New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-10
oo1IEGE ARCHITECTURE.

he OF keeping apre'st Vi INC H'''V'' - '
,.on in their treatment OF cohese a'c'i'eo'u'e'
rnev have been quick to perceive 'ha' coiiesia'e
INV .as developed enormously in the last
.u,snty-fve years, entering more ana more 'n'o
W." ,,rv life Of the nation. Institutions that
+, the last generation were content VIII" 'he
ot huildings have since grown i'm
-, and have come into possession OF such
p'nsad incomes that they now constantly
ording into larger and handsomer quarters
.,-rc,ures shown accompanying
10 f,rn, n small group out of the great body
,. oora,iate buildings erected from East to West
", Of This moment the University of Virginia
o. ,he South and Columbia University in the
North are raising their edifices 10 an uncsuah'
,;ob ulane of artistic dignity
.,veral ways this development of our archi-
r. anneals to the observer. In the first
,,.ce il will be noticed mat the coiiese puiio-
p'" tho nresent day are designed with spe-
.,al regard for homogeneity' Al haINa'o ''e
''"' ,.,,ai,os have been erected as far as pos
.,,,s along lines in sympathy with those oi the
colonial cdihces The domineering
~ni,s n Richardson would not brook interier-
erce and when he put up his weil-kno"h '"'id-
,rc at Cambridge. Sever Hail. he butt IL IN MS
MS ,,resoue STYLE But it is doubtful if
80 would be permitted to repeat the experiment
:, no were living to-day. and it is Significant
49,, when Mr.. McKim designed the beautiful
,ou,or;aI gate he made it harmonic with the
old work
Elsewhere in places which could not claim
.rcb admirable survivals from the past as 'hoSe
=, Harvard. the architects have set themselves
a. work with Just as much enthusiasm Tor sym
,strv as though the best modes were peioiV
,,er Al Chicago the University has been
damned ON a tremendous scale. the recitation
halls dormitories and other buildings are many
IN number and are scattered over VICE srouhu'
hut all the structures are in the same s'E'c "i
architecture they are Of much the same material
and wears hence when time has soheFeu 'h'H
oolor. and vines have been allowed to Viay their
benencent part. II Is unGuesuoI""o ''''' Wv
yyas,.r, CITY will be able To claim for its Uni
yersty some. IL not all OF the "'V"'''''"'"'
.harr, which belongs to the famous seats Of
learning in the old World. Ike oA''fu an"
Co,hriaee The University Of Pennsylvania
has recently been endowed WIN pul'C'"7' ~
which as much may be said in happy proshoS''-
cation Of the future, and the Uui!HHlsS vi D'9'
Mawr are on the way TO similar r'u'"ph VI
art and nature. Nature, We repeal VIII W
much for our college buildings. as il has always
done much Tor dICDlc' 'N'' "'NiN' A'NN -
IS important TO notice that the architects Of
America are giving nature splendid material
with which to work II Bryn Mawr, the Uni
yersity Of Pennsylvania. the University OF
Chicago and Columbia University present in
fifty years noble aspects of ivygrown statcli-
ness. il Will be because their buildings are all
stately and beautiful to begin with.
Another point in which the colleges have
II &c ho cYx-ia for
every one Of the chapte- houses which grow
more numerous every year. 1t is true that the
greater number Of these are quite removed from
the buildings Of the college itself. but they are
near enough to count in the dignity Of the
whole and it is delightful to find that these
minor buildings quite as much as the most IN
portant offices on the college campus, engage
the best efforts of distinguished architects
Time was when the fraternties occupied the
best houses they could hire or gradually buy.
Now they build homes Of their own which are
edornments to The places In which they are
erected.
1t is all in the highest degree gratifying to
National pride. II is certainly desirable that the
youth Of the country should be educated amid
surroundings calculated to refine and strengthen
their taste. The architecture OF the early years
OF American colleges was not always ugly. On
the contrary, il was sometimes at Harvard
and Yale peculiarly simple and digniiied. But
more often it was hopelessy commonplace,
when il Was not worse. and the architects OF the
present time can justly claim the honor Of
having set The matter right. They have built
good buildings and have made ii hard for those
who come after them TO spoil the artistic charm
Of the universities for which they have laOOred.