The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-17
PLANS FOR HARVARD UNION.
HIGH HOPES on THE GOOD THB
INSTITUTION NAY DO.
Advantages and Drawbacks Of the Site
selected Accommodations which 10
Proposed That the New Building Shall
Afford and Some Of Its Attractions.

selected Accommodation which IL 10
Proposed That the New building Shall
Afford and Some Of Its Attractions.
CAMBRIDGE, Mas, June 10. The much
talkcd-of and desired Harvard Union. in spite
of the fact that it ha, apparently dropped
out Of sight for the pa month or so, mas not besn
given up nor has interest in il .lackened. Quite
the contrary. the preliminary plans which were
discussed in detail som" time ago have been
returned to tho architect for tho final or work.
ing plan, which Is now being drawn. II has
been decided A to locate the building on the Wa.
rem estate at Quincy and Harvard streets.
which was left to the university some years
since by Charles Warren, who was knownin con.
nection with his researches in the ancient
Eastern languages.
Asthelocation ofthe Union waSa question for
future as well AZ present college generations
every available site was considered by the com.
mittee which had tho matter in charge Ia
order that the one which would more nearly
meet the demands likely to be made on II in
tho future should be selected. The present
situation, N l. held. l. considerably out OF
the paths of undergraduate traf1c and hence
II tho Union were bull, there the men would
defeat the very purpose for which II was built
by not resortinc there with any frequency.
Against the other sites tn. main objection
was that of cost. This could easily have been
met by raising additional funds, but after
dlsc,iSSinG the matter it was decided that the
other sites would not repay the additional
expenditure required. The present site is easily
accessible To all the centres of college activity.
and Is only n step The car lines. Then, too.
no man can say which way the growth of the
university will be in the future. In case the
elevated railway. which is promised with.
in the next two years, should decide to enter
Cambridge by Mount Auburn street, now the
fashionable part Of studentdom, II isquestion.
able whether the clubs and the now fashionable
dormitorios will be so popular as they are at
present. Removal by one Of these organize
tions would tend to mako the locality into which
they should go n popular one and the desire
Of men to go into another neighborhood would
be quickly followed by tho erection OF fine dor.
mitories, Which way this exodus shall 20
no man can tell. and it may be that the bucolie
neighborhood which surrounds the Warren
estate and is-altholgh little freuuented- one
OF the ~prettiest in Cambridge. will be the one
selected. Should the undergraduate centre
remain where II is or move 10 the other side Of
the college yard, which is improbable, the War
rem estate would still be very near the centre Of
things and readily accessible. One OF the
greatest arguments in It's favor that was pre-
sented To the committee was the fact that IL
the Warren estate, were taken for a site IL
would be impossible for the union ever to be
overshadowed as might he done by the erection
OF high buildings If he club were contiguous to
p w,s otTo rrSr hr no The I'm v plsfe Of frn pr0 p { .rGsr too.
which leaves n greater sum to be expended
on the building itself.
The main entrance Of the building will face
cony and give directly into a large living room.
This balcony and the room itself will COM
m b1ond H HTss v d Square 1 q q ana d6 a pr9H, d;t 81 the shs
the University, Club of New York city. 1t will be
furniture Of comfortable design. This will
be the great common meeting ground of the
university. Here q man may resort with his
dozen or 50 comfort able hooks which the fur
nishing will provide, Here, too. will be the
trophies won on the athletic field or river course
youngsters that Harvard is but a mimic world
from which men e., to do the deeds OF life:
the MEMORIALS to the men who died IN the
he1shaw, Ialcott Saunders. Lehma nm, stoves
desired it will, be held in this room and tn.
the way at short notice.
While 1t is desired TO prevent the union from
becoming a mere eating place. II has been de.
lunch may be obtained There will be. now
ever, rooms where largo dinners may be served
either by the club stew ard or by outside caterers
on occasion. A room where women visiting
students may obtain lunch has b. en- provided
for. 4 billiard room TO contain sixteen tables.
arranged In such a way that the noise will not
be audible in the main living room. will. with
the library. complete the first floor.
The latter Is expected 10 become a feature
Of the. club, Already .s?O,@o has been sub
scribed BY james II Hyde q New York to
vnppn mill ha .apuf.IAH iptn I bTAa diyisinne In
these three there W III be ample chance for men
who desire To -tudy, for those who wish TO
read in a casual way. and i- those who wish to
mingle reading with conversation. IT il pur.
posed to have standard books of reference In
the library, but 10 devote a large portion OF
~" The PC rooms rotSn.'a Upstairs ",r ' viii be ntp tie service Of
any Of the clubs which desire 10 use them upon
giving notice TO tie steward. None OF them
will be sci aside for the exclusive use OF any So
ciety. The debating clubs, particularly the
class organi2at tons. viii find these rooms espe-
oially adapted TO their use. For organizations
which may make use " the union for such pur-
poses, there will be locker accommodations. az
well rs for the other members, in the basement.
The res' OF the basement will be divided up into
bicycle rooms, a barber shop. bowling alley and
the like. The Offices OF the Athletic Associa-
ton will also be on TIL floor. II is desired that
some of the college publications have their Of
fees in the building, but no arrangement has
been made to this end.
The question OF having bedrooms, which
members Ol the Clup ava A. tiliteN WHO nap
pen to be visiting CainhridEr nay occupy, has
not vet been definitely ,ettled, but Will be left
for the HolIs" Committee.
Much depends on the failure or success OF
the Union, for il il there that those conflicting
interests which have kept Harvard from be-
coming centralized, will be mot, and II II lspos-
sible, overcome, " the III" that Will be- offered
there II entered INFO by the undergraduates Har-
yord will be- Il broader and more profitable unit
vsrsity. The Union Will IN no way oppose the
social clubs which now exist, they love their
uses ard will continue 10 have them IN the fu-
ture, but the Union. II the ~high-mnded inten-
tions Of the man who made il possible are car
ried out. will DO more than any social club. y
will he the grpnt university home.