New-York tribune., 1890-01-27
ELECTRICS AT PRINCETON.
THE NEW ELECTRIC OBSERVATORY - DcNB1l
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Princeton. y. j.. Jan. 2G CspccaD.-A new club
known the Double Quartet" has been organized
The club represents some Of the best musical talent
In the college and will doubtless BE very successful
organization. The members are: First tenOrS, Albert
T. Lindner. 30. and Robert Mcdowell: second tenors
TrlnCe c. Jones' '91 and Frank LLOYD ~ first bass
William L. Dawson, 01 QeaderJ, and Charles f.
Howell, 81 second bass George X. Wallace. 'D1 and
ROyal :. GOdsbmy, 1l warbler, Charles F. Howell
'9l. Lindner and Mcdowell both sing first tenor in
the regular university club Jones and Howell sang
In their class club last year. while Dawson is an ex
university club man. Goldsbury sang in a similar
quartet at Oberlln College last year, while Wallace
was a member of the KnickerbOcker Quartet" which
was organized in college last spring and gave series
Of concerts at the close of the collegiate year. making
a tour through several NewEngland States. The
club will give several concerts during the winter.
The first Will probably be at Cranbury, n. j., and tho
second will be given in the DE KaIb Avenue Church,
BROOKLYN on February 10.
A special mandolin club has been organized TO ac
company the Double Quartet This clnh is com
posed as follows: Mandolns, Joseph NJ. Sheabarger.
'02, and Benjamin L. Morgan, oI guitars, George X.
Davis, '02, Charles +. Howell, '9l, and William l..
Dawson, '01 either, John II. Adams '02
The new buildings for tho electrical engineering
course almost completely equipped with instru-
ments and machinery. The addition of this course
10 the Princeton curriculum Will very soon be the
means Of largely increasing The number OF students
The buildings show the result Of great skin in plan
and design. Any one visiting the Electric Observa-
tory" for the first time notices particularly the isolated
location of this building. The building has been
erected in the northeast corner Of the presidents
grounds in order that ii might not be enough
10 other buildings for the iron uscd in their structure
70 affect the delicate Instruments in the observatory
The building IS made Of Philadelphia pressed brick
and was built without any iron being used. even in
the shape OF nails In the first two stories the walls
are left in plain red brick, while the third story f.,
sheathed in wood. The first floor is about eight feet
beneath the surface Of the ground and Is lighted by
windows Just above the surface. This floor contains
a cOalFoOm, and storage battery for lighting and
testing. in the main room, % BY 40 feet,
the standard instruments will he placed Among these
is a large standard galyanomctcI, with AN ausilay
arrangement for determining the strength Of the mag
netic fluid. The instruments at present upon
tables, which can be moved at pleasure After the
bcst location for the various Instruments has been
determined. they viii be placed upon permanent bi1ck
piers
The second story contains cloalsroom and two
the other a library aud reading room, where many
The third story IS "A large room for researches
The dynamo building" IS an Irslapcd structure
madc Of cut stOne and IS connected with the School