New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-24

dorritory will be the "'79 room sacred TO the
memory of the builders of the structure. and
source of inspiration, it Is hoped TO the younger
generation of students who will spend part OF
their lives beneath It's roof. The memorial room
will be situated in the tower which is 10 be the
architectural feature Of the building 10 strike
the eye Of approaching visitor, and IT Will De
reached through the broadly vaulted tower arcneS
with their stone ribs and columns. and up stone
stairs The walls OF the 70 room will be adorned
with tablets and other commemorative tokens and
souvenirs. It will have fine mullioned windows
Here the class at It's reunions will gather around
a huge fireplace and revive the memories OF col
lege days.
The doruitorv will be two stories high. and its
stvIe OF architecture will be what is technically
termed Tudor Gothic. which character1zes the
buildings OF oxford and Cambridge and the more
recent buildings OF Princeton II will stand In
Washington Road, opposite Prospective, and 1t
will be so far from Blair and Little halls and the
gymnasium that the opportunity has been taken
to Of different material. and thus give IL
a more individual character The walls VIII be
OF red brick with sandstone groins cornice, cop
ings and mullions The windows Will De OF oak
with the easements opening out.
The building will be go feet long, with suites for
hfty-sIx men. Each suite consists of a study two
single bedrooms and a passageWay opening from
the stair hall In each set of apartments there IS
to be an open fireplace In the basement are
shower baths where the student may find all the
advantages that hot and cold water can give.
The north and south portions of the building will
be known as the north and south wings, and the
rooms of the former will accommodate six more
men than the latter division of the building. There
are 10 be six entrances to the building, and the
study rooms Will be arranged so that their windows
will command a view of Washington Road. The
"'79 classroom will at first be finished as it
is to appear finally, for the funds at hand are
inadequate.
The dormitory is by means the first gift OF this
class the university. It's members started out
something fer their college before they gradu-
ated and graduation presented the lions In
front of North College, which have become almost
as famous as the OF the college Itself
At the decennial of the class the occasion was
celebrated by presenting to Princeton a bronze
statue OF President McCosh. by Augustus St
Gaudens The statue adorns the Marquand
Chapel It cost the class s15.00o.
The country was Just recovering from the panic
Dfnr5 enIIcgs j.; tbe fs of ISL n Yss the iarg
EN- a ba had ever entered the coSeg and the
largest graduated from the college not only up TO
were 1853 men connected with the class in the four
years 122 of whom were graduated IN June 1873
singuarly free from cGues and factions, and II is
safe 10 say tnaI nc cnSS mas DeSn d @
thusiastc in devotion and loyalty to the class and
The class possesses an unusual number OF repre-
sentative and able In scholarship and literary
in college. forty men under the OLD grading system
attaining rank of more than % per cent The rate
of mortality has been low. the total number Of
deaths having been twenty-five. The survivors
have already attained some prominence, and many
considerable distinction in their professions and
calings.
In the ministry. and well known in this con.s
munity. are DR.. Thomas c. Hall, of the Union
Theological Seminary; Dr. A. w. Halsey, secretary
OF the Presbyterian Board Of Foreign Missions. who
is the president OF the class: the Rev William
T. Eising, for than twenty years pastor OF
the De Witt Memorial Church. In Rivington-st.
the Rev. Richard T. Jones. OF Philadelphia Dr.
John D Davis, professor in the Princeton Theo-
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