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easy circulation between these two
rooms 1t will also be possible to move
from the gallery of the dining hall to
the gallery of the auditorium without
going down stairs.
1t has been the purpose of the build
Ing committee to make the three prin-
cipal buildings a part of a general
scheme for the future development of
the entire university, and with this end
In view, they have taken general axis
running north and south, as shown on
the plan, and have grouped these new
buildings around an open court; these
three buildings forming two sides of the
court, the other sides to be built rla+er
The Memorial Hall or rotunda will
come on an angle of the court at the
corner of College and Grove streets and
so connect the general scheme of the
university grounds with the Scientific
school. Tt is their purpose to lay out a
wide avenue running through from the
center of the old Campus of the univer-
sity to this new block, so, as to make
central circulation, and possibly cut an
arch through the Durfee building to
connect this avenue with the old Cam
pus, which may be laid out In an archi-
tectural way, but this portion of the
work Is still under considera ton.
1t has been the endeavor and aim in
the study of this problem to take into
consideration the position of the old
buildings and to establish some axis
which would unite all of the depart
ments of the university now scattered
and make, eventually, monumental
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ademic and Sheffield department togeth-
err and unite them in one group.
The court of the new block will be so
arranged as to make it convenient for
out Of door exercises or class. days and
at other times and, being near the din
ing hall, will make 1t convenient in
cases Of entertainment of any kind.
The administration building, provided
by the generosity of the Misses Stokes,
will be on the west side of the general
circulation and near the entrance of the
principal court yard
It has been the endeavor of the archi-
tect to make plans which will be sim
pie, dependent more upon the ensemble
and the study of character than upon
mere matters of detail.
The dining hall will be a large room
more than two hundred feet long, sixty
feet wide and sixty feet high; mostly
on the interior, but very sim I
pie, with high windows, high enough
from the floor to allow memorial tab
let's to be sunk in the wall underneath
them.
The Auditorium which will be very
large, will be scholastic and classic in
suitable for the large gather
ings a commencement and promenade |
times.
The style of architecture assumed has
been free treatment of the Renais-
sance, somewhat of the character of |
that of the time of Louis XVI, which is |
with the Colonial style in
our own country, but larger in scale |
than the buildings which were built at
that time in this country.
The stone to be used will probably be !
Indiana limestone, which is light in COL |
Or and durable as to quality.
The perspective from the corner Of
College and Grove streets does not con-
iey perfect idea of the material to be
lsed 1t is intended that this shall be
Indiana limestone throughout, very
light in color, so that the contrast
shown in the perspective between the
main walls and the columns will not
exist in fact, and the whole building
will be much lighter in tone than it is
possible to represent them by any pic.
ture, The play of light and shade in
all the mouldings and decorations will
De much more effective.
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western trip, the preliminary canvass,