,«-<^_. lalifornial e^ional Jility y rr^^KS'S^ ?5S t ijigjg^^^j J ^^^^M r #^ 1 pj ^PiS 1 ^^^^ffiSH ^liis i %\)t ^nibersitp of Chicago FOUNDED BV JOHN D ROCKEFELLER ®f)e MiUiam Eainep harper ifWemorial liirarp Betiicateli '^nm tl)e tlDentj) anti dtlebentl) i^ineteen Hunlireli WmtVtit Witi) ^ome Account of tfjr (i^tjjer Builtiings of tl)e ^nitirmtp • • • • • d)r ^tUtam 3^ai\\t\> J;)arpcr #Tcmorial HilJiaiT^ i '.1 ■ 9 8 III III ^1 H yi '.^ [ Bl IJL Bctiicatcti 3unc tl)r Ccutlj anti Clf\)futlj l^iuftcfu i[)untJicti Ctocltje Jo w IDilliam Baiucp S?avpcr |&l).2D., ?^.©., LL.?©. ILLIAM KAINEY HARPER was born in New Conconl, Oliio, July 2(5, 1H.>(). the eldest son of Samuel and Elizabeth Rainey Har|)er. From Muskingum College at New Concord at the age of fourteen he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts and from Vale University at the age of nineteen the degree of Doctor of Philosoi)hy. In 1875 he married Ella Paul daughter of Rev. David Paul, president of Muskingum College. He was tutor in Denison University from 187(3 to 1878. He was professor of Hebrew^ in the Baptist Union Theological Seminary at Morgan Park, Illinois, from 1879 to 1886, and of Semitic languages in Yale University from 1886 to 1891. In September, 1890, Dr. Harper was elected President of the then recently founded University of Chicago, accepted the office in a letter dated at New Haven, February 16, 1891, and entered upon his duties July 1 of the same year. With the presidency he held also the headship of the Depart- ment of Semitic Languages and Literatures. He was the founder, and to the end of his life the editor, of Hebraica, afterward known as The American Journal of Semitic Lang-uag-es and Literatures, and of The Hebrew Student, which after various changes of name became The Biblical World. He also took a leading part in the founding and editing of The American Journal of Theology. He was the author of numerous works in the field of Semitic languages and Old Testament inter- o* pretation, and in education. He died January 10, 1906. 462933 Tlir Harper Memorial Library FROM 1892 to 11U)2 the General Library of the University of Chicago was housed in a temporary one-story brick buildinij. which also gave accommodation to the I'niversity Press and the Ciymnasium. This building stood where Hutchinson Court is now located. In l!H)-J. on the completion of the Press Building on the corner of Fifty-eighth Street and Ellis Avenue, tiie Library accompanied the University Press to the new location. Here also it remained ten years. The first active steps toAvard the erection of a permanent central lilirary building lor the University were taken in the same year in which it was located in the Press Building. .June 24. 1902. on recommendation of President Harper, the Board of Trustees appointed a Commission on Library Building and Policy. This committee included, beside the President himself, three members of the Board of Trustees. Messrs. Martin A. Ryerson. Franklin Mac\'eagh. and F. A. Smith, and six members of the Faculties, Messrs. Frederick I. Carpenter. .Tohn >L Coulter. Albion ^^^ Small. Harry I'ratt .Tudson. William Gardner Hale. i W^^^TT-^'^^ z r ■ » n ¥ 1 m 'n ''m fp ■^ f -^ * * a w ^ f » " t M South Facade of the Library Group ■I^T"'F:y. siirlAL srlEXCF.S. AND PHIL»"*S' and Ernest I). Burton. The report of this Commission. jH-esented to the Board of Trustees and adoi)ted in August of the same year, recommended that the I^ibrary Building be made the central member of a group of nine buildings, which should include buildings for the Divinity School, the Law School, the Historical and Social Science (iroup. tlic Philosophy (iroup. the Chtssical Ciroup. the Modern Language Ciroup. and the Oriental Group: that each of these buildings contain a departmental library for the dei)artments housed in it : and that the buildings be so constructed that the reading-room of each departmental librarj' would be on ap])roximately the same level with that of the central building, and in easy conmmnication with it by bridges or otherwise. The Commission also recommended that the central library building be erected in the center of the Midway frontage, flanked on the west by the buildings for Modern Languages and the Classics, and on the east by tliat of the Historical and Social Science (irouj). 