The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-26
MORE YALE HALLS To- GO.
NoRTH COLLEGE AND TEE oID LIE
CEUM DOOMED TO DESTRUCTION.

hNON ' NNeS " 'hVuNFH INV 10
Convenient RuiidinEs-South NHiaaio ths7
sole representative LEFT or the ola ne
~Gime-stories OF Old North ana tho Il, ceups.
New HAVEN. Conn. Dec. 23.-Two moro build
ings OF tho old brick row, North College and the
Lyceum, have boon doomed by the Yale corpo-
ration. and tho work OF demolition will be begun.
it Is announced, Immediately after tho close Of,
tho present college year. OF the seven build-A
ings, therefore, comprising tho major part OF the
college In 1890 there will be but a single sur
vivor when tho students return from their VA
cation next September. Tho most famous Of
them all, old South, and its ncighbor for ovorA /.
hundred years. tho Athcnmum, were sacri.
feed to make room for Vanderbilt Hall In :
1893: North Middle followed the succeeding
yonr. and in tho summer Of 1896 the
Old Chapel, erected in 1924. surrendered
TO tho superior convonicnccs and graces OF
Phelps Hall. Next september. therefore. South
Middle Will be the solo representative of the
old brick row, whose preservation has seemed
to 80 many college philosophers identical with,
the preservation Of tho college itsolf, and whose
destruction, rendered possible by the procure
ment of moro modern and commodious facili.
tics. has been ono of the chief attachments Of
the Dwight regime. 1t Is also an interesting
fact that the building which, for a variety, Of
reasons, has longest stood the strain, ID the
oldest OF them all. South Middle was erected
In 1851, as a largo brownstono inserted In the
front wall declares. while OF tho two buildihgn
marked for immediate destruction one 10
younger by half q century and the other BY
nearly thrce-quarters.
North College, which for seventy years has
marked tho northern limit of the old brick row.
has for some time been regarded as the most
prosaic of the ancient structures. Tho angry
townsmen never threatened to storm 1t with
shot ana shell, ms, in the exciting ante.bellum
days, they threatened its extreme southern
companion; the expense of it's erection was not,
betrayed by a pious Puritan lottery, as in the
case of South Middle; nor has it's existence been
marked by those heroic struggles against ad.
verse circumstances of which its predecessors
have been the silent spectators. North Middle,
indeed, was erected in one of the most flourish.
ing periods of tho colleges history. and from
tho day OF its completion tho progress of the
institution has been unquestioned.
In 1920 James Hillhouso and Stephen Twin.
ing OF New Haven, with the Prudential Commit
tee. were appointed by the corporation to pro-
vide for the erection OF the new dormitory,
which the increased attendance at the college
had rendered imperative. The general funds OF
the college were appropriated to this end. and
the building was constructed upon lines almost
identical with those Of the buildings already
under way. South Middle, with its door caps
and window caps of brown sandstone, was nearly
uuIbllCtlCu Ill thlo hcN ultl'ibtllhi' iSit 3
which was ready for occupancy in 1921. 1t did
not take the building long. however, to accom-
modate itself to the ways of college life, and its
chief distinction for many years was that 1t was
the birthplace of nearly all tho dcviltry which
gave IL picturcsqueness to undergraduate Yale
in those days wDich the present age can already
emulate.
Ono of the most distinguished Of its earlier 90
cupants was y. p. Willis. the daDpcr Scriptural
Duet and magazine writer who. during his senior
year, occupied a room in North Entry with
Horace Bushnell. One Of tho favorite under
graduate diversions at that time consisted in
smoking" and squirting the freshmen. az
well as the tutors, and Willis was suspended
for declining to divulge the name of a sopho-
more in whose possession he had detected the
forbidden" squirt" The attic of North was one
of tho chief rendezvous of college men. and was
especially famous for its cooking mains and
midnight celebrations of classmates birthdays.
The attic. too. was for many years tho arsenal
OF o1I the ta Bu1bby ycS Sln in,o an iha ,n : st Een,mr whp r. w orsE nm
the green in front of North College that the
l. 6 body Of # ql under 1o ,hs bam fsed to nd is sonS6So an,
address of the class bully Ms no detailed the his.
tory Of the club ana the honor OF being intrusted
with its keeping, concluding by waving the
r mighty cudgcl three times about his head and
. handing 81 it a to the man in thG s"creeding Gn ciaSS
0 his selection WAS called into question. and the
whole college would be entertained by a hearty
i self.appointed rival. the victor bear ng of In
triumph the emblem OF his office.
North College. however. was frequently the
= scene of the more refined manifestations Of col.
Q iege life. One evening in the fall a Of 1888 two
, upon the old fence directly in front of North
I and discussed The plans for the college period.
n cal which finally developed into the Yale Liter.
s Gry .MioNn@'nc, Other, memories of North .ars
3 the Thanksgiving jubilee; which had its origin
e ls57-5s. which nwokc the devotional sense Of
r Yale men MS it was never awakened before and
= | hn nANra hnnn "a NJ EDnn1 Aiupn North liz
never been embellished by tho more %fancifIl
n names which the other buildings of the brick
4 row havo been compelled to lay aside,
q The Lyceum, for example, which will also be
years kno n as the comnecticut Lyeeum. Thii
n name was bestowed as "A tribute 10 the state by
q S Meo'f TEEee r grant which Prosident stiles HiIa's seiSrec
n from the Connecticut Legislature in 1892 was
h fand Gsion 'G ns Sio SOUTH ~ REX S"f fail ah0' 1so anis
Middlel. and the Connecticut Lyreum werS
5 Of South. which was occupied by a barn. 9
2 BARRIERS shop, several cheap tavcrns, and board:
n correction, and Jail. used ior criminals, debtors,
and mpniaes. The Connecticut Lyceum was one
n stitution Of learning. The Lycenm, begun in
first President DwiGht's administration. waa
demanded by the increased attendance. a do
T. the students Mere obliged TO rocito from bcnche!
arranged in the entries of south, Made and
recitation rooms. for the college library, and fol
a large room at the west end or the second floor.
~ TO carry out President Dwight's pet plan Of 9
l. Theological department
When the building was completed in 1904 tho
~ college library. such as II was, was brought ovel
from the Athcnmum and deposited in the third
nf story OF the Lyceunl, from which 1t was tranB
N fcrrcd to the new chapel In 1924. There were
four recitation rooms in the hrst Goor-in con
Il. constant use from that day to this-and from
n the Theological Room President Dwight, In thu
~ cold winter days. with his feet to The fire nnt
es his back TO the students, was accustomed TO ex
pound the Scriptures daily from IL, until
~ o'clock. In 1851 the interior OF the building
was rearranged, the long room which had hrs
served for u library and later for q "rhetorica
chamber being divided into recitation rooms
,e Tho Lycelm, therefore, has undergone few OF tn
IN mutations which mark the career OF the average
10 miscellaneous college building.
~ The tower Of he lyccum has been for man,
years the most interesting feature OF the build
ing. The face OF the college cock made 1t TO