The sun., 1901-11-15
QUAINT BUILDINGS AT YALE.
Two New Chapter Houses OF Fine but
Unusual Architecture.

NEW HAVEN Conn, Nov. 1.-TWO new
Yale buildings that are Of striking archi-
lecture are the Book and Snake chapter
house and the Tombs, another chapter
house. The Book and Snake building Is
really one Of the most imposing in the VI
cinity of the Yale campus. II stands on the
corner Of Grove and High streets. just west
OF the new Bicontennial dining hall and
across the street from the Grove street
cemetery. The structure looks like an
| immense mausoleum in white marble. As
a matter OF fact 1t is a copy OF an Athenian
temple. The building was started last
February and has just been completed
II is entirely Of white marble and looks
| like one huge block of stone. 1t is 20 feet
| in length, 40 feet in width and IS feet high
There isn't a window in the building,
as far as can be seen. The only door that
Is visible is the double oak door in the front
| facing Grove street. There Is small door
that is reached by fight of stone steps AZ
the southwest corner of the building lead
| ing into the basement. This door Is not
noticeable from the street There are
four Ionic columns, two on each side OF the
entrance, each column being practically the
| full height Of the building and about five
| feet in diameter A flight OF four marble
steps extending the entire front OF the build
| ing leads to a marble landing, and from
this five more marble steps lead to the
marble porch on which stand the Ionic
columns that support the front OF the mar
| bic roof. The roof Is only slightly sloping.
There are about four hundred members
| In Book and Snake and II is considered by
| the college element as one OF the weaithlest
,s,h Nala Tntx ~
one of the well known members is John Hays
Hammond, '78, known to all college men
| as Jack Hammond, who figured so con-
spicuously in the Jameson raid.
The Tomb, and il looks for all the world
like tomb. is on Temple street about TWO
| blocks from the campus. lhousands pass
II week in and week out and wonder 10
themselves what the queer looking struc,,
ture is for. Those unfamiliar with local
history made up their minds at once that
il marks the last resting place OF SOM
college dignitary or one OF the early set
tiers of New Haven. The Tomb is prac,,
tically in the centre OF a plot OF ground
that has frontage Of about fifty feet and
is the society house Of the Nu Deuteron
Chapter Of the Phi Gamma Deita iTa.erni.y ,i.r
temple. The building is 90 feet deep. 50
feet wide and 80 feet high. The front is
of granite with fagstone trimmlngs' Inc
rest Of the building is brick. The suuc-
| tllre is narrower AT tne TOoi I'm" a. -
base. II is this tapering from foundation
to roof that gives it the appearance OF
burial vault or tomb. 49,
| In has been said that this chapter mouse
is no more entitled TO the name OF he lomn
than any other building in which the secret
societies Of Yale gather, all OF when are
known 10 their members as tombs bu'
il is certainly strikingly suggestive OF its
name in style. -.
AT the only entra to the Iomb are
double doors Of copper, set IN aoou'
eight feet from the top of the Night OF stone
steps leading up to the entrance. lhert
are two granite columns at the entrance
on the top of each being carved caballsuC
hicroglyphcs just over the door are W. w.
rectangular windows about inches wius
and n foot high of stained glass. Worf
on this building was begun year ago aho
IL is not vet completed, although the mem
hers Of the society found the work 40 Ia
advanced some time ago that they wer'
able TO hold Invitations there. The IN
Gamma Delta fraternity has forty-elRh
chapters and $500 members Al fah
IL is the only society taking members IRON
all Departments. The legal organization
which builds the hall Is the Fowler irus
Association, corporation FORMED %
special act Of the Connecticut Legislaturt
A J. Wise, Yale so. Of New York Is Presl
. dent: T A Vernon, Yale rs. also OF Ne'
York. il Secretary and Treasurer. an
DR. r. s. Hoffman, Professor OF Phllosoph
in Union College, II Nlce-Presldent'