Word: parthenon
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fitted up in a very pleasing style. The college is co-educational, and the visitor is surprised at the beauty and arrangement of the sections of the building which are reserved for the girl collegians. Their study, a large square room lighted on three sides, is called the Parthenon, although it might well be called the Pantheon. The Dean's office is less terrible than our U. 5 in its simplicity. Everything looks comfortable, and the visitor at once feels at home. There is a gymnasium for the male students, and one for the girls. No reason is given...
...internal working, nor is it generally known that it possesses the most beautiful and costly of college buildings. The chief college building is the most magnificent and durable structure in the United States. It is built after the model of a Grecian temple. It resembles the Parthenon, with a peristyle of thirty-six columns, whose cost was about $13,000 each. The cella or body of the building is 111 feet wide and 169 feet long. This one structure cost two millions of dollars. The entire sum given by the donor for a college was absorbed in the building...
There is to be a German conference in Sever 4 at 7.30 this evening. The subject will be "The Parthenon at Rome." None but students are invited. These conferences are very entertaining, and afford an excellent opportunity for German students to acquire fluency in speaking...
...language of the Parthenon is mine...