The evening times., 1900-03-06
FOR GREAT AMERICANS
A Hall of Fame to Be Erected by
the New York University.
One Hundred Thousand Dollars Do
mated for the Purpose by IN Tn
ed and the Contract Let-The Pub
lie to BE Asked for Nominations.

NEW YORK, March 6.-The Council OF
! New York University yesterday accepted a
! gift of s100.G for building on University
| Heights, TO be called The Hall of Fame
| for Great Americans. II proposed to
model it after the Ruhmes Halle at Mum
| ich. 1t will be in the form of a semi
! circle rounding out toward the west SEC
! feet long, Is feet wide. and 10 feet high.
/ Within the colonnade panels will be aced
! bearing the names of Americans deemed
! the greatest in their respective fields. The
| contract has already been let to John J.
| Tucker, who will place the subcontracts
within a week and begin work.
McKim Mead White are the archi-
tects. The foundation will be OF Massa-
chusetts granite, the pediments and COL
umns Of Indiana limestone the ceilings Of
/ Gusta vino and the roof of red Spanish
tile. The building will be completed in
September, and will connect the Hall of
Philosophy with the Hall of Languages.
Chancellor MacCracken wished TO get
permission to announce the name of tie
university's generous friend. but he was
allowed TO say only that he is a resident
CT this city Besides giving a beautiful
building 10 the institution and New York
the donor will start a movement which
will doubtless be of great educational
value TO the country. though it may. as
DIR. MacCracken says, cause many discus
sions.
One hundred and fifty panels, about two
feet by eight. will be put up in the colon
made. Fifty names will be inscribed in
1900, if so many are approved, which is not
thought probable. At the close OF every
five years afterward FIVE more panels will
be inscribed, so that all of them will be
completed by A. d, 2000. The statue, bust
or portrait of any person whose name Is
inscribed may receive a place either in
The Hall Of Fame" or in the adjoining
museum.
The university will ask for nominations
from the public until May l. Every name
seconded by any member OF the Senate
the chancellor. with the dean and senior
professor of each of the six theological
schools in or near New York city-will be
submitted to 100 or more professors or
writer's of American history who may be
approved by the Senate. These authori-
ties on history the institution will begin
Immediately to select. expecting to get
most Of them from the American Historical
Association. The following rules were
formulated:
mo name will be inscribed unless ap-
proved by majority of the answers re-
ceIved from this body of judges before
October l of the year of election, and each
name must be finally approved by two
thirds vote of the thirteen regular MEN,
bers of the New York University Senate
and by majority of the honorary mem
bers voting. the latter being each the
president or representative of one of the
six theological faculties in or near New
York city.
NO name may be inscribed except of a
person born in what is now the territory
of the United States, and of a person who
has been deceased at least ten years.
I'm the first fifty names must be includ
ed one or more representatives of ma
jority of the following fifteen classes of
citizens: Authors and editors. business
men, educators, inventors. missionaries
and explorers, philanthropists and reform
ers, preachers and theologians, scientists
engineers and architects, lawyers and
judges. musicians. painters and sculptors,
physicians and surgeons, rulers and
statesmen, soldiers and sailors. distin
guished men and women outside the above
classes.
should these restrictions leave vacant
panels in any year, the Senate may fill
the same the ensuing year, following the
same rules
The members of the council who were
present were Lemuel Skidmore William
S. Opdyke, the Rev DR.. George Alexander,
Israel C. Pierson, William F. Havemeyer,
Chancellor MacCracken, DR.. John P. Mum,
Cyrus c. Miller, John J. Tucker, the Rev.
Dr. John Ried, Charles A. Gardiner, and
James G. Cannon.