Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-27

GAINED MANY GOOD IDEAS.
Utah universities WIN Have Three or
Pour uuiidturs Erected This
summer.

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News" reporter today. In company
with Acssrs. ritter and I<ietting. he has
been gone nearly four weeks. In the
last. visiting various educational In
etitutionr. The firrt step was al the Uni
veralty Of Colorado. where $4,000 have
been expended In buildings. among
them some private residences for the
professorp. II IL not tho intention OF
the Utah University TO build any r,si-
denccs for president or professors. Hut
land will be rented TO professors on the
University grounds at nominal tg-
ure and they can build residences there
On II they 10 desire, and at the close OF
their terms OF engagement they viii be
permitted TO sell these buildings to any
private purchaser approved BY tho re-
gents.
Next came the University Of Me-
braaka at Lincoln. where the univcr.
slty and the Agricultural College are
combined into a very me Institution.
OF course the population 81 Nebraska.
i.soo.0oo. accounts for the difference
compared with the Utah school. They
have fairly good buildings. all Of them
being Of brick.
The University Of Minnesota ut Mln-
neapolla, was stili better, that State be-
Ing sun mofc populous. II has fine ".
brary building. They have good
school OF mines. well equipped for me.
tallurgy. Tho health department 81 tho
State has a health professor u baC-
tcdology there. by whose services both
the state and tho university are bcnc-
fited.
AZ Madison. Wisconsin. the univcr-
atty Il nncly located amid four bcnuti-
laIaa s.r ua .laGANluN
mittsc showed President Adams 4
plat OF the university grounds. Ito
thought the location flnc and the gem
efai plan % the grounds excellent.
From there the party went 10 Chicago
and visited all the buildings OF that In.
ntitution. President Harper thought the
building should be put up substantially
for all time. The normal training school
there under col. Parker II affiliated
with the university. The plan Of onc
OF these buildings. not yet completed.
was thought by the committee. TO h.
well adapted for a training school la
the University Of Utah.
Al Washington. y. G.. tho Catholic
University was visited. Its buildings
a few students. They arr not doing
anything an yet with the National
University at Washington. In tho way
Of building.
Johns hopkins University at Balii-
more was the next inspected. Tho
buiidinrs are plain but well equipped.
especially In the departments Of physics
and chemistry. Probably this line of
work In In q more advanced condition
In Johns Hopkins than In any other
rehool IN the country.
The University 10 Pennsylvania at
Phiiadeiphia wus next visited. This In
Que o. the l.rres, " tho United States;
stone. The chemical laboratory build
ing here. both m To Its architecture
aud the arrangement OF the rooms ia
vorably Impressed the committee. A
fine museum. different frpm any other
In the country no To it, style Of archi-
lecture. II being erected there. In the
club building there IL a great plunge
and shower bath, a billiard roofn.
bowling alley. and lunch counter.
Tho University VI Columbia. at New
YORK city. was visited. Its library.
with a dome-nhapcd roof. IL built u
stone and cost u million doiiafn. The
others arr 81 brick. The chemical
gymnasium II the beet OF any 81 tho
places seen. a. are also all the ar
arrangements for heating and ventilation.
l.Arsv tunnels run from the heating
plant TO each building IN which the
wires and pipes run TO the various de-
iAfuH"ut- anu Mhlch t0fNv ~ store
houses for all kinds 81 materials aud
rupplira. This Institution which n one
~ tho best IN the country. has a train
Ing school with kindergarten and all
other gridea. giving the normal student
opportunities for practice In every
Grade. There IL "a female school cons
niec'ed with this university, In place Of
the co-oduoation which u usual In tho
West some classes. however, are
composed OF 10Th sexes,
The Pratt Institute IN brooklyn was
mort visited. This institution gives In.
r,ructlon In carpentry. foundry work.
Plumbing, machinery. etc. aud has also
a kindergarten.
Cornell college nj Ithaca, New York.
Was next seen. Cornell has the nnoat
site OF any OF the institutions visited.
" has the Agricultural College OF the
state. IL has many buildings, the
most striking OF which II the library.
one building n ~ yellow brick, devoted
70 veterinary science. Cornell IL The
Institution best equipped FOR mechan.
ieai and clectricai engineering OF any
IN the country.
Mcuill University at Montreal has
rome nne buildings. The physical lab
orstofy there II the best equipped u
my OF the Institutions visited. The
neauhg Il done here partly by hot water
IN place Of steam.
Ann Arbor, Mich. was seen on the
return journey. They have "A now law
building Of stone ana brick. which IL
thr finest " the buildings. Ann Arbor
ma, magnificent collection Of musical
ih.,TumentH. II IL second In patronage
10 HarNari.
hanaay university has d new machine
thop donated by cltizen. Their muse
um though small. ID one OF the best In
he country, and was made by man
Nho WAS raised among the Indiana.
Nearly all the University strticturos
now being erected are what II known
~ the SLOW burning buildinga, In
place of what are called "nrs proof
buildings II u thought that these arr
~ an average, tho more rcunomlcnl.
Ihe uniNefHliy " Toronto Was visit.
ed II has fue chemical laboratory.
ana the committee found In ID "a mum,
nst OF good points on heating aud yen-
nlelon, Three of the rooms only are
No definite conclusions have yet boon
ieA'hed ny the committee hui many
Ideas az 10 the styles ~ architecture
mateflhla To be used. Ventilation and
heatinE. and arrangement ~ r,oma
There VIII probably be- three bulldlnrs
erected, or perhaps four of brick nnd
stone. embodying many 81 tho ideas
enined ny the committee while ON their
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