The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-28


 suites of study and bedroom. and ninety single rooms. In addition, there are four tutors suites, con- sisting of living room, study, kitchenette, bedroom, and bath, for members of the faculty. On the Grove street side on the first floor are the kitchen, the dining room, and the students lounge with entrance to the latter from the school. The dining room and when desired for banquets and meetings. Over this section are three stories each containing for dormitory purposes, or as oc- casion may arise, as additional offices for the school, since they may be entered from the school building proper. Already eight of these rooms--four each on the sec ond and third floors-are so used. The main entrance to the school at 127 Wall street is through a vaulted porch which leads through a vestibule to a wood-paneled cor ridor running the length of the building and opening into a like vestibule and porch on Grove street. Opening from this corridor are many of the seminar rooms, the smoking room. the main stairs. the three large classrooms, the auditorium, and the women stu | dents lounge, while cross corri- dors lead to the students lounge, the remaining seminar rooms, and the administrative offices.
 The seminar rooms, fourteen in number, including one arranged as Q court room, are designed to accommodate small groups rang ing from to to pehaps 20 each. with one or two for larger groups of possibly 50 each, for special study of instruction. Eight are sit uated on the west side and six on the east side of the building. In the center, and thus protected from all outside noise, are the three classrooms seating IA, 84, and 104 respectively, at tables con- fortab bly designed for note-taking The north corner of the site forms an acute angle, and advantage was taken of this fact to place here an auditorium, fan-shaped in plan, with main floor and balcony to- gether seating 5S4 people. The windows are stone mullioned, dec orated with tracery and arched transoms, and contain stained glass designs of an historical nat ure, and also various state seals. The auditorium interior is finished with stone trim, rough and orna- mental plaster, and oak wainscot- ing. Checkroom for the auditor ium and the students lounge are conveniently located near by.
 On the south side are the ad- ministrative offices. consisting of q large general office with intorma- ton desk and files, the office of the registrar with a vault for rec ords, a general office and the pri- vate office of the dean.
 The law school library has space for over 100000 volumes. The reading room on the third floor of the building Is PIP feet long, 36 feet wide, and 39 feet high. The walls, up to a height of feet ten inches. are covered with book shelves. At the end of the room. north and south, is a window 50 | feet high and IT 1-2 feet wide. Connected with the reading room proper by three doorways through the southwest wall is a one-story space, illuminated in the daytime by skylights, and filled with book stacks to which readers have &C., cess. The reading room has a book capacity of 45,000 volumes and has seats for 2G6 readers. The floor | Is laid in rubber tiles of red and black, shot with yellow, in large scale basket-weave pattern. The room contains, to the right of the entrance, catalog cabinets with q capacity of 550,000 cards. To the left is the loan desk. Here also is an exhibition case for the display of rare books and other items or special interest.
 On a mezzanine floor are located the telephone operators room and rest rooms with kitchenette for the clerical force. On the second floor. in addition to library stack space, the auditorium balcony. and large room for stenographers, are twenty-four offices for profes- sors (to which have already been added four more from the dormi- tory section). There is also the faculty lounge, with fireplace. bookshelves, comfortable furniture. and kitchenette. On the third floor, in addition to the main reading room, library offices, stack rooms and work rooms. are six professors offices, a suite of six offices for the Yale Law Journal, and an interna- tional law room. The fourth floor has library stack space, four offices
 
 room with lockers and showers for the faculty. On the fifth floor are two offices and library stacks. In the basement are library stacks, large locker and lavatory rooms. storage space for the Yale Law Journal, an extra record vault, receiving room for the library, general storage room. space Tor mimeographing equipment. and machine and electrical switchboard rooms for the operation of the building. On a mezzanine floor is the office of the building superin- tendent. The care of the building calls for the services of about twenty people.
 Numerous stairways and two elevators lead to the upper stories, The main stairway 10 the reauins room is in the center of the west side. The leaded glass windows are on the first and second landings and contain copies of the famous by Spy, Ape, Kipp and others of English judges and chan cellors.
 Extensive use has been made of symbolism in the sculptured stone and stained glass embellishments the school building and the dormitories. Among these are judges and lawyers in costume: such as the Inns Of Court, associated with the law; symbols of law and justice; and symbols of legal codes of all ages State Meeting |