New-York tribune., 1901-07-28
NEW DORMITORY FOR WONEN
BUILDING WHICH is BEING ERECTED
FOR THE USE OF GIRL STUDENTS
AT COLUMBIA

ne new dorInitory TOR the women students OF
Columbia University. which has been in course of
One -hundred-and twentieth-st., for some months
is nearing completion. This building. which ex-
tends through TO One-hundred- twenty -irst-st
Will cost about 100000. Its stories loom high
above the neighboring buildings. and can be seen
Tor many miles mp the Hudson
Columbia has long needed dor-ntories and this
the first attempt which has been made by the
authorities TO supply these accommodations will
surely meet with success The building is we'll
arranged. and has accommodation for over one
thousand students in the dormitorics alone while
many more will occupy the. apartments which
To be under the same roof 1t is divided by
courts into four wings. which. give a literary
tone to the place. will be called after the New
England poets-the Lowell. the Emerson. Longfe!-
low Hall and Whittier Hall. The first two will be
apartments. while the halls and connecting por-
tions or the building will he used as dormtories
on the ground floor is a handsome entrance hall.
which. even In its unfinished state. shows signs OF
being elaborate when il is completed AT each end
of this is vestibule. with a large dome. Opening
from these are a reception room. which will be
furnished afford a suitable place for the
girls 10 entertain their friends, and a common
roor where they can gather. and where d home
like atmosphere will be found, Opposite this room
will be library, where the more common college
hooks he had and where the studious NAV
spend their hours grinding" as their soothing
classmates call hard study in derision. Part Of
this floor will be devoted TO shops which will be of
such kind as TO invite the patronage of the stu
dents. Some downtown bank will be asked to
have branch here. while drug, book and other
stores viii hnd ample accommodations there. At
the sides there are entrances and waiting rooms
for the occupants of the apartments
on each OF the upper floors hundred
suites. to give sitting room TO be shared by
two girls At the corners are apartments of seven
eight rooms which will prove convenient for
families whose children are resident at the uni
versty The top floor is devoted TO the restaurant.
The dining halls provided with large windows.
and the view from these sky parlors is extremely
beautiful To the soIth the campus can De seen.
with all that goes on there, to the north and east
Harlem is seen. stretching out in all directions,
discernibIe. To the west one may see Grants
Tomb, and behind ii the broad stretch of the Hud-
son, with the Palisades beyond BESIDES the reg
ular meals which win be served on the top floor.
This will be a great convenience many Of the
students who have little time between their recita-
The cost of board will be moderate posi-
bile A furnished room and BOARD will probably
cost IS a week. although the more luxurious suites
will cost twice or three times as much the
varying from $i1oO TO $500
The only fault which the students OF Columbia
for the women, who are at present better fixed
in this way than the men,. Fisk Hall. in Barnard.
now furnishes accommodation Tor many Young
While the men will not be excluded from
the new building they will he allowed only to lease
the apartments and the expensive suites next 70
them. This arrangement does not SUIT the male
tories are opened there will be a decided protest
made that they be treated at least with as much
started the rumor that President Low is OPP
posed TO the building of dormitoriss FOR the men;
because II would then be difficult to control
the student body, but the autumn will probably
show that he has already made arrangements 10
erect similar building for the men students.
HELP NEEDED FOR FATHERLESS FAMILY
The Charity Organization Society asks for $40
to provide monthly allowance for widow with
four children, the oldest OF whom is nine years Of
age With small amount OF assistance she has
recently been supporting herself and family by
work as janitress CT school building. but has
lost this position, at least for the summer. She
has mainly supported herself since her husbands
death two years ago. The family also includes her
mother. eighty years of age Although she will
be able TO earn something by days work. il Will
be necessary. in order to prevent the commitment
her and occasional assistance in other ways.
Any money for this sent to the Charity Or
ganzation Society No. los East Twenty
St. will be duly and publicly acknowledged.