Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-09-10

posts. Next to the hall is the dining
room, only slightly smaller, some SO
feet by rs. Like the hall, it enjoys light
from five or six large windows. The
style is to be decidedly Dutch, with the
stain flemish oak. 1t is to have an
eight foot wooden dado of tinted burlap,
and a long shelf for trophies and col
lege odds and ends. The ceiling is to-
be panelled with beams plastered in
yellowish white, while the walls will be
tinted a light yellow. A window seat
of ten or twelve feet extends along the
front side, facing the street. u. f'
The most peculiar and engaging
features of the Zeta Psi house, objects
of intense interest both from an orna-
mental standpoint and from a scientific
view, are the fireplaces, one in the main
reception hall and the other in the
dining-room. The hall fireplace, is to
stand the full height of the room and
be treated in very bold way with a
large arch containing a recess for a
shelf supported by stone cobble and
also a stone set in panel for inscription.
Near the top on each side of the arch
will be large circular stone of form
which furnishes a fitting ground for
large wrought iron electric light fix
lures. The fireplace is to be further
fitted with hobs of stone. The backing
and hearths are of selected Roman
gray brick with the hearths laid up in
simple design. An arch forms the
fireplace opening.
The fireplace in the dining-room is
considerably similar but is carried only
to the height of the eight foot dado
instead Of to the ceiling. Above the
arch is recess for shelf. The stones
are of all colors, kinds and conditions,
varying from the plain. soft gray
rocks Of suhdued color from the field
to the sparkling. brilliant rose quartz
from the quarry. They are of various
thicknesses as they are to be backed
up with patchwork. The shapes are
usually square or oblong while the
sizes vary from inches by to by
~ with q few rocks even larger. Among
the many different kinds besides field
rocks and rose quartz there are hand
some specimens of white quartz,
smoky quartz, feldspar. limestone,
hornblende, some great gamets and
large sheets Of mica and also jasper.
Brunswick and Topsham make
splendid field for collecting material
for fireplace faces. From the q field
spar quarry at Cathance, through the
kindness of Major Wylles. rare rocks
OF different kinds have been CLEANED by
a student party and some capital spec
linens of other varieties have been
sent from the neighborhood of Rock
land by Hon. William T. Cobb. Pro-
fessor Lee of Bowdoin has helped in
the work with much success.
On the first floor in the ell are also
placed the pantries and kitchen, while
below. ina basement running along the
whole surface of the foundation are a
and large room of equal size
with the dining-room to be equipped
for billiards and pool.
On the second floor which one APP
proaches by the great open stairway
leading from the main reception hall
there are six suites pleasantly located.
There are three suites of chamber and
study with dormer windows on the
front side and three more similar
suites in the rear. Between the front
tends through the building for about
seventy-five feet.
The studies are to be stained in
Dutch oak. The floors of the suites
are to be of stained North Carolina
pine while the hall and dining-room
floors will be of brick. Along the
walls of each study a bric-a-brac
moulding will range. In the ell Of the
second floor are the stewards rooms
and toilet rooms with both tub and
shower baths. Most Of the third floor
will be used for the chapter hall which
has the same floor dimensions as the
main hall on the first floor. It meas
ures 43 feet by rs. The walls measure
about six feet in perpendicular with
burlap dado. The finish will be rough
and quaint. The rest of the third floor
will be used for a large study Is feet