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...rectangular court the minor buildings, pierced by the southern, eastern and western approaches, all on the axial lines of the building, which is to face south. Access to the southern or principal facade will be gained from One Hundred and Sixteenth street by a flight of steps 325 feet wide, surmounted by granite posts and an iron grille leading to a subordinate terrace, and thence by a flight of twenty steps 140 feet wide to the main terrace, from which the library building will rise. The eastern and western approaches will also be reached by successive terraces, but narrower...
...library building itself will be in the classic style, designed in the form of a Greek cross and surmounted by a dome. At the southern end of the cross and facing the main entrance to the university a flight of twenty-six steps 86 feet wide will rise to a portico of ten Ionic columns, 35 feet high, which will form the main entrance to the structure. This portico will be surmounted by a panel extending its entire length and filled with inscriptions. The stylobate of the main portico which will be 12 feet above the terrace, will...
...HAVEN, CONN., May 7. - Yale had an easy victory this afternoon over Lafayette. Trudeau kept the hits wide apart, except in the sixth inning, when two singles and a three-bagger yielded an earned run, but fine team work by Yale prevented more than a single run being scored by the visitors. Clarke was pounded heavily and his fielders threw poorly. The score...
...collected, without popular friction or disturbance to trade. Why did Congress neglect it? Because popular clamor dinned its claims in one ear, while Congress turned the other to the gentle suggestions of the beer combine. The law is unjustifiable because of its radical defects. The special deductions allowed open wide the doors of evasion, and this and the high rate of exemption will largely destroy its value as a revenue measure...
...floor. On the third and last floor from the head of the stairs there is a mosaic tiled corridor leading to the study room. This is directly over the recitation rooms, and is 70 by 30 feet. To the right of the study is a space about ten feet wide, partitioned by a panelled screen. Rising from this screen is a colonnade. The columns are of fine proportions and of the Corinthian order. On these columns rests an appropriate entablature. This room is to be fitted with tables and chairs, and here students may prepare for recitations or consult books...