Milford chronicle., 1929-12-27
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NOUS Yale Theater recently erected
at a cost of over $1,000,000, has been
secured to plan all stage properties
and arrangements in such way as
to secure for dramatic productions
the maximum convenience and eff
cheney possible in building of this
type. Mr.. Barber has come on twice
from New Haven to study the prob
lem on the spot and has submitted
a comprehensive report with recon-
mendations which will be carried out
by the architect.
"a number of auditoriums and
theaters have been visited in order
to examine the various types of seats
recommended by the manufacturers
who have submitted bids. The ex-
perts on acoustics, whose advice
has been sought on the important
and difficult problem of the acous-
tics of the building, advise that it is
important that the seats shall be the
upholstered type of theater chair;
and this imposes upon the commit
tee on grounds and buildings the
necessity of finding an upholstered
seat which will at the same time be
durable and pleasing of appearance.
"Work on Evans Hall, the new en-
gineering building for the compile
tion of which $4,000 was approprl-
ated at the last session of the Cen
eral Assembly, is going forward at a
satisfactory rate. The walls of the
unfinished part of the building, the
second and third floors of the office
and classroom section, have been fin
&c n
struction. AS in the case of the au-
ditorium the work on the interior OF
the unfinished portion will progress
more rapidly as soon as it is possible
to proceed without interference by
weather conditions.
"The time necessary for finishing
this building will be much less than
for the auditorium and the contrac-
tors, ]. B. Ferguson and Company,
of Hagerstown, Md, to whom the
contract was awarded, expect to fin
ish by February.
"The shops, laboratories, and Of
fees on the ground floor which were
finished last summer but could not
be equipped until the second appro-
priation of the General Assembly
was available, have now been quite
completely equipped with the ex-
ception of the hydraulic laboratory
and are in regular use for instruc-
tional purposes, in spite of some
noise and inconvenience from the
building of the floors above.
"No provision was made in the
original plans of the engineering
building for a hydraulic laboratory
or for equipment for work in this de-
partment because no courses were
being given in it requiring labora-
tory. The new dean of engineering,
however, as soon as he discovered
this. insisted that provision must be
made for hydraulics and secured
modification of the laboratory floor
plans as to permit this. The space
was available and the room was in
cluded in the final division of floor
area. There were, however, no
funds with which to purchase the
necessary equipment since this has
not been included in the request to
the Legislature.
"Happily for us, P. S. DUPONT
CHANGED to visit the university this
fall and while examining the engl-
neering building noticed the entire
lack of equipment in the room set
apart for the hydraulic laboratory,
and when informed of the reason,
offered to provide the necessary
funds up to $4,000, the amount esti-
mated by Dean Spencer as needed
for this purpose.
ssWith the addition of this labora-
tory through Mr.. duPont's generos-
ity, we shall have, when this build
ing is completed, highly satls1ac-
tory plant for instruction IN the
forms of engineering we undertake
to give. In fact it is said by we'll
informed persons that we shall have
a building and equipment unexcelled
by any engineering school OF the
same size in the country.
"In accordance with the authorl-
cation of the Board at the June Meet
ing the Committee on Grounds and
Buildings secured the services OF
Louis e. Jallade, of New York, TO
nrenare plans for the WomenS Col
1ege gymnasium after arranging with
Mr.. Charles q. Klauder to pass upon
such plans as Mr.. Jallade should
nrenare to assure essential harmony
of design.
much study has been given to the
MANY problems involved. The plans
of more than dozen recently erect
ed gymnasiums were secured and
studied. The architects plans have
been changed many times to lncor-
porate new suggestions and to Try 10
reduce the estimated cost. The plans
have been sent to the directors OF
several women's gymnasiums ana
their suggestions as far as possible
have been made use of. The final
plans agreed upon seem to the com
mittee to the architect, to the Dean
and the Department of Physical Ed
ucation at the Women's College,
highly satisfactory. But the cost OF
the building, with its proport1onate
contribution for heating plant, will
he. after all of the reductions that 1t
seemed possible to make, at least
$4,000 more than the $1O5,OOO avail
able.
"The situation which the commit
fee faces is this: The number OF stu
dents in the Women's College now IS
over 300. Within ten to twenty years
this number will probably reach 4OO
to 500. 1t would seem wasteful OF
the States money to plan building
which in a few years will be made
ouate for the numbers to be accom-
modated. According to the best
standards of gymnasium construc-
ton for women's college eVeryLhlIs
in the architects plan is needeu Ior
a college of from $50 to 5OO girls.
However, since that cannot pc Sc
cured with the funds available the
question to be decided is; What re-
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