May 22, 1903.] 



SCIENCE. 



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In the construction of these buildings ac- 

 cording to the unit system special local 

 conditions had to be considered and, fur- 

 ther, the possibility of their extension in a 

 few years was a factor in determining the 

 arrangement as a whole. This necessitated 

 important modifications in the disposition 

 of the units as suggested in Professor 

 Minot's later paper. 



What these modifications are may be 

 gathered from examination of the copies of 

 the plans of the various floors of the biiild- 

 ings. The latter are in the form ofHhe 



theaters and units from the entrances and 

 from the students' quarters. 



The units are, for the most part, grouped 

 in pairs on each side of the corridors on 

 the various floors. The walls of the cor- 

 ridors are of brick, but those which sepa- 

 rate the units from each other are of wood 

 and plaster only, and they can consequently 

 be removed in a few hours without leaving 

 traces of their disturbance other than 

 those on the line of the fresh plaster added. 

 Each unit communicates directly with its 

 neighbor by a door, and, further, has two 



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figure LI, the lecture theaters forming 

 wing-like extensions at the angles of the 

 figure. This latter arrangement was 

 adopted in order to permit the lecture 

 rooms to be lighted from their roofs, and 

 at the same time to avoid interfering with 

 the light for the units. An additional ad- 

 vantage resulted from the arrangement 

 in that the corridors, which are centrally 

 placed, permit ready access to the lecture 



doors opening into the corridors. It is thus 

 possible at any time to form two rooms out 

 of a unit, each of which will communi- 

 cate directly with the corridor. 



The window space devoted to each unit 

 is ample. It is, in fact, as large absolutely 

 as the supporting capacity of the outer 

 wall will safely permit. The window area 

 is 242 square feet, while the outer wall 

 of each unit measures 420 square feet. 



