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With the beginning of instruction in Cornell University this year work has commenced on the first unit of an elaborate system of residential halls which when completed will provide accommodations for the entire undergraduate body. The new dormitories, which cover an area of ground amounting to about two ordinary city blocks, will be of the Old English collegiate style, constructed of rough gray stone, and built around large airy courts. The beginning of the work on the first of these buildings was made possible by an additional gift of $50,000 made last summer by the same anonymous benefactor...
Plans have long been drawn for a series of residential halls which would accommodate 1200 men, or the usual freshman class. They will be erected on the area known as the Library Slope, a piece of land 650 feet by 1100 feet, sloping gently down from the quadrangle on the plateau, and giving an uninterrupted view of Cayuga Lake and valley...
...Geological Conference. The Mineralogical Determination of a Sand," Mr. J. M. Longyear, Jr. "The Glamorgan Gabbro Area, Ontario," Mr. W. G. Foye. Mineralogical Lecture Room, University Museum...
...common forms of construction used in office walls and movable partitions. He has established the fact that a square yard of felt of a given thickness will absorb a certain amount of noise, and that if there is an overplus of noise, one must simply put up a corresponding area of sound-proof blanket. He has produced a long-fibre product of felt, designed to secure strength without losing absorbing power. The general result over the country has been the elimination in many cases of private offices, and the creation of large, single, office rooms, the ceilings and walls...
...University hockey team defeated the substitutes 4 to 0 in an hour's scrimmage at the Arena yesterday afternoon. The extension of the skating area to its usual length of 220 feet, made the play less congested than the scrimmages of the last week, when the shortened rink was used in preparation for the game at New York. Omitting the usual preliminary drill, the University immediately faced the substitutes in an hour's hard scrimmage. The play was fast and at times marked by brilliant team-work. A faster attack together with swifter shots and passes characterized yesterday's work...