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...book-stack of the new building to be erected for the great public library of Boston, will be constructed on the same general plan as the new wing of Gore Hall...
Newnham College, Cambridge, has now about eighty students in residence and makes a reasonable profit, out of which, however, during the past year, over L600 was devoted to reducing the cost of education by means of scholarships, exhibitions, and loans. An additional wing to the north hall and a hospital building are now in progress. Some magnificent donations have been recently made by Mrs. H. Sidgwick and Mr. Winkworth towards the cost of building a biological laboratory. The correspondence classes conducted in connection with Newnham College continue to be very useful in directing the studies of lady students residing...
...Princeton College, Dr. W. C. Prime reported that he was ready to hand over his valuable collection of pottery and porcelain to the college as soon as a fire-proof building was provided for its reception. It was resolved by the Board to raise $50,000 to erect a wing of a building, to be extended in future years. John I. Blair and Mr. H. Marquand have each given $5,000 for this object...
...general description of the new Jefferson Physical Laboratory has recently appeared, the following details of the structure of the new building, taken from specifications in the hands of the architects, we believe will prove of interest. The total length of the building is 209 feet. There are two wings, one at each end of the building, 65 feet 4 inches in dimension each way; the central part is 72 feet in length and 46 feet in width. The westerly wing of the building is to be used for special students and professors conducting experiments of great delicacy, and requiring...
Directly back of this wing, and connected with it, are extensive conservatories, now filled with rare and beautiful plants. In the north wing are the dining room, kitchen, laundry, bakery, pantries, storerooms and servants' rooms. The upper stories are arranged as dormitories or students' rooms. The eastern portion is the gymnasium. There are accommodations for about one hundred and twenty students, besides officers, teachers and servants. In this building most of the lady students live, their material wants looked after by a steward, whose wife, as matron, carefully orders lights out in the reception rooms and parlors...