'I'lie Haskell Oriental Museum liad already been built. The Law lUiilding wils completed in April. I'.tok These two buildings bounded on the west and east sides respectively a court of which the central library building now forms the south side. The Divinity School wris assiytu-d space north of the Haskell Oiicnlal .Miiscuni. and IMiilosophy and l*s\ciiol() man\' of the lihrarians of the country. On the death of Tresident Harper in January. 1 '.•(»(;. there was a widespread feelinjf that there should he erected on the main (piadranyle of the I'niversity some |)ermanent and worthy memtyial of its first President, to whose courage, enerely indebted for the progress it had made in the first fifteen years of its existcnci'. it was soon decided that that memorial should take the form of a central r-4 tl L'J IsMBl t±±\\'k 5^x4 tlTf-f TlllilnS IT U ^ d! First-l'loor Plan of the l.ilirary Gr4iu|> library building erected in aecordanee with the plan which President Harper hinist-lf had taken i)art in sha]Mng. Mr. .lohn 1). Roekefeller |)romised to gi\e three- fourths of whatever amount should be given for this purpose up to !{i8()(),00(). To meet this condition over .f^'iOO.OOO was subscribed and duly paid by over two thousand individual givers. Including the above sums and the interest which accrued before and during the i)rocess of building, the total ot' the Harper Memorial liibrary funil somewhat exceeded one million dollars. Of this sum aj^proxi- mately .$800, 000 was spent ujjon the building and its furniture, and over .f 200, 000 set aside as an endowment fund for the physical maintenance of the building. (Jround was broken January 10, 1!)10, the fourth anniversary of the death of President Harper. The cornerstone was laid June 14. 11)10. The building was completed in .lune, 11)12, two years and five months from the breaking of the ground. The Harper Memorial Library was designed by Shepley. Rutaii c^- Coolidge. It gives the I'niversity another illustration of English Ciothic architecture of the collegiate type, inspired by the examples of King's College Chapel of Cambridge, and Magdalen College and Christ Church of Oxford. The Library is not copied from any particular building, but the features of its design have their origin in the motives of those ancient buildings, and it is wi-ought in that style of architecture to meet present-day needs. It is believed that the result gives an atmosphere of dignity and charm to this important central building of the Uni\ ersity. The main features both of the Harper Memorial Library, and of the whole group of which it is the central member, were laid down in the report of the Commission of 1002. The main reading-room is on the third tloor of the middle section of the building. Adjoining it in the West Tower is the Public Catalogue and General Delivery room. From this Hoor bridges lead immediately to the libraries in the Haskell Oriental Museum and the lo Second* Floor l*lan of ihe Library (jr«»iip Law Huilding. Eventually there will also be immediate communication with the reading-rooms of the other buildings of the (iroup, which still remain to be built. The general adminis- trative offices and working- rooms of the libraries are on the second Hoor. Other offices and rooms for special collections are provided in the fourth. fit\h. and sixth stories of the two towers. The book stacks rest directly on the ground, and are carried indei)endently of the building. The first Hoor. with the exception of the East Tower stack, is temporarily given up to classrooms and a suite of offices for the President of the I'niversity. With the exception of the space reserved for corridors, this Hoor will eventually be wholly occupied by stacks. The Historical and Social Science Group, whose building is to be built just cast of the new building, is for the present given space for a graduate reading-room and departmental offices in the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth floors of the East Tower. The departmental libraries of Philosophy and the .Modern Language (iroup will be located in the ^^'est Tower until sucli tinu' ;is iiiorc |i(iin;iiicnl (|ii;irtns can l)c piox idcd, or the s|)ac'f is rtiniircd tor less s|)t'ciali/i'(l pniposcs. Scmiiiai' rooms arc also |)ro\ idcd t'oi' all llicsc dcparl iiiciits. The com- pletion of this (Jroii]) ;ieeordiiiridge University \'i. Trinity •i. Christ Church ti. Trinity !