The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-27
NEW BUILDINGS At HARTARD.
Brooks House, Randall Dining Hall, still
man Hall and New Boat House This Year.

Brooks House. Randall Dining Hall. still
man Hall and New Boat House This Year.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Aug 23.-The opening Of
Harvard's 283rd year will find greater growth
than ever in the number of buildings for the hou-
ing. exercise and education Of the students. In
the past ten years the buildings have gone UP so
rapidly that a graduate. returning after few
years, hardly finds place outside the "old yard"
that seems natural 10 him Even in the yard
every spare corner, save in the quadrangle has
been filled till II seems impossible for another
building 10 be crowded in. When the Foeg Art
Museum was built between Appleton Chapel
and the street there q howl Of opposition,
and now the Phillips Brooks house has been
jammed into Little corner between the ends Of
olworthy and Stoug hton but in the latter
the stealing OF little strip from the sidewalk and
excellent work by the architect in harmonizing
the general appearance Of the building with tho
severe old halls nearby has taken away much
OF tho squeezcdin appearance.
But the changes have not come in tho college
yard alone Outside private enterprises and college
requests have made such strides and stil continue
to make them that for a radius of quarter of
q mile about the yard there is hardly block with
out a new dormitory or q new building OF some
sort Gradually the college has worked not
towards Holmes and Jarvis Fields until the former
has had 70 be surrenderd, and the latter eaten
into that il Is only good for tennis courts Per
kins and Conant Halls, Walter Hastings tho
Carey Building. now given over by tho Athletic
Committee 70 the Department OF Mining, only
few Of tho new buildings.
Two new buildings 70 be built on Holmes
Field by the college next year. The first is TO DO
Engineering Building. TO relieve the strain on
the Lawrence Scientific School, and the second Is
10 be dormitory where President Eliot plans 70
have rooms furnished by the college 10 prevent
the expense Of furnishing TO who como
to college from a long distance or for a short pe-
Rod.
In the meantime the college authorities arc
trying TO have four new buildings ready for 90
cupancy by tho time tho college opens. These
tho Brooks House. a memorial to Phillips
Brooks TO DO used a social centre with the
rooms devoted to tho four religious clubs; tho
new Randall Dining Hall. tho boat house
and Stillman Hall, hospital or infirmary for
| students only. These four buildings are all
built from gifts to tho University.
The original plan Of those who were TO build
the Brooks House was to erect building To cost
| about $500 900. which was to be soemthing Of
| University Club, with the religious clubs In charge
| The scheme originated with Bishop Brooks, but
| when tho committee tri,d TO raise funds 1t was
| unable TO obtain more than $50 600 With this
| money they have given Harvard building which
| though limited. will a good purpose II is
| Of brick. with sandstone trimmings, built in coll
onial style The interior Is finished In oak
| On the ground floor there is o large parlor
| or lounging room, a dining ROOM with a small
kitchen below where limited amount Of refresh
ments can be prepared on special occasions There
| is also an ONCE this floor 10 be used by ono Of
| the religious societies Of the college On tho
second floor Is the library. and there are three
moro Offices for the societies On the top floor Is
a large hall, where meetings Of all sorts can DO
| held The rooms are fitted up for the most part
| with deep window seats and lounging chairs, SO
| that they may be ATTRACTIVE to the student body
| at large. The four societies who will have rooms
hero are tho St Paul's, the Y. NJ c. A., the Cath
Ollie Union and the Religious Union. The build
| ing will be dedicated very soon.
| Tho Randall Dining Hall is the bequest of
| Belinda Randall who left $40 900 for the pur-
pose For a number OF years Memorial Hall
has had waiting list Of four or five hundred
| The only other college dining hall was tho Fox
| croft club but here the kitchen was small and
| tho facilities limited and things In general not
| oongenial. though board was at a low figure The
method Of serving hero was a Ia carte. but every
thing including bread, butter sugar &c, was on
tho card. By this method. charging a cent fol
butter another cent for bread, &c, the club was
able 70 board its members sometimes low as
81. so woeR The new dining hall is TO be run
on the same principle, but there to be more
tables and facilities for cooking and serving equal
| to that In any hotel Tho dining hall will bt
done very soon. certainly by Oct l. when college
opens In the dining hall there to be tables
for 1902 men Tho hall itsef Is light and airy with
a tiled floor and tinted walls Leading from II
on the side tho serving rooms and sculery
In tho basement rooms for verything In the
cooking lima
Mr. James Stillman Of New York Is tho dono,
| Of tho third building which is to be named Still
man Hall This is to he an infrmary where the
students who are i'll at college or who need special
care and diet can have treatment Mr.. Sullman
has given $4,000 for the building and 81, 800
a year for four years toward It's maintainence
Tho students who afford it arc expected tc
pay hero as In any hospital. but the others can
have the regular college physician and cot froe
Tho now hall Is TO DO built on MI Auburn street
near tho Cambridge hospital
Tho fourth building Is not yot planned out com,
pletely. but ground has been selected and broken
for the start This building Is the new boat house
which is TO be built on the right bank Of the Charles
on the corner OF Soldiers Field, but between tho
new speedway To Brighton and tho river. 1t is
nearer TO tho Weld boat house than tho Old one
and under the dual club system will be the Newell
club quarters The boat house Is 10 be finished in
time for spring work and Harvard will have a
splendid sat Of buildings on Soldiers Field The
locker building, tho new base ball cage and the
boat house with all the new fields mako a very
| promising show. The now fence about tho field.
a high iron work affair will also DO finished and
the gateway at tho entrance "a memorial TO Mar
shall Newell will complete the present plans
for tho field. Later there will be grand stand
| built back Of the baseball field
Mr. Peter Burns of Cambridge has built Rus
sell Hall in tho space bctween Randolph and
| Westmorly, where VIM. X. Vanderbilt had his
quarters last year This makes an imposing
row, beginning with Claverly and containing
| Randolph Russell, and westmorely Mr. George
| Fogerty OF Cambridge and Judge DAILY have pur-
| chased lot on Massachusetts, avenue near
tho Baptist church. whore they win erect at onoo
. new dormitory, and Another Is planned for tho
lot where tho famous Univsrdty Press stood