The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-23
YALE UNIVERSITY.
Plane for the Central Quadrangle-The
 Steinert Gift.

! l Steinert Gift.
 | The plans for the intermediate of the
 three Yale quadrangles-that bounded l by Elm, High, College, and Wall streets have been in a general way disclosed l during the last few days. The Payer weather dormitory will almost duplicate
 and will parallel White, with one of it's
 narrower ends on Elm street, nearly opposite the western end of Durfee Hall | Between it and White will be a court | with oblong grass-plots, but it is not in- | tended that the dormitory line suggeet- | ed by Fayerweather Hall shall extend | northward to Wall street, space being | left north of the new dormitory for a 1 kind of court The effect of the whole
 in the very irregular quadrangle will be kind of cruciform court, without
 much symmetry or perspective, but util- izing space much better than would
 more regular plan. A regular quad
 rangle indeed, was out of the question,
 owing to the position of West Divinity Hall, with its long northward exten- sion. The avenue through the quad rangle from Elm street to Wall will be
 about ninety feet wide, and opposite the
 archway through Durfee Hall, which
 will be similar to the archway in Van
 derbilt.
 No further plans have been made for
 the midway quadrangle or for utiiz-
 ing the former residence of ex-President
 Dwight, though, while ago, it was stated that that property would prob
 ably be used for .dormitory. Several private dwellings, still remain to be
 bought on Wall and College streets. and
 are held at most exorbitant prices-sug-
 gested at the recent cost of property on Wall street for which the university in one case had to pay $534 front foot, or probably double the selling price of re- atty near by, not needed in the new building scheme. These excessive prices, coupled with the high cost of labor and materials, will draw heavily on the bicentennial funds, Notwith- standing the strong graduate sentiment in favor of reserving South Middle as a relic in these expansive building schemes, there can be little doubt that it must go. When once North Middle and Lyceum are taken away, and the grand quadrangle is only marred by South Middle propped up at the most  picturesque corner in front of Wander bit, sentiment in behalf of the old struc- ture will quickly vanish.
 The gift of MT. Steinert of New Haven of hie musical collection is most unique one, representing his labor of lifetime, the expenditure of large sum of money, shrewd research, and skilled judgment. It contains about 800 pieces, and, with it's scientific series, showing the development of stringed instru- ments, 1t has high educative as well | as historical value. It belongs dis tinctively to the musical department.
 The collection is given on condition that a suitable building or room be pro- vided for it. requiring an area probably of not less than 1000 square feet. Be- sides the instruments there is valu able collection of scores of the old mas tere and photogra phic manuscripts. MT. | Steinert, it will be recalled gave four | years ago the musical department four of $10O each and one of $150. | That department is now one of the most | promising in the university in spirit | and in material growth, owing largely | to the enthusiasm and self-sacrificing 4 la borS of PrOfS. Parker and Sanford.