The Jersey City news., 1902-06-07
old NASSAU
Many Changes Planned in
the Building at
Princeton.
MORE DoRnlqoRIEs COMING
New Structure and Removal
Of Landmark Will Trans
form Campus.
COMING

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The growth of Princeton University
has been by leaps rather than by a
steady movement. Ever since President
Burr took the fret great step and
brought the College of New Jersey from
the town of Newark 10 the little hamlet
Of Princeton the life of the college has
been marked with periods Of vigorous ac-
tivity followed by a relaxation during
which time the institution appeared to
make little progress, says the Princeton
Correspondent Of the Newark Sunday
| News.
After the Civil War an influx Of life
came to the New Jersey college, almost
wrecked By. the struggle just ended, and
at that time the institution had one Of
its greatest periods of growth. 1t was
then that Dickinson Hail. Reunion Hall,
the old gymnasium and several other
buildings were erected. The early eigh-
ties saw another strong movement in the
| growth of the institution, and in the
nineties there developed spirit of re-
| juvenescence of the college, and this re-
suited in the erection of some Of Prince
toms handsomest buildings.
| Though the changes brought about be-
tween the years 1890 and 1900 were SO
great that graduates returning after a
considerable lapse of time were scarcely
able to recognize their old college, the
Transformation of Prineeton's campus
will be much more complete when the
| buildings now under construction have
been finished and the plans for the next
few years have been realized.
The activity at the beginning Of the
new century arose through the efforts of
Bayard Henry, of Philadelphia, and NJ.
Taylor Pyne, of Princeton, two Of Mas
saus most enthusiastic graduates These
men have not permitted the powerful
impetus given to Princeton's growth to
slacken for an instant. They have been
indefatigable in their efforts, and the
success they have met win be seen in the
results which will be evident upon the
campue a few years hence.
The plans for building and improve
ment are widespread and affect almost
every part of the campus. The erection
of number of new dormitories and the
construction of the professional colleges
which the next decade is sure to bring
to Princeton. will play the principal part
in the building operations. But the
most striking changes in the appearance
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moval or destruction of several old struc-
lures, some of which have stood upon
Nassaus campus since the founding Of
the institution One or two of these are
respected on account of associations, but
the majority are only old and ugly, and
disfgure general surroundings.
In all this improvement, the enhance
ment of the campus has been the great
aim. A plain, looking feIly fifty years
into the future. has been drawn up. The
large tract of land owned by the univer-
sity has been surveyed, the terraces,
walks and drives throughout the propos-
ed campus have been planned, and the
location of every building, that sooner or
ldteE ffHSetolf VIII elSSts Asso peeii uN ~
itely fixed Not only have the sites of
the buildings been decided upon, but
even their size and style and architecture
have been specified.
The first step in this great plan for the
growth of Nassau. and the one that is
the chief hobby of Princeton men, is to
enclose the campus in wall of dormitor
les similar to Blair and Little Halls
This entire line of buildings will be con-
structed of mica stone with Indiana lime
stone faeings They follow closely the
lines of the college buildings at Oxford
and will, with their Gothic turrets and
| high pointed roofs, show off to splendid
advantage on the rising ground of Prince
toms campus.
The present time sees considerable ad-
vancement in this system of dorrnitories.
BY New Years Day of 1903, the western
wall of the campus viii virtually be COM
pIete. The foundations of the new gym
nasum, the great gift by subscription of
Nassau's alumni and undergraduates,
have been laid This makes the line of
buildings unbroken from Brokaw Field
to University place The new gymnasium
stands on the site of the Casino, the first
of Princeton's old landmarks to CO. 1t
joins on the south directly with the
swimming tank of the Brokaw Memorial
Building and on the north with the ex-
tension of Stafford Little Hall. New
Stafford Little Hall, now at point of
construction above the second floor runs
north and joins the older portion Of that
dormitory and from the end of Little
Hall the row of buildings is completed as
far as University place by Blair HALL
The construction of more Of these DOR
mitories will continue up University place
to University Hall. The bequest for the
extension Of Blair Hall has been granted.
and as soon as a few legal difficulties are
adjusted ground viii be broken for the
new building A handsome gateway for
| the west side Of the college will be plac-
ed so as to open upon Halstead 0bserva-
| tory, which alone of the old buildings on
the west side win be permitted to stand.
University Hall is slated to be torn down
as soon as mortgage on the building
can be lifted or cancelled. When this Is
effected the dormitories will continue to
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