New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-15
NEW H0uE ron / SEEMINGLY.
FROM I'NlvEHslryrLACE TO LEMON NIL
DESCRIPTIONS on ruE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. "'tt>
10 \ rRlsnYtTEtNN INSTITUTIONS.


TO \ rRrsnYtrEtNN tNSttruoN
The Union Thcoloricn Seminary viii begin it,
forty-umth wear ON "Wednesday in IFS new home;
No. 300 Park ave. On that day the students VIII
register their names aud draw their rooms; ON
Thursday tho Rev. nr Francis BioNn associate
professor of Biblical philol0gy, will deliver the an
nua address before the students; ON FRIDAY me
usual devotional meeting viii bc held, ana the
regular exercises VIII begin on Monday OF next
week The dedication ot the new buIdmgN VIII
take place Al November hn' thcdCial' 81 lhr rNcf'
ciscs are moi CONNECTED. There viii hc 40 changes
IN the faculty thi, year, and little, II any IA the
course of studies as the cnrHcuIum Is IN
The main thoroughly CStabll>hcd Money Is dc-
sired, however for me 1onnnnlhG o. on" T OF
more addition pIOfesSOrshIp9. The mar OF LIoc,-
ton and Vocal Culture has 4ceh endowed ic,,culE
by member If the West Presbyterian tHiich'
Who gave $4,000 for that purpose. Professor
Charles Roberts. jr, viii continue ms inSlrHcu'A
in this dcpaltment HeSides ir'le>ioiS hI3Wn anu
The Rev Dr. Roswell u. lhtchcock, pre-
idcnt and professor Of Church History W. 1G.,:..
Schan Sacred Literature; 6. l.. IIcnuss, Pa>to-
raj Theology end Mission Work {. A. briggs
Hebrew and the cognate language, homas ;.
Hastings, Sacred Rhetoric; and the ley. i. I'LL
lett Librarian. hT"r icctuTcslups have been
founded One by Professor : r. Is. Morse. ON
{. Inc Relation OF tie Bible to the Sciences: aE-
tanty' and a third by Dr.. Willard Parker ON
Health This was the first Theological seminary
in this country. to establish lCowShips for for
cign study: there are two, each having ara income
o. $500. Arabic Chaldcc, >yIiac and A>>rrlan
are among the optional studies, ard oGl oi l'i-
ior class OF ioitY-onc last year eighteen took lIai-
dee M addition 10 their regular StuClC, This WAS
the first seminary 10 Introduce the study OF AS
PRESIDENT Hitchcock has been connected with The
seminary for % years having resigned professor
ship in BoNdon College III 1870 toHcccpt thc cna'r
of Ecclesiastical Literature. On the death Of Dr.
William Adams IN $50, he was chosen TO succeed
him i'm the presidency Seated I'm his room IN the
new building overlooking Park-@vc; a IIHyN"
reporter talked with hlm last week about the pros
or
The outlook was promising; moro applcatlpns for
admission this fall had been received than IN my
previous year. but II was impossible 10 more dcl-
ntc until The term began. The pressing need of
The institution at present, ne added, was money 70
found cadctshlps for students unable TO nc pursue a
theological course without AIDING themselves,
There il a scholarship fund of about $1,000, and
iftv or one hundred cadctShlps of $1,000 cdch are
desired 70 pay students Tor cry missionary
work MANY students were engaged III home ms
slonarv work in the West during the summer vaca-
ton.
The new buildngs are on the summit OF LcnoX
/ HIM. fronting a wcll-kcpt park. The avenue Is
vide enough to allow the structure to be seen 20
/ advantage at distance. llagonally across ne
| avenue stands the Normal College while the Leaox
Library, the Presbyterian and other hospitals and
! the seventh REGIMENT Armory are near. and tie
/ Metropolitan Museum of Art Is easy of access. In
marked contrast 10 tn Old closcly-occupcd Jllid-
mgs IN University Place are the new ones, which
occupy the entire frontage OF the block ON the west
side OF Fourth or rank ayes. between SlNt\-nlulh
and Seventeen Sis. aud 100 feet III depth. The
ten lots on winch the buildings stand and the cont
/ pctcd group Will cost ABOUT S1J0,OOO Governor
Morgan sold the land al a considerable discount.
Two lots have been reserved III the rear for an cX-
! tension when the present bounds are outgrown.
The design of the group Is English gothic, its
spirit being that of the Fifteenth century. There
are four binding, forming a quadrangle about IN
| interior court. At the southeast corner Is the
Morgan Library, hlcplool hullulug erected aI lh'
| expense Of Governor Morgan. Facing the avenue
in the centre Of the block stands the Adams Chapel
/ named i'm memory of President William Adams.
I Hal all he
| block and contains four lecture rooms pOlNCun
tower rises between the hall and the chapel. The
front row of In ldiuESmc two-sOrlcd, but running
from street TO street IN the rear Sa lNctoll'd dor
/ mtory, as yet unnamed. II. Willis James, who
! gave 500. 600 To the building fund, being unWll-
! ling that any of the halls should bear ms NAME
Ihc chapel viii seat about 500 persons. The
| lecture rooms are 10 feet square aud VIII each
seat about iity students The dormitoy contal"s
40 large wcll-ycntIlatcd rooms nearly all single
| aud all supplied with gas and steam which, with
the furniture, are furnished by the seminary IN
the basement Is Il gymnasium, W. ny ~ l'I' III
which new apparatus costing TI,'Uv mas n''h
placed. The library has waterproof basement
in which there are 10000 pamphlets. Inc Henry
b. smith Memorial Reference Library ~ on the hlst
floor and the depository Tor geheraI pooAs ",i io
second. Besides the pamphlets anu about %"V I'M
poTtaut manuscripts there are 1o,uOO DOCKS anu Il
! rich museum of Biblical and Christian antlquilc',
The basis of the library the valuable coffee
| tons OF Leandcr Van Ess, comprising many rare
/ works collected in the Beucdlstlne MOnacicll OF
st. Mary at PaderboIn, Germany including $50
| lnCuuabula, from a. II, 1863 10 1910, and l,21O
numbers of Reformation literature III original col
lions, and 200 editions of the Nulgatc ald Of Ger
man Bibles, the earliest being 1870.
The architects of the buildings are William 4.
! Potter and James Brown Lord. -. Augustine 3
Chapel in East IIOuston-st., and Grace Chapel, in
| East FOurteenth-st, were designed by Mr. Potter,
field aud other towns. Mr. Lord Is a grandson Of
James Brown, who, ten years ago, gave 100000
TO the seminary TO increase the endowments OF the
several pr0fess0Tshlps.