The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-18
REGENTS LOOKING
OYER The CAMPUS
DISCUSS AVAILABLE SITES FOR
NEW BUILDINGS.
Probable that Three New Buildings
Will Be Built at the University This
Year-Elliott Bequest May Be Long
in Reaching Regents, Thru Legal
Complications.

Where to place the proposed univer-
sity buildings is a problem which. is
gents. It is probable that three build
ings will be built on the campus this
year, and altho the site Of one of these,
the Institute of Pathology and Hygiene,
has been determined, the regents
have not DECIDED where, to build the
new main building, for which the legis-
should the bill appropriating $4,000
for this purpose be passed by the solons.
In considering the location of these
buildings the possibility of securing the
Elliott bequest for philosophical and
scientific building must be taken into
account, altho the university authori-
in regard to the bequest' and advices
from California point to protracted
legal struggle over the provisions of
The site of the main building must
be determined at once, and a score of
plans for the location Of this princi-
pal building Of the campus are under
bill pass the legislature the regents will
have 1927, 900 at their disposal in erect
ing the new main, and it will be by far
the finest building on the campus.
Engineering Building Needed.
One Of the plans, strongly backed
by members of the faculty, conteNn-
plates the tearing down Of the old me-
chanic arts building and heating plant
and the erection of new main on this
central location next to the university
library. Should the hope of obtaining
the 100000 Elliott bequest be realized,
this plan would be feasible, as the Ell
lott bequest could be used in the erec-
tion of a muchneeded central engineer
ing building, and the old mechanics
arts building could be torn down with
out Gripping the engineering depart
ment.
Another idea suggested is the build
ing Of quadrangle with the library
building in the center. Such building
would occupy the site of both the old
main and the present mechanic arts,
with a connection back Of the library.
In university circles the plan most
favored, contemplates the closing of the
par kway thru the campus at Fifteenth
avenue Sc and the erection of the main
BUILDING at the entrance to the campus
along University avenue, in both di-
rections. The hackers of this scheme
say that it would not only provide the
most suitable location for the main
building, but would make a larger and
more enclosed campus
Woman's Building Site.
The probable location of the woman IS
building will be in the vicinity Of the
Y. M. G. A. at the northeast end of the
campus. It is said, however, that the
members of the woman's league have
their eyes on the site Of the old main,
and should the regents not utilize this
site in the erection Of the new main
building, it will be asked for by the
league.
The members of the engineering ia
Guilty seem to agree that the Church
street location for an engineering build,
ing is the most desirable, and should
the Elliott bequest materialiZe it is
probable that it would be used in the
erection of an engineering building on
Church street across from Northrop
field and in front Of the present me-
chanical and electrical shops. .,
In addition to the buildings which
have been mentioned as prospective adj
ditions to the university, it is a GER
tainty that an athletic clubhouse, to
cost in the neighborhood of $4,000,
will be erected on Northrop field. The
| board of athletic control has already
appropriated $4,000 for this purpose,
and the size of the athletic field makes
it possible to erect building such as is
planned inside the walls.