•. IVterliouse l.S. Knnnaiuiel .•{. Balliol 7. Oxford Iniv.rsity 10. IVnibroke 14. St. Johns ^. Oriel 11. Kings On tlic parapet over the central window of the Keailing-Room : 'I'he L'niversitv of Chicago Oil (lie N'ordi I<;ifviiti<>ii ( )\ cr (lie I liird-sloiy w iiidow West ■I'duci- I. Il.'irv.'inl 'J. N(ii-lli\\c^t<-fii .'>. I luli.'lll.'l I . .Iiiliiis I lii|ikiiis .'>. M IIIIHSOI.I li. Micliiy.'iM 7. I'riiu-i-toii I'.Msl I'liwcr I. WiscDiisiii ."), I'riiJisvh.'iiiia ^. Dciiisoii ti. Vassjir .'i. Conifll 7. CalifViniia I-. ('oluml)ia Over the sccoiid-stoiv windows al)()\c llic main entrance to the WesI 'I'owcr: I- ''■'I"' '■^- N iiMiiii.-i ,'J. Illinois k Lrlaiid Slaiifoni .liiiiior ()\er the main entrance of I lie >\'est Tower are tlie coats of arms of: 1. riic I ni\cisil\ <,r Cliu-.i;^,, ','. 'l-lu- Inilcil Sl;itcs oT AriH-iic.-i On the parajH't o\<'r the Keadiny-Hoom are the coats of arms of: I- Aiin.-ipc.li-, -2. ■rii,. Iiiilrd Sl.ilcs iil' Airicric:i .'{. West i'oiiit C)\er the ciwitral north entrance is [\\v following inscription: l\ MIMdin ol W ILI,IA.M UAIXKV II A |{ l'KI{ llliSI- I'HKSIDKN r Ol- Till. INIVKKSITY Ol' CllUWliO On the parapt't o\er the center of tiie Keadiny-lJoom are the words: Scifiicf, Art, l>ilcr;itiiic Harper iMeiiioriHl l^ilirary f r«>iii the Soiilli \vet«l r ILLINOIS Hi i I. ..i - i In the Kutrance Hall of the West To-wer Oil the south wall the following inscription appeui-s on a brass tablet: ^1 TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF WIT.TTAM RATXF.Y HARPER FIRSl rUESlUENT 0¥ THE UNIVEKSlTY OF tHlCACiO BORN 18j6 DIED 1906 THIS eriLDIXG WAS ERECTED BY GIFTS OF THE ForXDER OF THE UNIVERSITY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND FACULTIES ALUMXI STUDENTS AND OTHER FRIENDS A.D. 191^ riie tbllowiiiij jji-intei-s" marks are cai\ ed on the stone eorbels supporting the oak beams of the ceiling: on the south side from east to west: on the north side from west to east: 1. The device oi Johann Frobeii. Biisle. the last yeai-s of the fifteenth century and the first tjuarter of the sixteenth. (Two hands holding ujmght a caduceus. on which is perched a bird. The two serpents are crowned. ) Frohcn. 2. De\ ice introduced by Chrlsfophcr Phtntin of Antwerjj about the middle of the sixteenth century. (A pair of comi)asses directed by a hand.) Lahore et Conxfantiu. 3. Device of Gcrardiix Jfohw/idfiiis. Ant^verp. HiNt (|uarter of the seventeenth century. (An anchor held by two hands reaching from the clouds. The (i reek letters Alpha and Omega and Chi Rho. ) Concordia. 4. Device of Mdrcii.s .liimdorus. ^'enice, 1.5()!>. (A stork.) J'/j^i/nf HIT Fati.scit. On the stairway in the West Hall, half-way up the fii-st fliirht is the Coat of arms of thtr L niversitv of Chicago lit flir Miiiii ICrnil i iit^> ICootii i»ii llit* 'I'liird T'Ioih- In llif ccilinu llir coal ol arms ul' the I iii\ci-si(y of I'liicaiid and the nioiiourain ILML (lljirpcr Mcinoiial Lihrary) arc repeated. ()li the eorlx'ls sii iiporl iiil;' I he eediiii; arches are |iiiiilers" marks. ari-aMucil I'll the north si'a. ) liciKivdliitiir. 4. Device of Ilcinmiii- Ciro.ssc. I>ei|)/iLi\ l)cii'iiminy of tlie seven- teentli centnrv. (Ilercnles with hon skin and chil). ) .SVc /////■ (td J.slni. .5. Device of Ci iiilliiii iiic lioiiillc. Lyons. l.)4.') to about l.")'.l(). (An e:iyle arising on a <>lobe. two seri)cnts. ) /// J^iiiiilc cf Fartuiid. (!. Device used l)y TlioiiKts rdiitroHicr, London and Kdinl)iiroh. about lo(>5-l()().5: also l)v .JdIiii Xo/io/i. London, beginning; of tlie scvcn- teentli century. (An anchor lield by a liaiid reaching from the clouds.) ^Iiic/iiira Spci. 7. De\ ice by Tlicodosius RilnTius. Strasburg, third (piarter of the sixteenth century. (A winged woman.) 5. Dt'vice introduced i)y Aldus Mti)/u/ius, in l.)()2, founder of the great N'eiictiau house of Aldis. which pnl)lishe(l books from about 14'.».j to the opening of the seventeenth century. mm-' MINNESOTA -^-"^T^ COLUMBIA La PENNSYLVANIA Sorerii iit Kiist Ktitl t>[ lieii' tliis subscription tlie erection of thix'c buildings for the residence of sludints was |)lanned. These were North, or Graduate Hall, ;ind Middle and South Divinity Malls. The plans wei'e made in connection with those of Cobb Hall, and the buildinus were finished and occu])ied at the same time. Octobei-. IS'.fJ. The cost of these three buiklinu's was Jt^l7"i,S().).7"^. (iraduate and South Divinitj' Halls honse forty-six stu- dents each, and Middk' l)i\init\' ninetv-two. ,\ Snell Hall .