The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-10
MUCH NEW WORK
GOING ON At ~
THREE BUILDINGS MAY BE UN.
DER WAY THIS FALL.
None Of Them Can Be Used During the
Coming School Year, However, and
Congestion Caused by Loss Of the
Old Main Will Be Worse than Ever,
It Is Feared.

When the students of the university
return to the campus this fall they
will probably be able to recognize their
alma mater, but that will be about all.
Changes and improvements are numer
Gus and unusual this summer.
Ground has already been broken for
M hs shoS s 6s AND its
THIS school eo' year. e This 'N builaing viii
cost 100000 and will be furnished for
$4,000 more. It will stand on the
river bank, back of the library and
mechanic arts buildings and to the
right of the anatomical laboratory. It
will be 212 by 60 feet, with 10O-foot
"L,' containing a lecture amphithea-
ter. The structure will be of sand
brick with stone trimmings and a slate
roof.
1t is probable that the granite foun-
dation of the new main will be well
under way when registration begins.
bu nG show an H shaped sHa ae stru ae
ture, $50 feet long, 60 feet wide at the
central or bar part, and 80 feet wide
at the ends. The ends, or side lines of
the "H' will be 60 by 80 feet, and
the connecting hall, corresponding to
the bar Of the letter SH," will be
200 feet long by go feet; wide. The
The cold MainO will either be to-
tally removed or else RACED past rec
ognition, and it is even possible that
the work on the foundations of the
woman 8 building may be begun early
this fall.
The anatomical laboratory, which was
Quilted by fire few weeks ago, will
still be in the course Of repair, and
of a11
may be delayed in consequence.
About $1,000 is being spent macad-
amizing the main drive Of the campus
from the point where it turns in front
of the law building to the street be-
tween the mechanic arts and chemistry
buildings.
The foundation of the "Soldiers
Memorial' will be in place and ready
for the pedestal, which will not be
erected until next spring, however,.
Will Be Badly Crowded.
Despite the fact that work so extern
sive as this is under way, conditions in
the university will be as bad, or worse,
than last year. None Of the new build
! ings will be ready for occupancy before
1906, and with the customary increase
in attendance, usually about 250, the
congestion will be worse than last year.
inside the buildings the d1tterent classes
and departments have already begun to
wage their war for, space, and the as
signment Of every square foot of room
will be the subject of warm conten-
tion before the work of the year is
started.
Not only are the classes suffering for
| want of room, but many university or
CARNATIONS are practically homeless
The Magazine has jumped the claim of
the Gopher to small, ill-ventilated
room in the chemistry building. and
the annual "iosh book" is without an
office. The accountant s office has
added new vault which cuts out
about third of the floor space of the
small room occupied jointly by the Y
w. G. A.. and the Minnesota Daily last
| year, and as the ladies have the first
claim on the room, the student jour
nalists may be compelled to pitch q
tent on the campus.
About the only cheerful fact in the
situation is the prospect of more room
next year.