Paragould soliphone., 1921-08-19


 the largest in the new world and comparable in size to the Circus Maximus in Rome, which had, we, are told, seating capacity of 350,-. 00O It will be considerably larger than the Yale bowl or the Harvard stadium, and likewise nearly double the size of the stadium for which ground was broken recently at San- | ford University or that of the new stadium planned for the University of California athletic field. The Oakland stadium is the result of morning drive taken by J. l.. Davie, the mayor of the city, who in his car rambled out one morning to he end of Lakeshore Drive, a wide paved highway which leads direct from the center of Oakland to the citizen the mayor purchased the stone mountain for a fraction of the price for which another stadium site had been offered to the city
 
 purchase the mayor announced al meeting of the council that as soon as arrangements were completed for the construction of gates, stage and site, free of all charge, to the city. The result was the immediate draw | ing up of plans and making of es- | inmates on costs by Marston Camp bell former city engineer and now chief of construction of the Oakland school department, who, not to be outdone by the mayor, announced l that he would contribute his services free of charge for the construction | of the stadium. When he presented 1 the plans. some of which are shown herewith, Mir Campbell said:
 "The old quarry as it is hidden l by a growth of gum and other trees, | and as it has very narrow approach or entrance, is ideal for the pur- poses of a stadium It is protected by it's high walls and trees from the glare of the sun. the acoustics are perfect, and the amount of work
 necessary to prepare the site for seating, the stage and the arena | is not difficult, nor will it necessi- tate any large expenditure of money. In the accompanying sketches the architectural motives in the entire scheme are confined to the main entrance and the stage. The treat
 ment of the entrance is necessitated
 because of the narrowness of the opening, which should be preserved, so far as possible, in it's natural condition.
 The gully entering from the north side has been utilized as a stairway leading to the top of the cliff and carrying people to their seats easily and conveniently. The stairways sweeping each side of the
 entrance give wonderful and beau- tiful approach to the seating DOT tion of the stadium, and also have
 the advantage of distributing the audiences without confusion. The
 surrounding cliffs are subject to horticultural treatment, which will .lgreatly enhance their beauty and their effectiveness as background "The stage has been so arranged as to make the natural spring and
 pool of water foreground, which
 will produce reflections of the set | ting on the stage, the many-hued
 cliffs and the trees and flowers
 adorning them. I fully believe that
 this stadium when completed will
 be the most wonderful as well as
 the most beautiful and the largest
 in the United States In working Iup htese studies we have made com
 parisons with existing stadiums, and
 this one, even judged by the bare side, stands forth from all the rest
 as unequaled in it's primary ad- |vantages.'
 The "Sone Bowl" as the stadium site has come to be called, is only 10 minutes by street cars from the heart of Oakland, and about five minutes from the residence district
 around Lake Merritt. It is directly
 at the end of one of the longest and
 most popular paved driveways of the eastern shore of the San Fran
 cisco Bay. From the cliffs aboue the isite of the stage one looks out over
 the San Francisco Bay clear into
 the Golden Gate. An effort is being made to complete the stadium by the opening of the fall term of
 school in September and to hold in it the next interscholastic games on
 this side of San Francisco Bay. The Oakland school department is using lal it's influence to have the stadium irushed to completion. The cost will
 be comparatively light, since the Iquarrying company already has ex-
 pended some $l 100000 in the re- moval of the stone heart Of the mountain, but fortunately left the | hard rock floor completely level
 and the walls intact-Boston Tran. lScrint