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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...interior of the building will be finished mainly in oak. On the first floor, the east wing will be occupied by a large lecture room, with a seating capacity of 360, and the west wing by two smaller lecture rooms. In the rear, opposite the main entrance, there will be a large philosophical library, and on either side of the vestibule, seminar and department rooms. The second floor will contain the museum, library, study and lecture room of the division of the ethics of the social questions, the psychological library, and two class rooms. On the third floor there will...
...exterior of the building is now entirely completed. In the interior the iron stairways and rough woodwork, consisting of floor beams and studs in the partitions, have been completed, and the lathing and rough plastering has been finished. All the decorative plaster and finished woodwork, however, is still to be put in. Dark pine floors, window and door casings, book cases, exhibition cases, tables and chairs, all of quartered oak, are yet to be made for the libraries and museums of the building. The oak desks and platforms for the lecture rooms will not be put in until some time...
...plumbing is almost finished. The electric wiring has all been put in and in the psychological department on the third floor of the hall a system of wires has been so arranged that direct and alternating currents may be obtained for use in connection with a special apparatus for research work...
...meeting of the permanent Committee of the Intercollegiate Amateur Basketball Association held Saturday at Earl Hall, Columbia University, the following important changes in the rules were made: the value of baskets from the floor was changed from two to three points; the length of a game was changed from two halves of 20 minutes each to two halves of 25 minutes each, although shorter periods may be played by agreement of both captains; the number of score-keepers and time-keepers was changed from one to two; the referee and umpire are obliged to alternate in their duties; officials...
There will be a matinee tomorrow at 2.30 o'clock, and the last evening performance at 8. Tickets, at $1.50 for the floor and $1 for the balcony, may be had at Sever's or at the door an hour before each performance...