New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-13

Epsilon. Zeta Psi and Phi Gamma. Other fra
ternites are contemplating leasing houses for
their orders. All the buildings on the quadrangle
heated and lighted from boiler ana power
house placed upon the southern edge or the
grounds Space Is provided in it for steam
plant sufficient to heat 100000 cubic feet and a
steam engine runs the dynamos ana aHords power
for a workshop in connection with the engineering
department The entire building for boilers, on
CINE and dynamos is over one hundred feet in
length and affords plenty OF room FOR the en-
gineering department above the boiler mouse,
while temporarily the department Of physics Is
housed I'm a room over the dynamo basement But
even after the building shall have been erected
for the especial use of these TWO departments, az
is contemplated the space they now occupy Will
continue to be devoted 10 certain purposes Of
mechanical engineering and its attendant studies.
To OPEN OHIO FIELD.
In the ceremonies on Saturday next Mayor
Strong whose Partially for athletics has been so
plainly demonstrated recently. will declare open
the Ohio Athletic Field. The ground receives its
name from certain gifts. aggregating not less
than $40 000 I'm aid Of the Institutions establishing
itself in its new home, which nave been made by
natives Of Ohio now resident in New-York The
field is now having its finishing touches put on,
and the new quarter-mile track. which has been
made Of cOmpactsd cinders eighteen inches in
depth il now ready FOR use The council OF the
university particularly desire that all those who
attend the opening exercises on bicycles Will use
the track Mayor Strong il may be added. was
the first contributor T. the fund for the formation
of the field and track. The field lies upon the
north side Of the gymnasium. while upon the
south side across the general entrance road, have
been laid out several lawn tennis courts.
The university grounds are entered by three
roads. which il Is proposed to name The Stu
dents Road" the "FOunders Road" and The
Alumni Road" The first is from Sedgwick-ave.
the second from Andrews-ave. and the third from
University-ave. new station. called University
Heights. situated between Morris Heights and
Fordham Heights stations, has been built by
the Newly Central and Hudson River Rail-
road Company. The new station is opposite the
university campus. which IS reached by mounting
a covered stairway. The entire campus Of the
university takes in about twenty acres. Chan
cellor MacCracken occupies a handsome resi-
dence just outside the grounds. almost fronting
the entrance 10 the Alumni Road.
THE UNIVERSITY TRIANGLE.
From the foregoing it will be seen that the
university is moving along broad lines. and
bids fair TO possess in comparatively short
space Of time one Of the most commodlous
and best-eQulpped scholastic institutions in
the country. While the university is looking
forward 10 college quadrangle, Il already
possesses a university triangle Besides its
home on University Heights I'm the new
building in Washington Square. to which IN
specton is invited next Saturday morning are
the schools Of law and pedagogy and the Offices
Of the corporation. while in East Twenty sixth
ST. is the university medical college and Lo0mls
Laboratory. At the present time the roll OF
thousand. There are now thirty professors and
instructors I'm the faculty Of arts and sciences
about half that number in the faculty Of law and
in the faculty Of medicine there is siXtynine pro-
fessors and lecturers. making considerably over
a hundred teachers who are giving instruction at
the university.
All the property Of the university has been
the gift Of citizens. The value Of the invest
ment at University Heights. including the build
ings already erected and those definitely pledged
reaches to about s1,OOOOO and it is limited that
Saturday there Is a prospect OF another bene-
faction for a large building being announced. The
investment In the land and buildings at Wash
ington Square Is II even greater value than this.
but It Is largely an income-producng property.
The value Of the property in East Twenty sixth
ST. is about one-third OF a million dollars.
The rapid development Of the university dur
ing the last few years has been in small de-
gree due u the energy and persistence Of Chan
cellor MacCracken. Early and late he has worked
In the furtherance Of the college plans and the
completion II the new buildings. Or. Henry
Mitchell MacCra ken first became connected with
the university In 1854. during the CHARACTERISTIC
OF Or John Hall lie acted first professor Of
philosophy then yice-chancellor, and since