Evening journal., 1901-11-08
BUILDING IN
BEING IMPROVED
Old Delaware College to be
Modern Structure
HAS THREE DORIC PORTICOES
Additional Buildings Add Greatly Il
The Convenience Of ihe Newark
Institution
HAS THREE DORIC PORTICOES

As the building operations at Delaware
College gradually approach completion.
the very marked Improvement to result
becomes apparent When the work is
done the old dormit0ry, the original col
lege building, now nearly seventy years
standing, will have been converted into
handsome, substantial and convenient
modem structure, without any sacrifice
or the characteristics that originally gave
1t simple dignity and charm
Inc original building was "a cruciform
structure that had for It's Distinguishing
feature 4 dignihed approach in the form
oil q broad flight of exterior steps leading
10 "a high plllared pOrticO in the DOric
style The design has now been carried
out and completed by the addition to each
/ wing of three-stOry structures parallel
10 the main building. Each OF these adj
ditions is fr0nted with a pavilion of the
| same general style as the central pOrticO
save that the outside steps are omitted.
/ The result is building with a frontage
| Of nearly 200 feet, and a depth In the
/ main structure, including the approach
of nearly l50 feet and an effect of three
impressive Doric porticoes. The floor
| space is thus increased by eight thousand
/ square feet. The building win contain,
! besides laboratories and recitation rooms
between thirty-hve and forty sleeping
| rooms for students. The new portion OF
the structure will be occupied mainly by
laboratories, offices, the halls of the lit
crary societies, and the Young Mems
Christian Association, and the quarters
of the resident professor and the matrOn
of the Students Dining Club The
ground floor of the addition TO the east
| wing in dimensions seventy-twO by thirty
| feet, VIII contain the biological labOra-
| tory, occupying a room twenty-eght by
twenty-five feet and two large class
rooms. On the second floor will be tho
| photograph laboratory with its dark
room. and two large class rooms, and on
the third floor will be the quarters of the
chronological laboratory, and the rooms
of the meteorological laboratory of the
state Board of Health
The addition to the west wing will
contain ON the ground floor comfortable
suites of apartments for the resident pro-
fessor and the steward. the kitchen. and
a large lavatory for the students, with
bath tubs, shower-baths, basins, and all
other cOnveniences. This room will have
a floor of cement. 1t viii communicate
with n large locker room on the second
floor.
The literary societies and the Young
Mems Christian Association viii have
: apartments each twenty-eight feet hy
twenty-five feet, and ten feet high, on
the second and third floors of this ad
diton. The stairways of this part of the
building and of the east wing Will ho
enclosed In brick walls. so that danger
from fire may he averted.
Tho whole interior of the old building
has been renovated. Floors have been
relaid, all the girders and floor ioists have
been replaced, walls and ceilings have
been replnstered each sleeping apartment
has been provided with a transom for
better ventilation, and the wood trim
ming has been renewed.
pcrhaps the most striking improvement
i'm the interior of the building Is that
mndc To the oraiory and its approach.
The room, that is used ON commencement
occasions. used to be approached through
"a passage only eight feet wide. inns
passage has now been widencd TO twelve
fect and decorated with a wainscOting,
( ceiling beams OF plaster of paris, tuscan
pilasters and handsome cornice. The
main front door, admitting To this pass
Iage has been widened, as has the door
leading from the passage 20 the oratory
The orat0ry has been decorated on the
( same general plan as the foyer Leading
, 20 IT, AT the intersection Of the plaster
of paris ceiling beams have been placed
electric bulbs, In such fashion as To light
the room very agreeahly. and also C
form part of the scheme of decoration.
The room, which is rather low for its
length of seventy-eight feet ana breadth
of thirty-eight feet. viii gain i'm apparent
height hy the Tuscan pilasters running
from the wainscot TO the cornice IN,
stage will be frontcd with a wide, fiat
1 arch springing from Tuscan pilastcrs
, and this arch viii he ilanked ON eact
side by arched doorways. The wood
work of the room, including the pilasters
p will be painted ivory white, and the wal
space will be painted m some h9rm9hlou,,
I color. The room when completed vii
b be one of the handsomest assembly room
3 i'm the State The seats will probably he
I orchestra chairs.
When the work of repairs is completed
D. there will bc formal opening of th
building. to which The friends OF IN
D COLLEGE and the public officials of th
@ State win be invited, and eminent speak
- ers will hc asked to address this reunion
r i'm celebration of am important epoc
I'M the life of Delaware College.