\l)out the middle of the year 18<»-i Mrs. Hi'urielta Snell ainiounced to President Harper that she would contribute $.)().()()() for the erection of a hall lor men. in memorx' of her husband. Amos .1. Snell. The bnild- inif was located at the coiner of l''Jlis .\\enne and l''ifty-se\ cut h Street, and was finished and occupied in .\pril. lS!i;5. It houses about sixty students, and cost .%78,j8(i.H . l-',arl\- yraduatt's of the I'nixcM-sity remember it as the center of underuraduale life. pp r— T u ff n i pW p \m ■! ■ I' 'i ^\fPl V'F^^f^: !■■: > ■»: / Kelly Hall In tlie spring of 18!»2 the L'ni- \ersity undertook the raising of one milhon doHars in ninety days. It was in connection with this effort tiuit Mrs. Ehzabeth C;. Kelly made the fii-st of her three contributions for buildings. She gave $.50,000 toward tlie cost of tlie residence hall for women which licurs her name. Kelly Hall cost 8(>"2.14'.t.-_'l. It wtLs com- pleted in the summer of 1893. and was tii-st (H-cupicd by students Octo- l)er 1 of that year. It has rooms for forty-two women, including jnirlor and dining-room. Mis. Kelly's inter- est was such that she alst) gave the money for the building of Green Hall, and at her death left a fund of S150.000 for a third l)uilding. yet to be erected. Mary Bc^eeher Hall In connection with the "'million- dollars-in-ninety-days" effort in 189'2. Mrs. Mary Beecher also gave the University SjO.OOO for the erection of a residence iiall for women, to bear lier name. Its construction went on in conjunction with that of Kelly Hall. and it also was finished in the sum- mer of 18!».-{. and oi)ened to stiuknts Octolx'r 1 of that year. It is of the same size as Kelly Hall, has rooms for forty-two students, and cost $(>-J. ]•_'(;. 0.5. .Mrs. Ikccher's husband. Jerome Heecher, one of the old settlers of Chicago, was one of our citizens who contributed to the origi- nal fund for the founding ol' the I'niversity. having given $.)()() toward the million d<»llars raised for that |)uri)ose in iss'.i '.m. The >V.,iitr»V Kfxiaeiice lialU. .Naiii> 1 oxler Hall at Ritht Nancy Foster Hall III .Tunc IS'.t'J. .Mrs. Xaiicv S. Foster sul)scribed $.)0,()()() to proxidr a ri'sidcncc biiildiiitj for women. On learniiif:^ that the cost must lartjely exeeed tlic sum sul)scribed, .Mrs. Foster ifenerously jirovided the full eost of the l)uil(lin.H(). It was finislied in Oetober, 181)3. In I'.tOO Mrs. Foster made a new contribution of !t^2().-t(if).()4 for the purpose of extendin.u' tht' Hall to the west. The Hall now provides a home for sixty-ei,<>ht students. Green Hall .Mrs. Kli/.al)eth (i. Kelly, who in IH'.fi uave .$.)().()()() for the ereetion of Kelly Hail, in ISltS made a ut-w contri- bution for another residence for women. This l)uildinu' was o])cncd to studi'iits January 1. IS'.i'.i. It beinu found that the Hall had cost ST'J.OOO. Mrs. Kelly fjave the necessary amount. She de- sired ill ii'i\iny' this l)uildiiii>- to lioiioi' the iiK'mory oi her pai'cnts. and it tlR'i'c- fore bears the name of (irt-cn Hall. It pro\ itles a home for si\ty-se\ en students. Walker ^Iiisoiiiu 111 July. 18«f_'. Mr. George C. Walker, a mem- ber of the Board of Trustees, subscribed sidii.iiiiii for the erection ot a Museimi Build- ing. Mr. \\'alker believed that the development of the I nivei-sity presented an unspeakable opportunity to l)eo]jle of wealth in Chicago to l)uilil their own lives into what was highest in the Hfe of the city. He therefore — embraced with great enthu- siasm the opportunity to builil the Museum, and generously permitted much of its space to be used for classroom jjurposes by the Departments of Geology and Cieography until a building for these depart- ments should be secured. Walker Museum was dedicated in October, 1893. It cost .SlOtt.L'To.ll. Kent Chemical Laboratory Kent Chemical Laboratory was made possible through the munificence of Mr. Sidney A. Kent, long resident and well known in Chicago. Proposing to give -SIjO.OOO for the build- ing, he ended, in order to make it as complete as possible, by giving S20'i.'270. 