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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...
...marked departure from the usual dormitory scheme will be made, in that the halls will be built in scattered units accommodating about fifty men each. They will be in English Collegiate Gothie style of rough stone and artistically grouped on the slope. Several halls or commons will be provided for each...
...structure is to be built in the form of a "U," similar to the University Stadium, and will cost about $300,000. It is to be situated on the southern slope of the field just south of the Princeton University buildings, and will be completed in time for use during the important football games next fall...
...people was awarded last July and since then the work has progressed steadily and the structure will probably be ready for the Harvard-Yale game next fall The "Bowl" is unique in plan. The playing field is 26 feet below the surface of the ground and the slope from this to the ground level is cut into broad low steps which are protected by a granolithic covering like a sidewalk or curb. Upon these are placed wooden benches with backs and foot-rests, while above these rise the tiers of seats in the "Bowl" proper. There are to be thirty...
...semi-sunken type, twenty-five feet below ground and thirty-five feet above ground. It is proposed to remove the loam from the territory to be covered by the field and stands, then to excavate the material from the field and use it for constructing an embankment; the inner slope to be cut into steps which are broad and low. These steps are to be protected by a granolithic covering like a sidewalk and curb. On these are to be built wood benches with a back, and a foot rest to raise the feet from the concrete. The outside...