Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-23
NEW SEMINARY IS ASSURED
Builders Get Contract for Presbyterian
Theologians School.
IT IS TO COST ABOUT $4,000
Three stories Beside Basement, Con-
.structed OF Light Brick and Fur
nIshed with the MOdern
Convenience.

The executive committee OF the Presby-
terian Theological seminary has awarded
the contract for the erection Of the new
Building to Thomas Herd, Twenty-eighth
and Franklin streets, Omaha. Saturday
afternoon President NJ. d. Lowrie, Rev. e..
Hart jerks, Robert Dempster, ]. H. Adams
and ]. g. Wharton, members Of the COM
mittee, staked off the grounds for the build
ing and the exoavating for the basement
will begin Monday.
The new building will cost between $4,000
and $50, 900 and will be three stories tall,
besides a basement. II Will be constructed
OF light colored brick and will have all
modern convenienees. It is to be l54 feet
long and fifty feet wide, Of modern archi-
lecture. Fisher & Lawrie are the archi-
tects.
Interior Arrangement.
The building will contain an auditorium
for the general meetings Of the public,
graduating exercises and oratorical con-
tests; sleeping rooms fol the students,
recitation rooms, private offices for the
president and secretary and a gymnasium
in the basement. 1t is to be completed by
September / and the fall term of the SEMI
nary will open October 1. The building
committee is composed OF the president, DR..
AVNIIgf % ~ yin" e
Dempster, secretary OF the board.
The new seminary will be erected on the
northwest corner of the six-acre tract In
Kountze addition, south Of Emmett street
and west OF Twentieth street boulevard.
The ground was purchased about a year
ago at a cost Of $50, 900.
For the last ten years the seminary has
been at Ninth and Harvey streets, owning
the building which 1t occupies and tbs
ground. Fol some time the building has
been inadequate to tie number of students
and the executive complttee has been at
work making preparations for the erection
Of the new building. The old place will be
sold and the proceeds derived therefrom
will 90 toward paying for the new build
ing.
Money Comes Literally.
The seminary was founded by the general
assembly Of the Presbyterian church in the
same manner as the Mccormack seminary
in Chicago, which has attained a national
reputation. ]. G, wharton, q member OF
the executive committee, said: W have
been contemplating the erection Of anew
building for over a year. The school has
grown to such proportions that the old
quarters are entirely Inadequate and we
md that It is imperative that a larger and
more commodious building De erected. wv
have received many donations from mem
bers Of the Presbyterian church and from
generous liberal minded parties who desire
TO see the new building erected. A friend
Of the seminary in the east recently sen;
the committee 5000 to be placed in tn,
building fund. At the time the ground wac
purchased Herman Kountze gave us a
liberal donation and many others have con-
tributed. In facts the citizens generally
have been most liberal with us. The semi
nary ID the only institution Of the kind be-
tween Chicago and San Francisco and Il
under the direction Of the general assembly
Of the Presbyterian church. DIR. Lowri
will continue as president"