The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-05-19
OXFORD AS IT'S MODEL
Chicago University Plans Great
Series Of Small Colleges.
A QUADRANGLE FOR EACH SEX.

and $2,OOO,OOO - Dormitories For
Every CoIIege-Efghteen buildings
For Women Students and u Fine
Gymnasium-Nove1 Plan For Sup
plying Food.
Announcement of a plan new in
American educational policy, the devel-
opment of which will involve the ex.
penditure of more than 100000, was
made the other day at the University
Of Chicago. The plan, which has been
worked out by commission headed by
the adoption of the system of colleges
in vogue at Oxford university says
the Chicago Tribune The object
is closer association of students and
faculty. It applies to the first two
years Of college.
Separate colleges of arts, literature,
science and other branches will be or
gained, with separate recitation halls,
dormitories and faculties. These col.
leges, however, will be under the gen.
eral administration of the higher uni
versity authorities. The matriculating
students will choose their college and
will for two years be members of it,
after which time they will reside on
the campus.
The scheme, which is the result of
over a years study on the part of the
commission, has been worked out in
detail in connection with the plans for
the segregated women's quadrangle to
be built on the square bounded by
Fifty -eighth street, the Midway, Wood
lawn and Kimbark avenues. The
buildings to be erected there will cost
between $1,500,000 and 100000 and
will be begun as soon as any consider
able part of the money is in sight.
The plans for the mems quadrangle,
on the blocks bounded by Fifty-eighth
street, the Midway, Ellis and Drexel
avenues, have not yet been worked out
in detail, but a similar organization of
different colleges, each with its own
dormitory, is intended, and the outlay
will be the same as for the women's
halls.
For the women's quadrangle eight
cen buildings will be erected in the
square, In the middle Of the north
and south frontages will be recita-
ton hail, through which an arched en-
trance way will be cut, these two en-
frances to be the only means of access
to the inner quadrangle.
Around the four sides Of the block
sixteen dormitories will be erected.
These will be divided off in sets of
four, to each of which will be assigned
one-half of one of the recitation halls.
The four dormitories and their recita-
ton hall will constitute a college.
There will be college Of arts around
the northwest corner, college Of sci
ence around the southwest corner, a
college of literature around the south
east corner and a college of arts and
literature combined around the north
east corner. Each Of these colleges
will contain accommodations for 175
resident students, together with rest
and study rooms for 125 day students
living at home in the city. In the mid
die of the square will be an assembly
hall and clubhouse, in which will be
the library
A novel feature Of the plan is the
food supply. To keep away from the
quadrangle as much as possible Of the
hard work of food preparation a COM
missary depot will be established near
Fifty eighth street and Ellis avenue
Here all the baking will be done and
all the rougher work preliminary to
the final cooking Of the food. Requisi-
lions from each dormitory will be sent
to the supply house every morning
and wagons will deliver the half pre-
pared food at entrances on Kimbark
and Woodlawn avenues, from which
tunnels, furnished with little rubber
tired carts, will lead to the several
dOrmitories.
A new gymnasium for the goods, ri
valing that of the men, is to be built
across the street, in the block bounded
by Lexington and Woodlawn avenues
and by Fifty-eighth street and the Mid
way. In this block in time will be in
cluded also the buildings for the school
Of fine arts, which is one of Dr. Har-
per's dreams.
The money with which to pay for the
new buildings has not yet been all Sc
cured. President Harper has interest
ed the club women of Chicago in the
scheme, and committees from many
Of the clubs are now working on the
plans to raise the necessary funds 1t
Is expected also, of course, that Mir
Rockefeller will do his share in pro
viding the endowment when the right
time comes.
The new buildings are a part Of Pres
ident Harpers policy of segregation.
Only the women of the first twg> years
will attend the new colleges exclusive
". During the junior and Sc .?:or years
the women will have class Q VITA the
men on the campus proper
Korean Patriotism.
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