19, the full cost of the Laboratory. Mr. Kent also generously furnished the laboratory ecjuipment. The building was formally turned over to the University January 1. 1894. Mr. Kent said at that time: "If in any small measure the work ot my life can contribute to the advancement of knowledge and the greater hap])iness of men: if this can be done in this city, where my busy days liave been spent and Avhere my heart is. and if, as I believe, we who have aided in the work of erecting this great L'niversity have heli)ed to lay the foundations of what can never be de- stroyed. I feel in this work a i>ride and a ha])i)i- ness that has never been equaled in my life." Mr. Kent crowned his benefi- cence by providing a lund of s.)(».()tK) for the care of the Laboratorv. Ryersoii Physical Laboratory Among tlu' many contributions to the Tniversity of Mr. Martin A. Kyerson, President of tlie Hoard of Trustees, is the Physical Laboratory. This buildiuir was erected by the donor as a memorial of his fatlier. Martin Ryerson, one of the leading business men of Chicago of his day. The cost of the Laboratory was .$-20(),871.41. To this con- tribution .Mr. llyerson added the complete e(iuii)ment and furniture of the building. Finished and occupied at the begiiming of 1894, the Laboratory was dedicated July 2, 18i)4. On .luly 20. 1<»10. Mr. Ryerson informed the Trustees that '"on account of the progress of the science of Physics,'" and because it was "evident that the demands ui)on the Laboratory space will soon exceed its cai)acity."" lie |)ro|)()sed to make improve- ments in the i)resent building and its ecpiip- ment, and to erect and c(|uii) an amiex. All tliis has been done at ai\ ex|)ensc to Mr. Ryerson of about .^'JOO, ()()(), giving the I'ni- versity an ideal provision for the Depart- ment of Phj'sies. The Hull Biological Laboratories IX December, 18J».5. Miss Hikii C'uher (•(iniimiiiii'atfd to \\h- Trustees her purpose to conwv to tlie University ])ro]X'rty \:ilue(l by her ;it approximately 81.000.000, ■"to be devoted to the increase and sj^read of knowledge within the field of the Biological Sciences." Miss Culver said: "'Amoiio- the motives pn)iH|)tinL!' this yitt is the desire to carry out the ideas and to honor the nieiuory of Mr. Charles .1. Hull. who was for a considerable time a nienil)t'r of the Board of Trustees of the old I niversity of Chicago." Early in 1896 she conveyed the prop- erty to the University. Out of Miss Culver's great contribution the sum of •'^.'J'i.i.OOO was set aside for the erection of four l)uildings to (■(institute the Biological (irouji. To carry out the i)urpose of the donor, till' four ])uildings erected severally toi- instruction and laboratory work in Physiology. Anatomy. Zoology, and l?otan\ . were gi\ en the name The Hull Biological Laboratories. They were built to form a (piadrangle known as Hull Court, and were so connecteil by arcades that one can walk under coxer from one building to and through all tiic others. In con\ eying the ])ro])erty .Miss Cul\ei- wrote: "The connection of the nanii' and memory of .Mr. Hull with the work to be done is no small consideration in my eyes, and I lio|ic ni\" ))rovision concerning it may he full\ and broadly carrii'd out." A hci'oic bi'on/e bust of .Mr. 11 nil. a recent gift Iroin .Miss Culxcr. will soon l)e placed in Hull Couil. 'I'lic i 1 nil (irouj) is located hi'twcen l-'ilt \-se\ cntli Sti-eet on the The /.<><>li>ii> lliiadi noi'lh ,-iii(l the Kent and Hycrsoii lahofatnrics on llic soiilli. 'I'lic coriicrstoiu's of llic luiii- 1 1 nil l)i()l()!iical I ,ai)(ii-at()rit's wri'c laid July ;>. IS'.m;. ill coiiiicctioii witli tin' (^niiKniciinial t't'lcbratioii ol the r<)iiiidiiii;- of I lie I 'iii\ crsitw 'I" lie laboratories wrw dtdicatid. in con- nection with the Nineteenth Con- \oeali(Hi. on .lnl\' "J. IS'.l?. .Miss t'nher presenlt'd tlii' hnildinys to the I 'ni\ tTsity. and President llariiei' accepted theni tor the l>oard ol 'I'rnstees. In these I'onr lal)oratories till' work of tiie .Medical students is conducted. In addition to Anatoni.w Pliysioloyy. Zoi)lou> . and I?otany. the Departments of KinliryoioiiV. Physiological Cheniistrx, Pathology, and Hacterioloyy