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320 THE SAGE CHAPEL AND BARNES HALL.
also to associate 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 Cor
nell ; 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 recumbent figure of Ezra Cornell, in
white marble, of heroic size, by William W. Story of Rome ; near
this is another recumbent figure, that of Mrs. Andrew D. White, also
in white marble, by Ezekiel, of Rome.
The Memorial Apse is a semi-octagonal structure 31 feet wide by
16 feet deep, which opens into the main building by a massive cut
stone arch. The interior walls from the window-sills upward are of
stone. The oaken ribs of the ceiling are carried on stone columns
with carved capitals, supported by corbels.
Barnes Hall. The University is indebted to the generosity of the
late Alfred S. Barnes, Esq., of New York, for a commodious and ele
gant building designed mainly for the use of the University Christian
Association. This building is one hundred and twenty feet by eighty
feet in dimensions, and three stories in height. The material is brick,
with trimmings of Ohio stone, brown stone, and granite. On the
north, the main entrance is marked by a graceful tower rising to a
height of one hundred feet. The building contains a secretary's room,
assembly-room, library, reading-room, and all other needed accom
modations for the work of the Association, in addition to a spacious
auditorium, which occupies the larger part of the second floor. Be
sides the auditorium, there is a smaller class-room on this floor, the
two being separated by a screen which in case of need is easily re
moved, thus throwing the entire second floor into one hall, and fur
room nishing seating for one thousand persons. The rooms are open
daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. to all students.
The Christian Association is a voluntary organization of about five
hundred students and professors for the promotion of their religious
culture, and for Christian work in the University. It has a permanent
Secretary, a carefully selected library of biblical well-
literature, and a
equipped reading room of religious and secular journals. Courses of
Bible study are carried on by the Association throughout the year. A
committee of this Association is in attendance at Barnes Hall during
the first week of every fall term for the purpose of assisting those en
tering the University with information in regard to rooms, board,
times and places of examinations, etc., and in general to afford any
assistance in their power which students who are strangers in Ithaca
may feel inclined to seek from them.