New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-13
BROWN.
A HANDSOME GYMNASIUM TO BE COMPLETELY
NEXT FALL.

providenoe r. T. Aprl QspeciaD-A gymnasium
a. Brown University the wish OF alumni ana unucr
graduates alike for years, began to assume soie'e
OF reality when. In June, 1883, the corporuon 49,
IN rse for this purpose the $4,000 beque"0ou W
Daniel W. Lyman. Tho building VIII DO 'eauS ,oi
nse I'm the fall of '01. when athletics on Soie"'no
basis will actually be begun at Brown. the men VINO
arc known as the athletes will no longer DO lle onS
ones who will train their bodies, for plysca culture
iii bo mart Of tho course and will be rlgdly ehioreeu'
Tho buiIdnc is OF ROmanesque architecture III Is
,opc and faces south, and is about 1873 BY fOrSlour
Too. having an extension on the rear, fonowhs Vl0
Iorgtb of the building, 100 by sixteen iec'' i"o
tcture will be Of stone to the level OF the hrss'oy
idor ellis and above this of brick and brownstohe.
II will have high and light basement, win senerh
axorcise and apparatus extending from tue h.ss
a.. % he roof but on the east end Will be DIVIDED
,t stories The interior partitions Will be prncipahy
:, h-,cl The gymnasium will be finished WIN DilOA
,,ous and omen timber roof, without plasterng'
T,,o noo,n entrance of the building will be on tho
eouth side from which by wide ana easy sUailoaSo
access can be had the basement and second sVoly
In the basement toward the west viii DC inc ls'0o
,tments two bowling alleys lighted with nigh base
800 ,,ndows On the east there will be sparrlns'
,,,rastling and fencing room, with fullslzed VIII
dov,s reward the north, partly under the eA-
.ors,on and partly under the NAN puu
inc will he swimming tank anu uressine
rooms. In the rear OF this is baseball cage "li0n
&c sun in the ground with tho exception OF lew ico1
This s 10 be lighted by Skylight, and VIII nave air'
aoor There is an easy entrance from the diamond III
Iinco,d Field for the players and the basement Is
sunnlied with stUerooms for bats hurdles ana d.
outdoor apoaratus. There is also WORKSHOP ior 10
iaIrIno apparatus Tho first floor, which Is the prin
SInal one Is entered from the south through Vesu
bnle From the hallway also open two proies'ofo
rooms. East of the professors apartments openis
from them and also opening from the main hail. Is
ogga twelve feet wide and OF length equs 70 tho
With Of the building This overooks Lincoln fIviJ,
Tho avmnasifm Is a room 40 by % teet VIII piuinO
ra iwenty four feet high. The ROOF y suPPOIo.t o
den trnsses rising a height OF thirty elgho IooS
IN the centre This room has MOOR space oicSi Vi
al obstmctIons and will be Tiled win the lates' am
most usefu apparatus. Half way UP the laIt Ian -
ipder track hung from the roof trusses .Oo IeeC ie
~ The ME This room is lighted by CORNERS III oo
go large triple window on the west ana Dy ranfo
20 seven wIndoYs the south East on ule NAN
9l mail space rallied off for visitors, controlled
nv ,ates under the eye OF the professor ADo'o Un
~ 800 T. a gallery overlooking the entre gym
nasInm from the apartmcn.s on u9 , seconu mo-
masl ,ii he billiard oonf, which VIII accommodate
fonr tables This room, as also th0Se Vi GG \, pIO
forS will DO finished in plaster There VIII Dc
10 window and other pleasant OutooKs 10 tne pan
s5nnartess in the building, and ample room WI oe
afforded the students fcI coii ita ~ e'0N ~
shin in their hours OF re4aAauon