find tlieir homes in the Hull Hioloyical Lal)oratories. Tliouuh when i rectt'd these l)uildint>s were belie\e(l to l)e adeiiuate tor the uses of the l?ioiooical Depart- ments for an indefinite period to come, so yreatl\ ha\e they con- tributed to the yrowtii of these depai't- ments that there is now urgent need of additional l)uildings. The Hull Court affords the only example as yet po.ssessed by the University of a full\' com])lete(l (luadranti'le and, in connection with Hitchcock and Snell halls on the west and tlu' 'i'ower (iroup on tlu' east, u'ives a truer idea than can be uained elsc'wlu're of tlu' a])pt'arance which tin' (|ua(lraiiii'li's will present when, tlu' plan tinallx' com|)leted. each of the four sidi's of the ureat ([uadranifle bounded by Fift\-se\ t'lit h aiui Fifty-ninth streets and by KIlis and Lc'xinu'ton a\enues is inclosed with a continuous line of buildings. l)roken only l)y suitable and impres- si\e entranci's. TIk* a 1111)41111 y It II i I ill II li llio l Itiiihliiiu The l*li>'siuluit>- Uuildinii The Yerkes Observatory Tlie Observatory, with its -tO-iiu-li refractor, was provided through the Hberahty of Mr. Cliarles T. Yerkes. It stands on the shore of Lake Gene\ a in ^Visl•oIlsin. on ground donated lu Mr. .lohit .Tohnston. Jr. The Observatory grounds eoiuprise titt>-tive aeres. The site is iiigh above the lake, eonniianding an extensive view. Tlie Observatory was begun in IS'.K). and was dedicated October 21. ISHT. The cost of tlie Observatory and telescope was !j>331».(it»!l.().j. In his will Mr. Yerkes made adtlitioiial provision for the care of the Observatory and for carrving on its work. The Haskell Oriental Museuiii The contribution of .SIOO.OOO for the erection of the Oriental Museum was the largest of several jrifts of .Mrs. Caroline E. Haskell to the I 'nivi'rsit V. This gilt, with its accretions of interest, fully paid lor the building, which cost $103,017. f". The cornerstone was laid .Iul\ 1. IS'.t.). and the .Museum was dedi- cated .Fuly •_'. IHOC. Mrs. Haskell jjrcscntcd the building to the I'ni- vcrsity "in honor and in memory of her husband. Kredcrick Haskell. in token of which it is to i)ear the name ot Tht- Haskell Oriental Museum. "' Charles Hitchcock Hall On Jumian- 1. I'.KIO. Mrs. Annie Hitclicoc-k informed tiie Trustees that s\\v desiri-d to build at the I 'nixersity a memorial of her husband. Mr. Charles Hiteheoek. .Mi'. Hiteheoek had been an eminent Chieayo lawyer. The eornerstone of the Charles Hitelieock Hall was laid on June 1.), 1!»()1, in connection with the Decennial Celebration. The buildinu was Hnislud in Septem- ber, 11H)"2. and occii])ied by students at the opening of the autunm (piarter. It cost .Sl.5().4!»it.()S. It has rooms for ninety-three students. It contains also a clubrooni. infirmary, breakfast room, and. in a larye and beauti- ful room on the first floor, a library, the 4..>10.7<>. Within its walls the C'(dlegc of Education, the Elemen- tary School, and, in |)art. the I'niversity High School, conduct their work. The architect of this build- ing and Bclficid Hall was Mr. .Fames (iambic KugiiN. Gardens Belfield Hall The Chicago Manual Traiiiiiig School was estalihshed by the Commercial Club of Chicago in 188.-3. and transferred to the University in 1897. Until the erection of a building on the grounds of the Uni\ersity. its Avork was conducted at the eoniei- of Michigan A\c'iiue and Twelfth Street. The plans of the new building were a|)pro\ ed in Septendjer, 1902: the cornerstone was laid June 17. 1903; the building was occupied in part November 9. 190.*}. and it was dedicated May 14. 1904. In it two University Schools — the Chicago .Manna! Training School and the South Side Academy — were united, and became the University High School. 'I'lie cost of the building was '$220,128.84, provided maiidy from the |)rocee(ls of the sale of the old Chicago Manual Training School property. The Hall was named in honor of Henry H. IJelfield. who was ])rincipal of the School for many years. The University Press The funds for the erection of the University Press Building were given l)y the founder oi' the Unixersity. The cornerstone was laid .June 1.5, 1901. and the building was occupied ()ctt)ber 1, 1902. It cost .