Show THE THE Reveille is a new exchange that we jot down downin in our exchange-book exchange with pleasure The lack of original matter is however somewhat surprising A Ac c college p paper per reflects the life of the students students students stu stu- dents and to see a paper composed chiefly of reprint matter makes one doubt either the ability or the energy of its supporters When the the Reveille sounds ye editors wake up and hustle rr Poes Place in in- American Literature an able written well-written criticism of Poes Poe's literary work is the principal article of the University Beacon The Beacon al although although although al- al though issued weekly bi-weekly maintains a good literary standard while at the same time it gives all the news of its its college the University of Boston The Columbia University Bulletin is a. a as as usual filled with interesting information concerning that univ university The following following following follow follow- ing description of the ne new new University Hall is of particular interest interest- In dimensions U University Hall all is the largest of the buildings to be erected on the n new w site It will have a frontage of one hundred and sev six seventy six nty-six feet and a length of two hundred and sixty feet The cornice is sixty-nine sixty feet above the upper terrace and is of the same height as the cornice line of the surrounding buildings It is planned to serve four distinct purposes those of a University Theatre of a Gymnasium of a II Commons Commons Com Com- Commons mons or Dining Hall and Univ University Offices and of a power house The power plant will occupy the basement between the retaining wall and the driveway which intersects the building where it will be almost completely concealed concealed concealed con con- from si sight ht The remaining portion portion portion por por- tion of the basement comprising the great apsidal space at the northern end of the building is to be devoted to the Gymnasium a description of which is given in the following article Immediately Immediately Immediately Immedi Immedi- above the Gymnasium is to be the University Theatre which will have a seating capacity of 2500 The Th Theatre atre will be accessible through the corridors leading from the portico on the south front of the building and it can also be reached by means of the transverse driveway which crosses the grounds near street At the side of this driveway and underneath the building will be a spacious vestibule from which two broad stairways will lead up to the Theatre The greater portion of the space in this part of the building will be occupied by the Auditorium but such as is not required for this purpose will be used for the various business offices of the University These rooms will be lighted by the ranges of of windows surrounding the apse The remaining portion of the building that which fronts immediately upon the library will be occupied principally principally principally prin prin- by hy the Alumni Memorial Hall This room will be one hundred and eighteen feet in length sixty-four sixty feet in width and six seventy-six feet in height with a seating capacity of about six hundred It is proposed that the in interior interior interior in- in shall be finished somewhat in the manner manner of the large halls in the English Universities and its size and proportions proportions proportions cannot fail to give it th the dignity consistent with its character The re remainder remainder remainder re- re of this part of the building will willbe willbe willbe be devoted to private rooms dining-rooms an and kitchens and to rooms to be use used as places of meeting for the members of the various faculties and for the stu stu- dents For commencements and other public occasions the Theatre the Hall and other connecting rooms in the portion of the building may maybe maybe maybe be used together and will provide ample Memorial Hall will be the reco recognized place of the Alumni when the they revisit Alma Mater and nd if it is enriched as it should be 01 with portraits and other memorials of distinguished graduates it will have an historic and personal interest which will endear it to every Columbia man As Asa Asa a II Commons or Dining Hall where the officers and students will meet daily it will be the centre of the social life of the University The construction of University Hall has been carried forward to the point of com completing the excavations and a large part of the foundations and the basement basement basement base base- ment is now in prOC process SS of erection J 1 1 |