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gether with the stained windows and many memorials, 

 give the interior of the chapel, a decidedly European 

 appearance. 



On the north side of the main chapel is the Memorial 

 Chapel, constructed in the Gothic style of the second or 

 decorative period. It was erected, as a tablet in its 

 northern end bears witness, to the memory of Ezra Cor- 

 nell, John McGraw, and Jennie McGraw-Fiske, and 

 was completed in 1884. Though the exterior is of brick 

 with stone trimmings, the interior, which is finished in 

 pure Gothic, is of Caen stone supported in vaulted 

 arches by ribs of Ohio sandstone. On entering the 

 chapel the eye is at once arrested by the rich memorial 

 windows constructed by Clayton & Bell of Loudon. 

 They are designed not only to commemorate the con- 

 nection of Mr. Cornell, Mr. McGraw, and Mrs. Jennie 

 McGraw-Fiske with this University, but also to associ- 

 ate their names with the names of some of the greatest 

 benefactors in the cause of education. The north 

 window contains the figures of William of Wykeham, 

 John Harvard, and Ezra Cornell ; the east window the 

 figures of Jeanne of Navarre, Margaret of Richmond, 

 and Jennie McGraw-Fiske ; the west window those of 

 Elihu Yale, Sir Thomas Bodley, and John McGraw. 

 Directly beneath the great northern window is a recum- 

 bent figure of Ezra Cornell, in white marble, of heroic 

 size, by William W. Story, of Rome. A crypt under- 

 neath the chapel contains recesses for the remains of the 

 founders of the University. On the exterior, allegorical 

 figures of Mnnificentia and Beneficentia adorn the east 

 and west sides respectively. 