$10.5.8.51.72. exclu- sive of its e(|ui])ment. It housed the Law School for two years, and the General Library for ten years. It also lurnishes offices for the Auditor, Registrar, and the Sec- retary of the Hoard of Trustees. Hatchinson Hal The ToM'er Group Till". I iiivei-sity w:ls enabled to erect the iJfioup of buildiiiirs on the southwest corner of Fitty-seventh Street and Lexintrton A\enue through the liberality of Charles L. i Iiitehinson. John .1. Mitehell. Leon Mandel. John 1). Rockefeller. Harold F. McCorniick. and the interest of the executors of the Joseph Reyiiokls estate. The formal oi>enincr of the (irouj) took place December •_'•_'. litOo. thouixh the various buildincrs were finished and had been occupied in October. The cost of the Cimup was !?>413.9"20. (JT. This Ciroup and all the buildinus sul)se(|uently named in this l)ook were planned by MessiN. She])ley. Hutan \- Coolidsje. Iliitcliiiisoii Hall The .Men's COnnnons or dininir- hall was named in honor of Mr. Charles L. Hutchinson, who at this time added «<".(». 000 to his contrii)utions to thi I'niversity. and also rendered t tlic year for I>an Hall The Loon Mandel Assembly Hall On Xoveiiiher 'i'.t. IS'.l'J, Mr. Lron Maiulrl, one of tlie <>iv:it merchants of C'liica().'J. anil formally dedicated December '2'2. 1903. The seating caiiacity of the Hall is ele\en hundred and forty. In it nrv held orchestra concerts and dramatic performances, daily chapel assemblies, Sunday preaching ser\ ices, and the I'nixersity Convocations. The Mitchell ToM^er The 'I'ower was named in honor of .lohn .T. Mitchell, i)resident of the Illinois Trust anil Savin.n-s Hank. Mr. Mitchell contrii)uted $.)0.000 toward the cost of the Ciruup. this being but one of his gifts to the University. The Tower is modeled alter .Magdalen Tower. ()\l'oril. In it are hung the ten Alice Freeman Palmer bells: and on one of its inti'rior walls is a has relief of Mrs. Palmer. It iurnislus the principal entrance to the entire (iroup. fc ttjTffrrJfi^ The Reynolds Club 'I'he Student Club House is a meinoriiil ol Joseph Reynolds, who for many years eon- trolled a famous line of steamboats on the Mississippi River. He died in 18H1. It was his desire t«) do something for boys and youny men. His widow and exeeutors |)resented. therefore, to the I'ni- versity a lar:in its worU ( )rtohc'r 1. 11»(I-J. t'ontracts lor liuiklini)- were awarded February 17. I'Mni. The cornerstone was hiid then President of the United States, on April 2. lOO.'}. Tlie building was tinished and occupied at the opening of the spring (piarter. 1!)()4. It cost .t-248,G.}-J.8(). No donor be- ing found in Chicago to contribute the money for the Law Huilding, it was advanced by Mr. Rockefeller in the exi)ectation that such a donor would some time api)ear. Awaiting such a benefactor of the Univer- sity, tlie building lacks a name. A door in the southwest corner of its reading-room gixcs access to tlu' main reading-room of t\\v Harper Memorial Libraiy. Law Library KeadinA^Kc •rcction licodorc of the I ,aw Koosc\ eh. t.i«J7^-:^; The Frank Dickinson Rartloft Gymnasium On September H. 1 '.•()(!. Mr. A. C Bartlett, a trustee of the I'nivei-sity. coiiiiuunicuted to tlic Hoaril his purpose to make a hiriie contribution for the buildiuij of a uynmasium for men as a memorial tt) his son. Frank Dickinson Bartlett. then recently deceased. TIk' cornerstone of the buiidinij was laid on Thanksijivinij Day. November 28. l!H)l. The dedi- cation took place January "ilt. l'.t()4. The buildinu cost s-_'87. 984. •_'(). Mr. Bartlett said at the dedication: "This (iyninasium is the fruition of a youns; life — a life in which tjood fellow- ship, truth, hiifji as|)irations. and kind deeds were the cardinal principles — and this (iynmasium was built, not bv the death of Frank Bartlett. but throuijh his life."" A Vrlrr.r ■■■ the Knlraiirp l« the Frank Dickinson Harflpit <•> ninit^i ii in The Gil'is of Cliicngc) ■ taUcs lliis opixnl imil y lo place on rccuid ils apiiiccial um ol' the xcrv lil)c'ral intcrcsl I he cil i/.ciis of Chicaj^o have inanircslcd in ils (lc\ clopiiicnl . 'j'lic I'mids rc(Hiin'(l in 1SS;» ;»() (o meet [\\r liisi condil ioiial uil'l lot- ils cstaljlisliinciil were for tlic most |)art coiil rihulcd l)\' C'hicjiyo. In tlic spriny of isicj. Ix'l'orc ils doors were opened ibr students. C'liicayo snl)sci'il)ed !j>l, ()()(). 