Word: oaks
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...composed almost entirely of glass and a portion of the roof directly above is also of the same material. Around the three sides of the room are nine large sets of windows which admit of an abundant entrance of light. The seats in the lecture room consist of oak chairs with a side desk which can be lowered and raised at will. The walls of the room are finished in red with a relief of white columns...
...figure, which is seated, rests upon a square granite pedestal which is surmounted by a plynth of carved oak leaves. The monument is about 10 feet high, and will probably be unveiled tomorrow morning...
...dining and general club purposes; its dimensions will be 100 feet in length by about 40 feet in width and about three stories high. This large hall is patterned somewhat after the large Living Room of the Union, but has a stone floor, and stone walls above an oak wainscot...
...Westmorly Court, containing twenty-eight suites, is now ready for occupancy and is finished with the exception of the terrace. It is built in the same style as the main building and has many new attractive features. The main hall, which is handsomely finished with Indiana limestone and quartered oak, has a large stone mantel with pillars carved to represent the different athletics of the University. Red and white tiles are used for the flooring. In the basement are two good squash courts and a swimming tank, forty feet long, twenty-nine feet wide and seven feet deep...
...interior of the building is finished in dark stained oak and white painted plaster. To make it impossible for any dust to accumulate there are no corners in the building; the usual angles have been rounded off. The heating and ventilation system is of the newest and most efficient type, and provides for freeing the air from all dust by taking it through cheesecloth. The building is heated by hot-air, except for the corridors which are heated by steam and hot water radiators...