New-York tribune., 1896-10-25
REARING THE NEW BARNARD
TWO COMMISSIONERS LAID WITH M
PRESSIVE CEREMONIES.
pRlvcKERHorF AND MlLBANK HALLS phpi-
GATED on MoRNIHGsIDE HEIGHTs-BIsHoP
POTTER AND PRESIDENT LOW TAhh

ERINt kIsRlOFF AND iiii'-N'N '''''
GATED on MoRYINGsIDE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
POTTER AND PRESIDENT Low TAKE
PART N TIE EXERcrsEs
r.non Nornineside Heights already tho home OF
several ralatial buildings devoted to heheA''"'
purposez the walls OF another admirabl" HlS'''"-
,ion have begun 10 BE- reared. Yesterday AFTERNOON
I'm the presence OF many people OF d's'Ih'u"' ''
tho scholastic world the corners'ones OF the TWO
IN. IA, ,yiu o, to COMPRISE thc new Barnard
College werc laid. The halls. which are pacei
in close proximity 20 Columbia University. OF "hch
in 4 most literal sense rnard tolleg. Is sS''''
have been named the !nckerhoN Han anu "'
.iilbank HALL. The cornerstone OF the former was
laid bv Miss Emily James Srniih. dean Oh ha'n"'"
coicce who represented Mrs Van Nyck brlhckeT-
hof the donor Of the building. and tn" ceremony
OF laying tho second store was performed ny MISS
Eleanor Milbark Anderson. daughter or Mra ~
4 Anderson who presented Mllhark iall 10 INC
college Mrs Brinckerhon also presented 10 the
college A silver trowel. made by 1inany q 'o''
which was used I'm the laying OF the stones.
photographs Of Van wyck Brinckcrhon and Will
tam " Uooplc husband and father of the donor.
were deposited In the cornerstone nox OF Brnck"r-
hoT Hall and also the original correspondence pe-
tween Miss Ella weed President Low ana FRED
erick S Walt. who represented Mrs biinck'thoH
I'm the negotiations leading up 10 the GIT OF The
building Mr. Wait prepared for the box short
bir,nrv Of the gift and OF the struggle 10 secur"
rho site He saws In part: "As n result or this
corrospondence Mrs Van Wyck brinckcTho1' OF
New.York city. agreed. In writing to pay BARNARD
College the sum Of 10000 10 be used fer erecting
college building. provided. within four years
from, NIay 10 1872 the trustees Of Barnard College
should purchase or secure sul'ab" site FOR
college. building on University Heights AZ one
hundrc d-tweuticth-St and the Boulevard New
York City" \ copy Of this written agreement Is
also dcrositcd in the cornerstone
In sh. lr1
near Columbia was purchased by Barnard FOR
SIG, 90, subiec, 10 a mortgage Of $1,000. The time
within which 10 clear he site OF membranes cX-
plred on May 70. 1886. and An earnest effort was
made by the trustees TO comply with The exact
terms OF the gili, hat II might not lapSc About
sYo op Of this mortgage was raised on ;lc last day
of the four years.
In inc coarse OF these struggles TO pay for this
site a recond lull1ing pledged by Mrs. A. A.
Anderson OF NewYork. 20 DE known as Mllhank
Hall and in hc Summer of 1896 Lamb & Rich. the
architects prepared plans for these TWO buildings.
.lbank Hall 10 cost about sl'o,Vn, ana brlhckef-
hon Hall about $1,000"
,moug ih,. contents 81 the metal box incosed In
the corno...,nc OF the Milbank Hall copy OF
THE Nation" for January %. l>ss. containing let
ter by Mrs. Annie Nathan Meyer from which
orignatcd the movement to establish barnard 'oi-
,eee: portrait and memorial Of the late Rev. Dr
Arthur Brooks. first chairman Of the Board OK
Trustees: copy of TIE minutes recording the glft
of Milbark Hall and Of the trustees resolution
accepting The same. datcd May 21 1885.
Shortly before o'clock procession OF the 300
mr. 40 pcoplc who took part IN the proceedings was
formed In the Teachers College. Immediately OPP
posito the new institution. The students and
aIumnac of Barnard. In their college caps and
gowns headed the procession. and marshalled In
line behind them were the presidents. members
of the faculties and trustees of Columbia Cnvcr
sity Teachers College and barnard College. with
BiShop Potter and Dean Emily j. Smith. OF Bar
ra,d Walking AT the extreme end OF the line
BrincIerhon Han with prayer, la which he in
yokcd bcssinss on The, tnc new . md ,inderlakns AfGr
laid" President SEN Low delivered a brief ad-
dre,s on hehaif Of Columbia ,h ,niyersity he ex
students OF Barnard and 10 the donors OF the Two
halls Incidentally ne also mentioned that il was
isted by which student OF barnard College was
for single payment entitled 10 al! the privsg IS
College
size of The Milbank Hall. and after the preliminary
pole warren Miss Eleanor, Mlbank Anderson duly
Rrowncl acting chcirnan OF The Boa Of Trustees
Of barnard. in appropriate terms. expressed the
Trs. Brifckerhof and Mrs. Anderson for their mas
nifcent gifts. Bishop Potter also addressed the
vein he alluded 10 the early history OF the move
mcnt for the higher education of women
fessors a',G J II. Van Amringe j. F. Kemp. Fisk Rich
ard Gotihei Brewster Wriiam Carpenter. j. NJ
Mayo,smth stSc calvin Thomas. a. Y. W Jackson.
Carl Brugmann Of I-eipsc University; William
Morgan Dix The Rev. Dr Thomas Gaoudet DR..
\. t. Britton DIR. Walter J.. Hervey Edward
MShe GS2se L. Ryss Mrs - r rq 12hos qho trSie Mr
Seth Low Mrs. Fairfield Osborne. Mrs. a. A. An
ierson and Mrs. Alfred Meyer.