The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-01

practically out. and the floor space. of 266
feet by 10 feet Is well covered Sa WITH
| will ell be cleaned and students VIII
| probably do the cleaning during tho sum-
| mer months
The great memorial arch is wreck.
What the earthquake commenced ano Iett
undone, the hand of man must hnlsh. inc
entire structure must fall. for Its Two
ace to the buildings. This was built OF OF
brick with n reinforcement or steel ana
| facing OF stone 1t was massive IN
appearance before the shock: afterward
| it was 'opened' up" and though OF thick
walls. had Its frailty exposed
To tho student body generally and to
the pubIIc the awful destruction Of the
memorial church appealed the most Ihe
church was Mrs Stanford's object OF
special labor and expense; ana h9o unt. ,ts
Interior was her dream realized Mosaics
OF Biblical history adorned the entlre IN
tcrior, and dozens of stained glass win.
dows portrayed events or characters OF
that period. Sentiments and quotatione
which had appealed TO her as nottoes
worthy OF men to follow were carved IN
It's walls 1t was her hearts work, Tor lt
was a memorial to her husband, and al
though the tower and roofs were de-
stroyed the apostles of marble In the
chancel injured. ana tIo me tTon' o0 0l tbne bne
front was left shining and procialnlhg
Erected 10 the Glory OF God and In Low,
Ing Memory Of My Husband. Leland
Stanford"
The church is not gone; 1t is not de-
stroyed like the arch, the library, the
gymna sium, though II has been sreatly
damaged With the exception OF tho front
all the other walls are sound and strong
The roofs were crushed In by the falling
tower and rocks Of three buttressess, 60
ing from the tower to the edge or the
transepts Had the steel frame been car
ried up to the top OF the tower and the
buttresses been thus supported the
church would have been the same edince
of grandeur for which IL was famed
week ago. The interior mosnics are not
severely injured. and only three or the
stained windows were broken But when
IL Will be restored Is uncertain, Ii Is SAID
that when IT is II Will have tower or
mission style. low, and in harmony with
the general scheme OF the buildings. but
that is also uncertain
Considering the enormous piles of tim
Der and stone In the interior 1t Is re-
markable that such little damage was
done. But the greatest fortune Is the
time that such debris was thrown there
No part of the floor escaped, which means
that hundreds OF lives were saved by the
opportune time II occurred, The present
OF awful death II the earthquake had been
a few hours later. There busts fell from
the balcony and part OF the ceiling came
down. covering the desks, the places of
two or three hundred students.
When these buildings will be rebuilt, or
whether they will be rebuilt at oil, Is
question for the board OF trustees to de-
eide II is presumed that they will not
be touched Immediately, and whom they
are that the gymnasium Will be made one
story used to enlarge Its space. The
library Will probably be reconstructed on
tho original plans and steel will be used.
The arch VIII be lower and OF Spanish
style 1t is uncertain whether the museum
Will be restored. At present IL has q
large amount OF unused space and as 1t
was built by personal funds of Mrs. Stan
ford. such space will be utilized before
university money Is expended.
In the reconstruction, lessons from the
earthquake will be we'll used. Stone
the shock. Enclna hall, the boys dormi-
tory. four stories of stone and brick.
without steel construction. was Intact OK
cept at tho ends OF two OF tho wings.
strong, massive and sound. so much so
that only that column OF rooms through
which tho chimney fell was injured. The
inner quadrangle and the colonnade are
absolutely uninjured. and classes could go
on there today. These buildings are OF
solid stone and were the university when
rangle built OF brick, with stone facing,
is Just as strong but where the con-
tractor had been careless II was shown by
the fallen stones, revealing a jumblcd
mass OF flllng But better than stone or
brick. and apparently good as steel
constructed buildings. are those of con-
crete, Win steel wires or strengthened
with steel rods. Roble hall, the girls
dCrmitory, and the central part OF the
museum are these, and in neither is a
crack TO be found, These. the cheapest
Of the buildings, have shown themselves
TO be the best,
But $4,000 will repair all the damage
that was done TO buildings used i'm tho
cept tho new library. the new gymnasium
the arch, church. and museum. Encina
hall. absolutely safe. except at the very
end rooms of the two upper stories In
the east and west wings. and the chems-
try building. Will be ready for use as
soon as the terra Gotta lueS, which are
broken. arc replaced the wall OF one
room rebuilt and chimneys restored The
civil engineering, mining, history and
physiology buildings Will oil be in COM
plete order by September. for the major
part OF all OF them is uncracked, Then
the parts OF the arches OF the colonnade
Will be restored. September. the new col
lege year VIII begin-without the great
eclf1ces that please the eye. which nave
been the marks OF beauty to the campus
and the sights Of pleasure TO the tourist
II VIII begin In buildings which are in
le9e-plaln, genuine. and strong 1t Will
not see the beginning of another stone
age and the annual expenditure OF 100000
for buildings only, in order 10 reconstrIIct
what has fallen. but what is not essen
tial 10 the universlty's rise.
But the new college year Will begin in
the old college buildings, whore classes
have been held year after year. and the
same rooms which have been the real unI-
versity this year Will be the real uniyer-
slty next year. In the same assembly hall
VIII the enthusiastic assemblies be held
and In the same library will the same
study and research DC done
The same students, loyal TO tho college
VIII return. Students are still here i'm
numbers. not anxious to leave. but enioy-
ing tho campus as much as ever Others
are making daily trips to San Francisco
needy, Stanford and Palo Alto send nm
their carloads Of milk and provisions
daily. and send their men 10 see that IL
- properly distributed Full OF energy,
full OF life, they are also getting thei1s
homess ready for the fall semester
AS the cry In San Francisco is a great
er san Francisco, the cry at Stanford
university ls q greater uniVeraltv- moi nf