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...halls are on the hill overlooking Lake Cayuga, and a quarter of a mile from the main campus. They are of natural gray stone, obtained from a quarry a few hundred yards distant, and they are fireproof throughout. All necessary furniture is placed in the rooms by the university, and the rooms are rented according to the order in which applications for them are made...
...inside the stage lines with a five foot front extension. A smaller board for orchestral effects will cover half the orchestra pit, which will be 85 feet long by 20 feet wide. In order to protect these boards and the other permanent stage fixtures a large water-proof and fireproof awning has been devised in addition to the regular roof of the stage...
...just passed by the University and Andover Theological Seminary, the books of both institutions pertaining to theological study will be housed in a building to the erected by Andover. The new library building will contain a reading a reference room large enough to accommodate about 50 readers, and a fireproof stack for about 200,000 volumes, capable of indefinite enlargement...
...building is three stories in height, with a loft for storage purposes. The structure is absolutely fireproof, and represents the latest ideas in current construction. The floors, roof and stairways are built of reinforced concrete, while the outer walls are of brick and the inner walls of hollow tile blocks. The roof is slated, and has, on the top, a flat runway, on each end of which a steel lattice-work tower for supporting wireless antenna is to be erected. These have not yet been erected, but will be in place in a few weeks. The building contains 25 rooms...
...nearly opposite Langdell Hall in the space between Pierce Hall and the Jefferson Laboratory. It is three stories in height with a loft for storage purposes. The structure represents the latest ideas in cement construction, no wood whatever having been used in the framework. It is, of course, absolutely fireproof and has every conceivable modern improvement. Ground for the building was broken a year ago this fall and since then the work has been hurried as much as possible in order to have it ready for use some time this year...