Word: glasse
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...which will have a skylight running its whole length. This roof will be as far above the floor of the new reading room, as the suspended plaster ceiling was above the old one. The windows will be stripped of their old tracery and diamond lights, and fitted with clear glass. Tables with reading rack and swivel chairs will give space for readers twice in number of those hitherto accommodated. There will also be ample space for current periodicals and the reference and "reserved" books. An elevated desk near the stairway will give a commanding position to the keeper...
...central part of the floor space is occupied by a table from which descriptive pamphlets of the University are distributed, and by a case, in front of all, of the Blaschka glass flowers. Here also is a set of photographs of leading divines from all parts of the country who have served in former years as preachers to the University. It makes a remarkable collection...
...should like to protest against the manner in which the new window is being put in on the north side of Memorial. During the day the glass has been out of one half the window, and the result has been that at every meal the cold northeast wind has blown in and caused those at the west end of the hall either to shiver as they ate, or else wear their hats and overcoats. It is an imposition on the students thus carelessly to subject them to such cold draughts as an east wind brings through so large an opening...
From the hall, just before entering the study room, is a door leading to the library. This room is provided with iron racks and adjustable shelves. The windows looking out into the hall are made of fire-proof glass. The material is a novelty. The metal while in the molten state has been poured over a wire screen, so that if a fire should break out the flames could not crack the glass...
...stained glass window will soon be placed in Memorial Hall, the gift of the class of 1875. It will consist of two panels, each 11 1/2 by 4 feet, with a figure in each, and is a memorial of the early French pioneer movement in the West. The two figures used for this purpose are the explorer La Salle and the Jesuit priest Marquette...