New-York tribune., 1901-07-18
NEW HARVARD BUILDINGS,

UNIVERSITY IN CAMBRIDGE-MANY
NEw-YORKERs AMONG THE
GIVERS.
The great expansion of Harvard University has
,voved unusual activity in building in the last
+uo or three years. and it seems likely that this
..,,,atv will increase rather than diminish. for
same time TO come. A number OF the new ouild-
ore the gifts as would be expected, of Bos
n;ans and alumni of the college, but 1t is a
.o,,b,e fact that no less than six of those which
have recently been erected or are soon to be be-
g,n have been provided by the generosity or
Nsw-Yorkers in no way connected with the uni
varsity These are the three buildings for the
sw medical school, out of five proposed. for
which Mr. Morgan has promised over S1,Ooo.Ooo;
,he Stillnan Infirmary, in Mount Auburn-st,
overlooking the Charles River. given by James
stlman president of the National City Bank;
.be Semitic museum the gift, with a large part
NJ the valuable collections ii contains, of Jacob
z. sch:n, and the beautiful new Architectural
Building in the yard, a memorial Of Mr.. and
Mrs Nelson Robinson TO their son, member OF
one of the recent classes in the college.
The new buildings of the medical school are
exnected TO be the finest and best equipped or
tbe,r kind in the world, with ample provision
for original research, well as for instruction
They will be situated in Brookline, little ols-
tanoe beyond the Back Bay Fens, the new park
which is soon likely to become the centre OF
fashionable and artistic life in Boston The site
comprises twenty-six acres, and Will contain
provision for the dental as well as the meoicai
school, with opportunity for hospital, ana IN
deed. practically indefinite expansion along any
lines desired The total cost Of the five bullo-
inss. as designed by the architects Shepley'
Rutan & Coolidge. of Boston, will be in the
,e,gbborhood of 100000 Mr.. Morgan's gift
sncudes the main central administration build
ing and two adjacent side pavilions, to be de-
voted respectively. to anatomy. histology and
embryology and TO physiology and physiological
chemistry.
The i've buildings are 10 surround three SIDES
Of a court $50 feet deep by 215 feet wide and
viii be built OF limestone in q uniform style or
architecture The first building on the right on
entering is planned for the pathological oac-
THEOLOGICAL and surgical departments The op-
posite building-that is. the first one on the left
hand side-is to be devoted to pharmacology ano
hygiene The administration building VIII be
In the centre. facing the entrance Here VIII be
students lounging apartment. faculty room
the administration department and the general
Offices of the school. Three lecture rooms. each
having a seating capacity Of two hundred. are
IN no an the second floor above which will be
the Warren anatomical museum.
LAND BOUGHT BY SYNDICATE.
The land on which this group of buildings is
10 be built was obtained a few years ago by
syndicate for s650.OOu They bought it to hold
for five years. agreeing to sell to Harvard at
any time in that period at cost. plus the in
terest and taxes This land has yet to be OBJ
tained before work CT construction can be begun,
but in all probability the stimulus of Mr. Nor
gan's great gift will make its acquisition com
paratively simple
The Stillnnan Infirmary. which is also designed
by shepley Rutan & Coolidge, is INTENDED eE-
elusively for persons connected with the nnlVer-
sity and should be important feature OF the
general system of medical care which was IN
augurated at Harvard few years ago by the
appointment of a medical visitor who should
look after the general health of students resd-
ing in Cambridge The building itself is OF red
brick and limestone. suggesting the Georgian
period The first story contains a vestbule lead
ing from the porch TO an entrance hall, whlch
is finished in quartered oak, with panelied walls
and stucco rnouldings, and foored with whlte
marble To the right of the entrance hall are
the Office and matron's quarters, to the iert an
Iron stairway with marble treads leads to the
floor above On the first floor are also doctors
rooms bedrooms the sterilizing room dispen-
sary. and bathrooms The second and third
floors each contains a large ward. accornfnodat,
Ing eight beds with three rooms OF one peo
each and a serving room, linen closet, oaths:
etc The fourth is given over TO the nurses
Quarters. and the basement contains kitchen;
laundry. dining room for servants heating ana
eleVatcr apparatus.
THE SEMITIC MUSEUM.
The erection of a Semitic museum was made
possible by Mr Schin two years ago. when he
offered $4,000 on condition that equal sum
should be subscribed by others before a certain
date. Subsequently, Mr. Schif expressed his
Willingness 10 give the entire $50, 50,000-afterward
raised TO s60.O00-if the other subscribers would
aiiow their gifts TO be used for purchasing col
.eeuons This was agreed 10 by all, and The TO-
"a sum consequently available for collections is
sDout $4,000. The museum is in Divinity ave.
near the Peabody Museum. The material is
oiicK and limestone. There are three stories.
siln frontage Of 50 feet and extreme depth
~ " % feet On the first floor is lecture room
~ seal 40 persons To the left is smaller lect-
s ar room, and adjoining II is the library. An ad-
TOT TOT N the rear contains small lecture room
-; - second and third floors contain the exhibit
80 80. nalls with room for the curator. The archi-
pans rs a w LongfelloW who also designed the
ttiips Brooks House Harvard Owing to
absence OF the curator in Europe 10 pur-
81 op1ects for the collections. ii is not expect
un,n 'at the museum will be regularly opened
1a'a next year
ni OF ARCHITECTURAL BUILDING.
any account Of the Architectural Building In
ma harvard yard. which is the last in this re-
t@'ie series Of New-York gifts to the Cam
n. university. would miss much of the real
ad3oire OF the beautiful memorial which now
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