New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

PURPOSE OF EARL HALL
WILL BE THE CLUB CENTRE OK Co.,,
bIA UNlNERSITY-AIMS OF MP
DODGE, THE GIVER


Earl Hall. the gift of William E. Dodr. ..
Columbia University. which was onera, ="
the other day, is a handsome buiIdine -
cost over 100000 and viii become the -a san'-,
ciuD centre Of the university, if the uIaps 90 .
oonor are carried out While Mr. nod
tended that the place should be the baado,,.. -
Oh lne various religious associations he 5aA.;--,
IL 10 De also the meeting place Of other orvani-.
LUIS AthIetlc. musical, debating, chess IT,
arS ana social clubs will hold their meetir.,
tnere' and II VIII be the club for students nh.
nave no other club to visit. IL will h. . Nv
Iuinola what Barnes Hall is TO Cornell. Dodg.
Hail to Princeton and Phillips Brooks n .
cambridge A member Of the faculty. in $50
ing or the new hall said: "A man vbo ao--A
to Columbia a perfect stranger win So INES
come here He will find a home sucb a. -
parents would wish him TO visit. and tbs-a Is -,
be no dOn'ts' on the walls to make the - va
that he is under restraint" 41i
The management Of the han will bs =,
hands OF DR.. ]. c. McCrackeD a vvau 10
athlete' peep into whose office on the 60
hoor OF the building will show that ba i ~.r,
devoted to college sports. sun
The meeting. smoking and assemble roov,u -.
the upper floors are all for men but the No.
students have also been remembered aa-.
nnents where they may hold meetings have h..
arranged on the lower floor and the entrance -
'hese Is door not to be used bv the r,o-
stuuehts- Besides the meeting rooms for vorDo-
1neIe Is nicely appointed, hOnelfke si+ti
rooIn' where women students may assemble -
rest and chat as they would al home.
On the main floor of the building tbera =,
besides the executive offices. reading and rosa,
ins rooms q broad corridor, which leads n =
small assembly room with d seating eapacirr g.
about one hundred. The rooms ara all -
rated with handsome prints and paintings a.,
the heavy draperies harmonic with the daT1
cately tinted walls One OF the features o. n.
main floor is the carved marble mantel in -,
reception room, representing the landing Of -.
Pilgrims.
On the second floor there is a lofty assemble
room with a seating capacity sor $50 person.
The stage is framed in a massive carving col
ored TO initiate old ivory. Directly over tbA
centre of the stage is large seal Of the urf.
versity colOred t harmonic with the nrosoa-
MUM frame. On the same floor with the assem-
bly, room are cheerful and we'll arranged
library and a cosey smoking room
James H. Garfield. chairman of the advisory
board. in an article or the subjec, of Earl Han
says:
IL was his (Mr DOdge'sI clearly axprassA5
wish that the building should not be used for
distinctly dOgmatic or deuosu.uatianaI teaching
He wished the charter Uud- which il is to he
administered to Re so broadly ia -rpretad IS n
permit organizations ot Roman Catholic SIN
dents or of Hebrew Studeuty-a-. student O-garf
"a Jl"ns whose objects ara 10 promote the spirit
uaI and religious life OF SUch Stud-nts-tO hold
their meetings IN this building. In a word as
ne expressed IL. 1T is my desire thar this blIild
ing shall become the centre Of religious and
phiianthropic activity for Columbia"
He quotes from a letter written by Mr.. Dodge
in which he said
The university has made ample provision for
the intellectual and physical training Of its stu
dents My desire is 10 make this contribution
20 the development of the spiritual side OF the
student life