The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-30

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Sept. 2e.-Harvard's
new medical school buildings in Brookhne.
which we're dedicated on Tuesday and
Wednesday OF this week, have been de-
.cribed as being enthusiastically the best
collection Of structures in this country
and "a forming the best equipped medical
school in the world.
For three years the marble buildings
have been going up and at last the dream
q, two professors in the medical school
b.s beer realized. 1t was about four years
sVo that Professors Warren and Bowditch
40. together and planned a set Of buildings
that would fulfil the ideal OF a modern
mndical university, and when they had
sketched the plan they carried II to Presi-
dent Eliot.
He was carried away with the idea, but
IKE all the other men who were consulted
he thought it was impossible to raise the
money required. The two professors were
NOT easily discouraged, however, and at
once they set about trying to raise the
money, which amounted to IS ,0O0, 900 before
thew and their friends stopped.
The new school was dedicated this week
IN the presence Of about 500 graduates Of
The medical school and representatives
from more than a dozen foreign universities
and fty American institutions. In the
presence of this a~ssemblage President Eliot
invoked the favor of men and the bless
lpss Of God" in opening the buildings
for use Of the medical faculty and the
students.
The group Of buildings, forming a quad
rangle with one end open. are constructed
OF white marble. From the famous Boston
Fenway to the open end Of the quadrangle
the city Of Boston is going to construct a
boulevard 100 feet wide in order that the
imposing view OF : he - buildings
may not be cut OF.
The gro"r cg..,ists Of an administration
building nd four large laboratories, two
on either side Of the quadrangle. All Of
the buildings are connected by means Of
terraces on the outside, with flights Of steps
opposite the main entrance to each Of the
buildings which lead from the terrace to the
lawn.
The buildings are all connected by one
story corridors, underneath which are
basement tunnels that run all around the
quadrangle from building to building
and which connect with b. tunnel from the
power house through which the heating
apparatus, electric wires, cold storage
pipes, compressed air pipes and ventilating
apparatus are all connected with the main
group Of buildings.
The only adverse criticism thus far made
concerning the buildings relates to the
monotony Of the dull, grayish white marble,
which is unrelieved by the slightest sug-
Restion Of color anywhere except for the
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marble terrace. But IL is in this that lies
one architectural beauty Of the buildings.
The style is the severely plain Greek Of the
classic period.
The eve is attracted at once to the domi-
nant central administration building, which
il approached from the lawn by a broad
marble staircase. The six Ionic columns
u the portico are over fifty feet high and
support An entablature and cornioe. above
which is a slight suggestion Of a pediment.
IN the centre Of which is the Harvard coat
d arms.
Beautiful as are the buildings from the
OUTSIDE. II is the inside that appeals Z the
medical student. for inside Is found every
convenience known to the most advanced
medical science to aid the student in his
work. One Of the chief objects Of the new
school is to promote original research
and il was with this view that the elaborate
system OF laboratories was built.
The administration building In = monu-
mental affair and differs very materially
in it's inside arrangements from the other
buildings, which are the workshops Of the
plant. On entering it one walks into a
large hallway treated to conform in archi-
tectural character to the outside Of the
building.
A marble stairway leads to the uppe
stories and beneath there are stairs which
lead to the basement and connect with the
corridors that run to the other parts Of the
system. On the north side Of the structure
arr rooms for the members of the faculty
and the officers Of administration.
On the south side Of the ground floor are
several rooms for the use Of Students
large reading room, a smoking room and a
room for the use Of alumni. Over the
students reading room is an amphitheatre,
With the floor levels so arranged that the
students may enter from the second story
10 the upper tier Of seats. The lower level.
Where the lecturer stands. is connected with
. lecture preparation room, which CON-
municatee by an elevator with the museum
aocve' so that specimens may be brought
directly on movable tables to the lecture
room
Inc three stories above are taken up by
tne Warren Museum. consisting OF all kinds
ot specimens. In the basement Of the
uuldlng Is the department Of X-Rly pho
Vography and rooms for instruction in
NlScT}Ng, There are also waiting rooms,
'pins ior storage. a private room for the
'hleI of the department and a dark room.
Inc corridor on the right, which leads
through A large locker room under the
terrace, leads to the anatomy and histology
Dullolng, which contains also the depart
menu OF operative surgery and comparative
snatomy. Near the front entrance TO the
hoIth or anatomy wing are rooms for
Sture preparation and a room for the
~'yendant in charge OF the department.
following the general plan OF the labora-
oLy buildings the central portion Of the
ouldlng Is taken up by an a~mphitheatre
~ a library, used in common by all the
apartments in the building.
Next on the same side comes the nae
Seno!ogy and pathology building, which is
IeVoted chiefly TO a large number Of rooms
~ special research work, rooms for pho
Ssrapnlng specimens and storage and
oissectlng rooms.
the opposite side Of the QUADRANGLE.
Eest the Administration building. 10 the