Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-09-19
New Dcrmitory o.
cupied This Week
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house IN New 0aSLle, are cOuSpIC-
uous at the ends of each wing, a
feature which shows to advantage
in the cozy fireplaces found IN
many of the rooms.
No less satisfying than the eN-
terror are the rooms within, where
good taste, homeiness, comfort,
and refinement are apparent on
every hand. The dormitory is so
planned that every room is an out
side room, and is flooded with sun
light for half of the day. There
are thirty-seven single rooms in
the building, and twelve suites,
each including a study and two
sleeping rooms, combination so
arranged that the occupants have
the advantage of five windows.
Prices, including furniture, heat,
light, water, and janitor service,
range from $40 to $50 per year,
fact which puts the attractive
ally every boy who attends college.
The walls are finished in natural
sand color, with doors, base
boards, and surbases of birch,
finished in brown mahogany. The
entire building has been furnished
by the Foord-Massey Company of
Wilmington, each room containing
a single bed, a study table, two
chairs, and a chiffonier. The stu
dent furnishes the cover and linen.
A spacious closet, with two deep
shelves, and ample hanging room,
is built in every room. Every door
is equipped with a neat mail fix
ture, and letters and papers will
be distributed direct to the rooms.
A large lavatory, centrally To-
Gated, appears on the first, second,
and third floors of each wing.
Here the architect has been lavish
in finishing and fittings. The walls
are of solid Vermont marble and
all the fittings are equally attrac-
tive. Two showers, with hot and
cold water attachments, and three
large basins, have been placed in
each wash room.
Walls, in the corridors through
out the building, are of Kittaning
brick. The stairways are of steel,
with blue-stone treads. The build
ing is heated from the central
heating plant of Delaware College.
Pipes running in the basement the
entire length of the building, have
been prolonged to Wolf Hall, so
that the heating basement appar-
atus, encased in a vault, is COM
plete for the dormitory which will
adjoin the one recently finished. R.
c. Ballinger Company of Philadel-
phia, is the builder of the building,
Grading, surrounding the dor
mitory, is rapidly nearing compile
ton. The level of The Green
on which the building stands, is
eight feet lower than Main Street.
According to the plan of the archi-
tect a high brick wall will run, in
true colonial fashion, in straight
line from building to building.
Spacious stairways with wide,
easy treads, and massive marble
balustrades, flank the wall, and
lead from Main Street to the flag
stone walks which are to run the
length of the new campus. A fea-
ture of the wall is the arches, seen
on either side of the steps. These
are pure colonial in design and ex-
act reproductions of those found
in a similar wall surrounding a
beautiful colonial home in Char
lottesville, Virginia.
The work of razing the property
formerly owned by R. 7. Jones
will be begun this week, and the
front wall, with the second stair
way on the west SIDE, will be built
across the entire front, at once.
In order to preserve the unity OF
the plan. 1agstone, the architects
declare, should be used on all the
approaches to the building. Con
seauently fagstone, purchased a
the price of $500 per slab, ha:
been laid in front of the dormitory
on Main Street. Although there i:
a town ordinance forbidding thu
laying of any paving other thar
concrete, it is hoped a special rul
ing on the part of the Council o
Newark will allow the flagSon,
to remain as planned by the archi
tects.