The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-08
pLANSA GREATPEOPLE' HALL
FORUM, MUSEUM, THEATRE AND
ART GALLERY ALL IN ONE.
Committee OF the Peoples Institute Would
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The committee which has had under con.
sideration plans for Peoples Hall, an
enlargement of the present Peoples IN
4,itptn, held meeting at the home of Frank
Damrosch on Saturday night and made
report. The committee consists or be-
sides Mr.. Damrosch, Charles Sprague
Smith, the Rev. DR.. Thomas RI. Slicer,
Franz Y. Arens, John B. Clark. Edward A.
Mofrett and " Everit Macy.
The committee aims for "a building con-
structed by all the people for the use of the
people" II rs announced that the work
Of soliciting funds for the building Will
begin after election in November. central
committee representing all the interests
that will be centred in the building will
be formed and then another committee
representing all sections and professions Will
be organized
The committees plans for the proposed
Peoples Hall provide for building that
will occupy Il square block. In the centre
will be an auditorium with an organ ana
stage large enough for the presentation
OF plays The auditorium will serve as a
church, forum. music hall aud theatre.
The committee s"yS'
All that has been done hitherto lat Cooper
Unionl under limited conditions Will be con-
tinued, and. In addition. the masterpieces
Of the drama. both ancient and modern.
will be staged and great choral works pre-
sented State and city officials will be glad
Of the opportunity to give here regular re-
ports of their stewardship. and IT can scarcely
Be doubted that representatives Of the Ma
tional Government will also be frequently
heard.
Surrounding the auditorium will be a
corridor entered by n spacious portico.
In the corridor and portico will be hung
rlya ~ ri hAt iuIn nall a
masterpieces, The corridor and portico
will be used for art exhibitions,
In addition to the large hall there will
be number of small halls to be used for
lectures, music recltals and social gather.
ings; cassrooms for the study of social
science, history, literature, music, ethics
and philosophy. There will be small mu..
seums for the benefit of students in natural
science, and library. reading room and
restaurant, Societies engaged in civic
istration of the building and the central
Office Of the Peoples Club system will have
offices In the building.
On top will be an immense roof garden
for summer use. Underneath will be
gymnasium and swimming pool. The
committee makes this rosy prediction for
the proposed hall,
What the places Of popular assembling e
before the temples and the open air thsatres
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TIT. an and more the PeopIes Hall Viii be to the
citizens Of New York,
Here the people will achieve democracy. a
government Of by and for the people. and
in so doing will give example to all the other
cities Of our country and @ the world, And
here it il hoped national art in music. the
drama and the, fine arts, in touch With the
people, responding to their needs and eX-
pressing their aspirations, will develop.
All instruction will be ba sed, as now. In the
Peoples Institute. on the recognition OF the
unity of human experience and the brother
hood of man of the universal reign OF law
and of evolution, as the law-ordered process
Of growth. OF democracy as the highest known
expression of law in the ordering or human
society, and the suffrage. therefore, as at
once the supreme privilege and responsibility
Of the social man.
Built by all, the Peoples Hall will be used
by all, and in that common, frnternal ,gather-
ing place false distinction Of class foreign
to our democratic spirit, will cense and be
forgotten and true patriotism be fostered.
first civic then national. then universal.
In reviewing the work which the Peoples
Institute has accomplished in Cooper Union
since it was organized in 1897, the com
mittee says that it has become peoples
church. peoples forum, school In social
science, ethics literature and art; peoples
theatre in embryo, where Shakespearian
recitals have attracted 200O persons and
more at single recitals, and the nursery
of system of self-supporting, sef-gov-
erning clubs.
The committee says no satisfactory name
has been selected for the proposed building
and asks for suggestions