Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-13
GREEK LETTER FRATERNITY
ERECTS CHAPTER HOUSE
Alpha Tau Omega VIII Have At.
tractive Quarters ut
University.
MANY MEMBERS IN RICHMOND
Provision Made for Entertainment
OF Visitors, Study Rooms and for
Social Evcnts-Will BE Ready by
Next Session.

Work has begun on the new chapter
mouse of the Alpha Tau Omega Fra
ternity at the University of Virginia
me excavation for the foundations was
started ten days ago. and il is ex-
pected that tho completed building will
b" ready for occupancy at III. begin
hihs OF the fall term. The site is AT
inc corner Of Boiling Avenue and Rug
~ ROAD. and ovcrlooks Lambeth Field
ms property was purchased by the
fraternity about ten years ago.
In tho design of the house which Is or
me New England Colonial style. arc
embodied all the details which tend
10 make the building ideal for the fra
ternity man. The main floor plan calls
FOR ltving-room Iox42 feet, which ey-
,enaa across the entire front of tho
mouse. AT each end of this room Is /,
urge open fireplace. and on either sid.
~ 'nese are doors leading TO the side
.,ot ches: On this moor. also will he
me piiiiard room. the library and a
coat room. Back OF one OF the norchas
and connecting with the librarv is
paced the sun room. The entrance m
the second foor is by the central stair
way leading directly from tho uvjnr
rom; me woodwork on this floor
W.. DC hh'shcd in mahogany. All the
rooms are connected by large onenjngs
which will give spacious accom,noda
tons for dancing and banouets
UPPER FLOORS IN
nh UNIQUE DESIGN
me entrance to the basement Is
" ",ue. nsath me main stairway. and
room will have rough tovtur ~: ms
walls stucco ceiling and til. floors A.
one end' large brick fireplace yin no
Dull Another part of the basem.nt
"i ne reserved for a meeting room
10 accommodate thirty-fve men. An
entrance leads to the tennis co,,n,
house. ' VI the
departure in fraternity house de-
as" Is SHOWN III the arrangement of
nc iooE's above the first floor. In
ats"u OF the usual plan which pro-
80, io' rooms on the two upper floors
"h!cn are used as combination SIND,
and sleeping rooms the second noor ha,
SIN STUDY rooms. an alumni room. a1so
:" '"rse bathroom. and the entire ,b;rd
moor is used as sleeping quarters for
me men. The study rooms will accom-
,1oua'e Two men each. and the alumni
room VIII be reserved for the rr,d,
ates and parents who Visit tba ohat
ne lhird moor will be ARRANGED q,
uorinitory, and. with three windon.s
each SIDE OF the house, the ventiIn,i o.,
WIN De me same as that on n sleeninr
porch. The top Of the BUILDING VII, 10
arranged so that it may be ,is.G NC
roof garden eo as Il
me cost OF the building and proporty
mas 'een met by the alumni and active
men OF the Virginia chapter. These
men nave contributed literally. and II
~ que to their efforts that the future
members OF the Alpha Tau Omega Fra
ternity at the University of Virginia
VIII nave this beautiful building as -
neritage. Bolton. Clarke &c Pratt, of
itlchmond' are the architects who de-
signed the building
Among the local alumni who are
members of this fraternity are the fol-
lowing; George w. Anderson. Archer
Anderson, Jr., DR.. Edwin l. Hobson
Herbert W. Jackson, John Guy, pope
Nash' William G. kean, Joseph r. An
derson' Gessner Harrison, Edwin Tuck
or Harrison, John Peyton Mcguire.
Eugene Massie. Lee r. Page Levin
JONES, Horace G. Flowers, Morgan p.
Robinson. E. Fletcher. Hill UrGuhart.
j. d. Funston. Jr.. Kirkwood Mitchell,
Joseph Reed Hobson, John II. Addison,
Major NJ. Macon Martin, C. c. Pinckney,
John T. Anderson, John II. Lyons, viii
liam c. Preston, Benjamin Purcell,
Joseph 0. Styles. Thomas D. Stokes. r.
Sydnor Tuck