The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-24

90 The Ei-,.ul.uuiaI AT IaI. this week.
especially tu. distinguished saEaut= who
have been beer. Ass the representatives ~
lhe universities abroad and of other coLu-
tries Of To, world. have found that not
the least iHJe~, sting part Of their sight
seeing in IN. Ci,y of Eluns has been fh"
one remaining building Of the famous
I odd Brick Row.
The architecture 10 D.. found on the
campus of any Institution or learning is
always Indicative. il not SEQ much of sue
ce,diug classes OF students. Jt least os-
sentially $50 OF she founders or the OFF,
Gals AT the time of building
SO Old South Middle the only build
ing OF the Did row still standing, typiues
most effectively th- simplicity Of the
early days Of the college and the spirit
of democracy. which his not disappear
Cd through the two centuries OF student
.iir al Yale
Those of tho visiting hosts w.th an in
I terCst I'm architecture. grandeur have had
mach TO admire in The magnificent new
; buildings which aGorn the campus. but
| for the savaut with an interest in relics
South Middle. standing solitary amid the
/ modern grandeur was his one cousoIa-
/ ton This remarkable relic. however.
/ seems TO have been the only architectural
/ achiel yEleEJ IN the early days worth saw
/ ing.
The first college building IN New Haven,
| though an elaborate affair. had. before it
/ Was sixty years Old, so fallen into decay
/ that repair was out of tho question IL
/ had played an important part i'm the carly
/ years. While Saybrook, Hartford and
/ New Haven, i'm their contest for posses
| sion Of the feeble new school. We're
/ threatening II with outright extinction
J q
/ argument more substantial than WORDS.
/ and proposed TO erect a college building
! The Centre Church gave the Ianu-twO
/ acres - the southeast corner Of The pres
/ tut campus, subscriptions were opened,
. and the work was soon under way Gov
I cTuor SaJoustaI. who built a splendid
/ mansion OF his OWE designing on the east
. shore of La.I SaiICEslaE, was consulted
. IN regard 90 the archiIeCtouIck part Of
} Jur building
By October s. Ia, the structure was
I raised, and by the 5lst the trustees wrote.
I We are in hopes OF having shortly per
. lected a splendid collegiate house. We
/ behold its fair aspect To The marketpiace
+ OF New Haven, mounted In an eminent
place thereof, in length ten rods. IN
! breadth tweuty-One foot. and near thirty
! foot upright. spacious hall, and an
/ equally spacious library, all IN little
/ time TO be spltHdidly completed"
An ancient picture OF the building Is
sTll 10 be seen IN the library. which
Z makes IL easy TO iHagine the Governors
/ placid content as ne DeheId the fruit OF
his imagination with its three stories, its
/ crown OF ChimueyS and dOrmers, and its
. curious belfry. Besides the spacious
. hall on the ground floor. which served
. the double purpose Of dInins-rOom and
J chapel. and IN. equally spacious libra
/ ~. IA. building contained GJTmiJOTy
. room for about sixty students. The be-
quest Of EHhu Yale made possible It's com
a. HH#H q a
great festiylty the cole &c was brought IN
. triumph 10 her permanent home ia New
In the following twenty-five years the
. number Of students increased 50 rapidly
I that in 1910 hair Of them were compelled
I TO lodge lin town Another oOrmitOry
. was clearly a necessity, but the colony
Z was too poor 10 make an appropriation,
. and the matter rested four years. Then
( President Clap. having remarked the sue
cess Of q lottery IN the colony OF NeW
. York induced Connecticut TO set Up the
wheel IN the cause OF a new building NJ iin
Z the money thus raised South Middle was
/ begun. and times were SO hard that the
cornerstone was not lalu uLtA lou. anu as
late as lt53 the rooms were ready for only
E partial occupation In llJZ. however, The
president and fellows with the Deadle.
had entered the unfinished building IA
solemn pOmp. and. performing the rite
Of dedication named il Connecticut Hall
For years il was known as the finest
building In the colony SILath-a-L al
t-ratf1rs have destroyed much Of its
+ original comcIiuess by removing the sam
brel roof and u1rmers and a--la5 a
fourth story, but the curious visitor may
still trace the Hines Of the ancient Sau-tS
Iu the walls at either emf and reconstruct
. in Imagination what must nave bl'A d
BUILDING OF peculiar ulELlle ana cualll-
Even now Dc Is not altogether ugly Win
J the broad goOf. the nicely varied proper
/ tIru of the end windows. ana inc rare
/ tone OF its rcd walls. deeuru,I ana en-
rich,d by time and reminding one Of
. Ruskiu-s delight in the p.um-c"lCret
7 walls of ST Johns College. baInLtllEt-
Z All fits contemporaries are gone. ana lJ5
I Dreseu. position seems 90 doom II 10 al
! most frrvIta bic demolition within SnuLl
/ time Harvard rightly cherishes heI
Massachusetts Hail. and Princeton hyI
. Nassau. Yale men contend tual I'D, UNI
I versity cannot afford 70 lose the "Alt re-
I manning outward mark OF her aut4ulll,
. the last relic OF her early struggles anu
Most Yale men recall the old Athen-
. aeum. with its ugly octaEohal l5"y' :
/ copied if We may believe 10, iioiA In+
Z ArhguIlu Tower uI the w mus. a..N L,2
/ dirgy class rooms where many drraIy
Z hours have been spent Ihey hh," lhg
4 building only after " hdd IalI|l on g' II
days and its early sUlendor had departed
in the old times II was slouhsd WIN q
! high stecpIe Of the welI-known New Eng
. land type, which proudly oFerlooked lhe
I town and haTDOT- The bui-LluS was
] erected Il the time when President Gap.
! i'm the face of bitter and violent opposi-
I ton withdrew the students from the con
2
! Green. and established an independent
church within the college walls FROM
1852 To- 1924 IL served as the college CHAP l.
: A gallery surrounded II on three sides
D within. and three Oratorical roStrd arose
. I I'm front Of the high prWs for use IN the
I Latin disputes From it's pulpit PreSldenl
/ Daggett and President stiles preached
their stirring Revolutionary sermons, ana
[ I'm later years President Dwight the
| elder here labOred with peculiar success
TO recall young men from the atheism
- ] am ra'igiguG 0urlnE Of fIfIlf
The number OF students Increased rapid
IS during the period Of reconstrEstlo
which followed the war Of iudvpen1,
so rapidly in fact that in less than ten
years another 6OrmitOry was nee rd.
- President Stiles Therefore undertook the
construction Of what ne was pleased 10
p call n new "C0cuObium for Classical Co
. habltation." This was no other than
- South College. though few of the present
generation would recognize the plain old
barracks masgalradiug in such rhetorical
fuery- The cornerstone was laid I'm 1893
but the old president hardly lived 10 see
the structure finished
Probably no building had pleasanter as
/ SouiatIous IN the minds Of Yale men or
the nineteenth century than did old South.
/ Il stood near that earlier centre OF college
s life, the original fence. and many are the
I anecdotes and tales Of adventure told III
/ it's memory at reunions even today In
/ I the famous town and gown riots OF the
/ f0Tties. South became the objective point
l OF the struggle when an 1niuri-
I / the green and threatened TO blow
. the building to atoms Here
, in their undergraduate days lodged the De-
/ Z loved Prof Tl-rhtr and Prof Dana the