New-York tribune., 1909-02-14
THE GREATER BARNARD
COLLEGE Girls Hard at York to Oct
That Nezc Building.

For the new building IS the vatchword al Bar
~ rd this wear The much talked Of building i
still confined 10 the architects drawings but '-7
energetic college girls are already piannils ~
make money for II, thus reversing the CaThes-s
library policy OF Let him give the money ana w u
helm nv saving Wen earn the money and maybe
some philanthropist will be so impressed oy our
Industry that he will offer TO help US In plrsu-
ance OF this policy, the Undergraduate oOcS '''e-
recently 20 give 10 the building fund al tne pro-
cssds from, the undergraduate play Last year
this amounted to $500. but strenuous EFFORTS VIII
be made this year double that amount because
II Is "for the new building. Il has been propos1u
70 give the play-''TweIfth Nght'-in Carnegie
T,ceur, IN order 10 make more money than would
he Dossfble In the college theatre. with us iteo
seating capacity. and the girls are eagerly await
ing the consent OF the faculty 20 forsake coiiese
halls lust for this once. make more money Tor
the new building.
barnard college IS twenty years old. and is out
growing her baby clothes. She has only one build
inE-not enough for young ladies' college OF
her size and importance: for Barnard Is growing
rapidly This year there are t67 students an IN
crease Of Il per cent over last years registration
and the freshman class each year shows a H1lcA
larger percentage OF increase In consequence tHe
present classroom accommodation Is very made
ouate The Isrge classes have to meet IN sec
tons for there is no room large enough 10 hold
them and even the long suffering theatre, which
is already theatre. chapel and dance haH has been
turned into a lecture room for sophomore history
class OF Moreover. even I1T lLe SI2AA---
classes there are not enough rooms and some
times a professor is obliged 10 conduct his class
IN the afternoon because all the rooms oCCu-
pied IN the morning. There Is overcrosdiEg. 100.
IN the professors Offices, sometimes two three
being Obliged 10 use the same tiny AZ the
same hour As for student affairs. the most
gust Student Council has n basement room
ninety seniors hang their coats ard hats in
SKI closet and at the luncheon room Is 50
crowded that a senior song has II,
II YOU want to have some lunch
And yea don't want TO eat on the floor.
You had better down quick
In fact you'd better come the day before
from Teachers College that in the course Of the
next three or four years the privileges now granted
to barnard College students in the Thompson sym
nasium is now taxed nearly TO its capacity and
the new students OF the School Of Domestic Sci
ence. at present building" which means that
Barnard have new syn or else get its
exercise only by walking up and down Riverside
Drive
But the new building not De only sym;
It must have also several large lecture rooms.
capable Of holding two hundred and fifty students
each a larger luncheon room, larger coatroouls.
larger class studies. and a larger reading room,
and such small rooms would m up the corner
would 5e very useful for offices and small classes
This IS ali in the air. yet, but every time the
Barnard girls look their quadrangle 1hey
see looming up the big new building" TIE
dergraduate play committee has It all built and
finished the thousand dollars il hopes 10 make