are rapidly going uptown; new Libraries
and museums are being built therefor these and
other reasons it was decided to secure q more
eligible site for the seminary ana 10 erect thereon
more commOdiOus and suitable buildings. Ihe
task of selecting the best location possible was by
no means an easy of Gov o pgIeor"S Srtrs PaT
and finally decided that the east side OF the Iark
was the best place for our buildings, even II the
lots should cost more. Though the generosity OF
Ex-Governor Morgan, however, we were enabled TO
purchase ten lots in Fourth-ave. a. a reasonable
price The plot. 200 feet long and l21 feet wide Is
on the west side OF the avenue, between sixty
ninth and Sevcntieth-sts. 1t is not far from the
Lcnox Library the Museum of Natural History and
fhe NletropOhtan Museum of Art The city is all
built up around there, and the seminary Will have
Il location ut one central and commanding.
"There will he four large buildings-a chapel
freproof library hall for Lecture rooms, anu
dormitory all of which will be connected by
smaller buildings. The doTlnlt0ry Will be 90 feet
WIDE and 200 feet long 1t VIII have an entrance III
each street. 1t will be five stories III height ana
will accommodate 100 students, most OF them with
single rooms. Underneath this binding there Will
be large gymnasium. 1t - possibly mat there
NAV be a refecOry attached; but the students Will
procure their board III private families as thcy 90
now. Facing On the avenue Will be the chapel,
large building, containing besides the audience
room room for the president. IN thc sOuth corner
of the plot will be the library, to be known as the
Morgan Library, which will also contain the
mueum collection. On the north corner will,bG the
hall for lectures. yet unnamed. There Will be
four lecture rooms, each seating seyenty-nNc stu
dents, and each professor Will also have private
room where he may meet the students and other
callers. There will be only three entrances from
the street.-The two in the Idormtoy and one in the
chapel. person enterinS any one OF these may go
through all the buildings, as they Will all be con
nected by annex buildings The material used Will
be Calambour brick relieved with Long Meadow
stone trimmings. The cost is estimated as follows:
the dormitOry will cost SlO0,OO and each of the
ether three buildings $4,000. The recent gift of
800 600 to the library by Ex-Governor Morgan
will pay for that building aud leave $4,000 to
form an Edwin ID. Morgan Library Fund. There
is still an opportunity for someone 30 give his name
to one of the other buildings The work will be
completed year from next spring ana at the close
OF the seminary year, in May. 1888. the library
will be moved at once. and the fall term viii be
opened in our new home"
The foTty-ffth annual catalogue oil the seminary
has Just been published. There are SIX post-gradu-
ale students hrty-seven IN the senior class, forty
middlors forty three Juniors, and two Fellows. who
are STUDYING in the University OF Berlin, Germany.
There are iorty-seven colleges and universities
and four semnaries represented only three of the
students being without college education. The
students come from tWenty-three states ana tilee
foreign countries. The library contains 10000
books and $4,000 pamphlets, and 18l manuscripts
The commencement Will be heId NAV - Wheh an
Grafton will be delivered by the Rev Dr Charles
HaWley.