00(1 in ninel\- (la\s. And lliis inleri'st and liheraliU- have continued initil the total yif'ts of tlie peo|)k' ol' Cliicayo to the I 'ni\ ci'sit v now exceed $7, 000. 000. .ui\cn l)v a lotal of nearly '-'..lOO individuals. '1,'he nunics oi some of llu' hu'yci' contributors ;u"e ;is lollows: Miss Helen Culver Mrs. Anita MeCorinick HIaiiie and Chicago Inslilulc 'Pnis- tees Mr. Martin A. liyorson The Estate of W. B. Ogden Mr. Charles T. Yerkes Mr. Marshall Field Mrs. Elizabeth O. Kelly Mr. Sidney A. Kent Mrs. Esther Ueynolds for the Reynolds Estate Mrs. Annie Hitchcock Mrs. Caroline E. Haskell Mr. Silas B. Cobb Mr. and Mrs. Adc>li)luis C. Bartlett Mr. George C. Walker Mr. W. F. E. (iurley Mr. Leon Mandel Mrs. Nancy S. Foster Mr. Charles L. Hutchinson Mrs. J. Young Scanimon Mr. John J. Mitchell Mrs. Mary Beecher Mrs. Henrietta Snell Mrs. Elizabeth A. Hill Mrs. Erskine M. Phelps The Estate of Parmelia Brown Mr. Charles B. Crane Mr. E. Nelson Blake Mr. Harold F. McCormick Mr. W. T. Joyce Mr. lIcrnKin II. Kohl.saat Mr. Henry .1. Furber Mrs. Nellie B. Linn Mr. William Talcott Mr. Andrew MacLeish Wells Brothers Mrs. Mary A. Byerson The Peck Estate Mr. Berthold Lowcnthal The Estate of John Q. Adams Mr. John A. Beichelt Mrs. Catherine M. White Mr. Julius Bosenwald Mr. A. A. Sprague Mrs. Conrad Seipp Mr. Henry A. Rust Mrs. Mary J. Willmarth Mr. Enos M. Barton Mr. C. K. G. Billings Mr. Henry Ives Cobb Mr. Charles I''. Grey Ml'. Eben and Miss Fannie G. Lane Mr. A. A. Munger Mr. A. Montgomery Ward Mr. Ira H. Owen Miss Marion Talbot Mr. P. D. Armour Mr. L. C. P. Freer Mr. Hugh Riddle Mr. J. G. McWilliams Mrs. Howard T. Ricketts Mr. Byron L. Smith Mr. Chaunccy J. Blair Mr. Franklin MacVcagh Mr. and Mrs. Gustavus !■'. Swift Mr. H. J. Ullman Mr. and Mrs. E. B. I'.ullir Mr. Frank O. Lowden Mr. Henry C. Lytton Mr. Henry L. Frank Sinai Congregation Mr. Morris Selz Mr. D. G. Hamilton Dearborn Seminary Mr. Herman Lowcy Mrs. Delia Gallu]) Miss Helen Snow Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus Mr. C. J. Singer Mr. Charles B. Pike Chicago Woman's Club Mrs. Lydia B. Packer Colonial Dames The Estate of Marie Mcrgdcn Mr. W. E. Hale Mr. George E. Hale Mr. O. W. Barrett Mr. George A. Fuller Mr. N. W. Harris Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Foreman Mr. Wayland W. Wait Mr. L. Everingham Mr. James F. Gillette Mr. E, F. Selz Mr. S. B. Lingle Mr. Harold H. Swift Mr. C. W. Needham Mr. C. W. Fullerton Hart, Schaffner and Marx Mr. Cyrus H. McCormick Mr. F. J. Dewes Mrs. Augasta Mannheimcr Judge Jesse \. Baldwin Mr. John E. Scolt Mr. John H. Cha|)maii Shepley, Rut an & Coolidge Judge F. A. Smith Mr. William Kent Mr. H. H. Porter Mr. Francis W. Parker Mr. John H. Wrenn Mr. Eli B. Feksenthal Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Lillie Mr. H. Paei)kc Mr. J. L. Gafzert Mr. Elmer L. Corthell Mr. D. J. Harris Mr. R. R. Donnelley Mr. A. J. Lichtstern Mr. William B. Walker Mr. Frank B. Tobey Mr. Edward Morris Mr. Marvin Hughitt ]Mr. Edward E. Ayer Mr. and iSIrs. J. J. Glessner Mr. Walter L. Fisher Mr. Chaunccy Keep Dr. I'Vank Billings Other Gifts to the Universitv Amon.e tliose friends of the T^uiversity outside of the cit\- of Chicago who have made notable contributions are the following: Mr. John D. Rockefeller, New York Miss Catherine W. Bruce, Brooklyn, N.Y. Mr. C. C. Bowen, Detroit Mr. Andrew Carnegie, New'^'ork Mr. William A. Talcott, Rock- ford, 111. Mr. George B. Cluett, Troy, N.Y. Mr. George A. Pillsbury, Min- neapolis Mr. J. W. Converse, Boston Mr. E. L. Hedstrom, Buff.'do. N.Y. Mr. Charles L. Colby, New York Mr. George Eastman, Rochester, N.Y. Mr. Charles Miller, Franklin, Pa. Mr. F. T. Gates, New York Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Atkins, Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. B. F. Sturlevant, Boslon Mr. A. S. Phelps, Princeton, 111. Estate of Cornelia Stilwell The Castle Family, Honolulu Mrs. Mary Castle, Honolulu Mrs. H. M. Randall, \MlIi,inis- ville, N.Y Mr.andMrs.W..\. Mooti, Dclroil Mrs. Mary Potter, Chalhaiu, NY. Mr. R. W. Gardner, (iuiucy. III. Mr. F. W. Patrick, Mareng,.. 111. The Bosworth Estate, lOlgin, III. Mr. F. H. Ludington, St. Louis Mr. L. B. Merrifield, Ottawa, III. Mr. an.l Mis. K. F. Dnikc, .St. Paul .Mr. J. J. Estey, Brattleboro. \l. Mr. E. S. Conver.