TOKONTO: AN HISTOEICAL SKETCH 



towers, and the Biological, to the south of the 

 Library ; the School of Practical Science built of red 

 brick, and the Thermo-dynamic building with its tall 

 double chimney, to the south of the lawn; and the 

 splendidly equipped Physics and Chemistry build- 

 ings, south of the Convocation Hall. On the corner 

 of College Street is the department of Mineralogy 

 and Geology in a building worthy of the important 

 part which these sciences have borne, and are destined 

 to bear in the development of Toronto, Ontario and 

 the Dominion. Between the Mineralogy and the 

 Thermo-dynamics buildings is the practical labora- 

 tory for mining and assaying. Farther east is the 

 bureau of the Students' Y.M.C.A., soon to be removed 

 to the magnificent Hart Hall now in course of erec- 

 tion to the north-east of University College at a cost 

 of $1,100,000, the gift of the Hart Massey family. 

 This vast structure will house with unparalleled com- 

 pleteness the various non-academic activities of stu- 

 dent life : physical, literary, histrionic, and religious. 

 Still more opulent in its appointments is the depart- 

 ment of Household Science, situated on the corner of 

 Avenue Koad and Bloor Street, in a building as beau- 

 tiful in its external architecture as it is complete in 

 its internal arrangements. Mrs. Massey-Treble, who- 

 has fitted this golden slipper on the Cinderella of the 

 sciences, is likewise endowing the department in a 

 manner consistent with its home and the new dignity 

 she has conferred upon it. To the south of this 

 building lies the complex of Victoria College, the 

 Methodist member of Confederation. The newest of 



