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YALE COLLEGE, RECENT CHANGES IN. 



which is introduced by means of a heliostat 

 in one ot the basement-windows, and reflect- 

 ed directly upward through the table. The 

 lecture-room communicates directly with the 

 apparatus-room, where all instruments, both 

 for work and demonstration, are kept, and 

 with the private workshop of Prof. Arthur 

 W. Wright. In the rear of this there is a 

 small room, partly floored with fine cement, for 

 working with mercury. Here are the Torri- 

 celli pump, the apparatus for the distillation of 

 mercury, and a special form of cathetometer 

 devised by Prof. Wright, for speedy and ac- 

 curate comparative measurements. Then there 

 is a large work-room, where most of the stu- 

 dents in practical physics are employed, two 

 small work-rooms containing the new " earth 

 inductor," and much interesting electrical ap- 

 paratus, and a recitation-room seating about 

 one hundred. The second and third floors are 

 occupied by work-rooms of various sizes. 

 Those on the first floor have numerous piers of 

 masonry reaching to the earth, affording as 

 solid a rest as possible for delicate instruments, 

 and the windows are also fitted with project- 

 ting stone sills for a like purpose. One pier 

 runs up to the roof of the building, and can 

 be used for measurements of the velocity of 

 light or others requiring long distances. The 

 building was made a subject of special study 

 by the Professor of Physics, and was built un- 

 der his personal supervision, and abounds with 

 little labor-saving devices too numerous to 

 mention in detail. It was presented to the 

 university by the Messrs. Sloane, of New York 

 city, as a memorial of their father. 



Lawrance Hall, the new dormitory, which 

 was completed in the summer of 1886, is a 

 continuation of Farnam Hall on the south, and 

 stands on the College Street side of the quad- 

 rangle, fronting inward, like the other recent 

 dormitories. It is five stories high, and con- 

 tains four entries, each of which affords en- 

 trance to ten suites of rooms. Each suite 

 consists of a study and two bedrooms. The 

 material is brick, laid in black mortar, and 

 trimmed with Oxford blue-stone and red 

 "Corsehill" stone from Scotland. The base- 

 ment is of hard " East Haven " stone. The 

 building is as nearly fire-proof as possible, 

 very little wood being used in its construction. 

 The building is the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fran- 

 cis C. Lawrance, of New York, and is a memo- 

 rial to their son, Thomas G. Lawrance, of the 

 class of 1884, who died while in his senior 

 year. 



I) wight Hall, which was opened in October, 

 1886, is intended for the use of the College 

 Young Men's Christian Association and for 

 other general religious uses of the college. It 

 stands on the western side of the quadrangle, 

 between Alumni Hall and the library, and was 

 designed by the architect, J. C. Cady, of New 



York, with a view to improving the architect- 

 ural effect of the group of buildings. It is of 

 brown-stone, irregular in shape, and two and 

 a half stories high. The entrance is through 

 an elaborate portico on the side of the building 

 toward the campus, and on the opposite side 

 is a large round tower with conical roof. The 

 hall contains on the first floor a reception- 

 room, finished in oak, which is also used as a 

 reading-room, and four large rooms for class 

 prayer - meetings, furnished respectively in 

 butternut, walnut, oak, and cherry, with 

 leather-upholstered furniture, and large fire- 

 places. On the second floor is a large hall for 

 lectures, containing a valuable pipe-organ, and 

 a library-room ; and on the third floor are 

 rooms for the curator of the building. Dwight 

 Hall, named for the first President Dwight, is 

 the gift of Elbert T. Munroe, of Southport, 

 Conn. 



The Kent Chemical Laboratory, the gift of 

 Albert E. Kent, of the class of 1853, will prob- 

 ably be ready for use in January, 1888. ]t 

 will stand on the corner of High and Library 

 Streets, and is to be of stone, 94 by 71 feet, 

 two stories high, with high basement. It will 

 contain three laboratory-rooms, each 40 feet 

 square, a lecture-room seating 200, and a reci- 

 citation-room seating 60, and a private labo- 

 ratory for the use of Prof. F. A. Gooch, who 

 has planned the building. 



Another recent addition to the college cam- 

 pus is a bronze statue of Prof. Benjamin Silli- 

 man, the elder, presented by several personal 

 friends of his, which was unveiled on the day 

 preceding the commencement of 1884. It is 

 the work of Prof. John F. Weir, of the Art 

 School, and stands in front of Farnam Hall. 



Athletic Grcnnds. In 1881 a movement was 

 begun to secure a permanent athletic field 

 for the college, and this resulted in the pur- 

 chase of twenty-nine acres on Derby Ave- 

 nue, just outside of the city limits, and within 

 twenty minutes' walk of the college dormi- 

 tories. The " Yale Field Company " has been 

 duly incorporated to manage the property un- 

 til it is free from debt, when it will be presented 

 to the university, to be held in trust forever, 

 for out-of-door sports, under such restrictions 

 as may be mutually agreed upon between the 

 grantors and the corporation. Sixteen acres 

 of the land are available for use, and this has 

 been graded, and two ball-fields laid out, which 

 can also be used for foot-ball or lacrosse. The 

 field also contains tennis-courts, a fast quarter- 

 mile cinder track, a house used for dressing- 

 rooms, and a large grand stand, the gift of 

 Wiliiam H. Crocker, of San Francisco, a gradu- 

 ate of the Scientific School in the class of 1882. 

 It is proposed to add a cricket-field and several 

 small club-houses. Over $50,000 has been ex- 

 pended on the field, and the debt is at present 

 $21,000. 



