The sun., 1900-07-22
YALE'S NEW BUILDINGS.
Az AECHITECIURiE TRANSFORMS.
TION NOW GOING ON.

Changes Which VIII Makc Guide Necessary
for the OLD Graduate who Revisit, tho
CniveTsIy at the Biccntsnaiai Next
rcsr-An Expenditure Of -. 600. .OOO.
New HAVEN. July al When the Yae grad-
uate OF ten years back returns to New havsa
In October 1901. for the celebration OF Yales
2ooth anniversary. he will need guide to con-
duct him about the Yale campus and show
him Yale's new buildings, unless he has bean
In the habit OF visiting New naven frequently.
Yale University has besn practically rebuilt
during the last ten years. and between now and
the bicentennia the finishing touches VIII bs
put on the work On Tuesday Of this week
contracts were let for the construction Of four
new buildings. which are to form new campus
and the erection Of which wfl cost close TO q
million and half OF dolle-s.
To commemorate hsr 2oOth Anniversary
Yao will erect what will be known ss the Me-
mortal buildings. There will be three Of them,
a large dining hall which viii accommodate
the entire undergraduate body. a memorial
vestibule which will be a sort OF hall of heroes
In which the names Of Yale's distinguished
graduates will be Inscribed. and an auditorium
large enough 10 accommodate the greatest
audiences that ever assemble at Yale at COM
nencement time or on other important 90
casions.
Adjacent to these three buildings there has
been begun the construction Of fourth, which
Will form part Of the new square. 1t will be
known ~ Woodbridge Hall. twill cost 100000
and Is the gilt OF the Misses Stokes Of New
YORK. aunts OF Anson Phelps Stokes. Jr., tho
new secretary OF the corporation. This build
Ing will be for the Use Of the executive officers
OF the university, II will also contain large
room where the meetings Of the corpora alton
will be held
On block adjoining the square where the
Memorial buildings Will stand a ffth big build
Ing u now In process OF construction This
u the Fayerweather dormtory. 1t will cost
100000 and is being constructed with tho
sS5O,ooo which Yale received from the Fayer-
weather estate. This dormitory WIN BE- one
Of the best that Yale possesses In the same
square as the Memorial buildings sixth new
building is now being erected by a few of the
graduates II is the chapter house Of the
Delta Phi fraternity. This hall will be the
most expensive and elaborate Of the many
secret society halls at Yale. II Is OF white
marble modelled after an old Greek temple
and will cost $4,000.
Between now and October. 1901. the Medical
School will erect three new buildings, which will
practically mean the rebuilding of the home
Of this department OF the university. There
are therefore. at least ten buildings to be COM
peted In time for the celebration Of Yale's
2O0th anniversary. The cost Of these build
inRs will amount TO nearly Ss.OOo 900. This
will be the substantial way In which Yale pro-
poses 10 celebrate her 2OOth birthday.
These ten new buildings. however, form
only part of the architectural reconstruction
OF Yale that has taken place during the past
ten years Since 1890 Yale has erected. largely
through gifts, the following buildings: Law
renee Dormitory. Dwight F,ll. the new gym.
naslum, Kent Laboratory Osborne Hail a reci.
tation building, and Welch ard Vanderbilt
halls. both dormitories. and II has made large
addition TO Bate Chapel All Of these build
ings stand on the old campus. In order to
make room for them il has been necessary to
raZe 10 the ground what was known "a 'Old
Yale" The old fence was first destroyed,
and since that time the buildings Of the old
brick row have fallen one by one. OF this
famous row Of plain brick buildings. which
until a quarter of n ntury ago consti tuted all
Of Yale College. there are now only three left,
South Middle College. the Iyceum and North
College. All the rest have been torn down to
make way for new Yale despite the protests
of graduates who believed that sentiment was
more important for a college than big and
comfortable new buildings.
Adjacent 70 the original campus a new cam.
pns was started four years ago with the cree
ton OF White and Berkeley dormitories These
buildings are situated in the square bounded
by Elm. College. Wall and High street, The
buildings of the Divinity School occupy the
southeast corner Of this square. White and
D. IL uolls tha
FnyerN Gather Hall will run straight through
the centre Of the square parable! to White and
Berkeley halls 1t will form one Of q group
OF seven hui dings which when completed
will form a new square Of dorniitories These
dormitories will fill half Of the block. The
Divinity School occupies a quarter section Of
the block, The remaining quarter contains
the home of former President Dwight and .
few other houses. The home Of President
Dwight has just been decided to Yale 80 the
university owns practically all Of this block.
The block on which the Memorial buildings
are to be erected is adjacent to this last block.
and is bounded by Wall. College. Grove and
Hiyh streets These three squares are par
allel to one another and 1t is the purpose Of the
university eventually to join them all together
by series OF gateways. This is the hrst aDn-
eral plan that has ever been laid out FOR the
Arrangement Of Yde's buildings. Had the
college Of 100 years ago formed plan such a.
this, the university buildings would undoubtedly
have been moved away from the csntro OF the
city, and 1t would not have been necessary
rs il hos been during the past ten years for Yale
10 expend hundreds OF thousands Of dollars
for expensive city property in order to get
ground room for her buildings. The COST OF
land has made It necessary TO pile the build
ings together For this reason Yale will nsver
have such handsome campuses as Harvard or
Princeton or Pennsylvania, or Cornell
These are by no means all Of the buildings
that will be new to the graduate Of tan years
ago who comes to New Haven In 1901 for the
first time since graduation. Over At the 6den-
titic School he will find the big engineering
building, known as Winchester Hall. and tho
new Chemical Laboratory. one Of the largest
and finest in the world. The last OF the old
Sheffield mansions has also come into possess
sion Of the university and is now used W
laboratory. The Cloistcr. At. An
thongs Hall, York Hall and st. Elmo Hall.
all dormitories Of the secret societies Of tho
Scientific School, have been. erected within tho
past few years.
Over in College street close by the new cam
pus the university recently acquired what Is
known as College Street Ilnll. which 10 now the