1890-92 - University Archives and Records Center - University of ...

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been assigned to the Athletic Association, for the construction of
EI much larger and better equipped athletic ground than that
which it now occupies, which is thereby released for other
important purposes for which it is fully adapted. The triangular
lot lying at the intersection of Woodland avenue and Thirtysixth
street has been conveyed, with the consent of the City, to
the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, upon which
the fine building of the Institute is being erected.
The new Library building has been completed since my
last report, and has proved in plan and structure all that was
hoped for. It was formally opened on February 7, 1891, when
eloquent addresses were made by Dr. Horace Howard Furness
and Mr. Talcott Williams before a very large and appreciative
audience, including many distinguished visitors. The plans for
thexataloguing, storage and use of the books is excellent, and
the use of the library by students and professors is far greater
than before such facilities were provided; the best order is
maintained, and the Librarian and his assistants are faithful and
efficient in the discharge of their duties. In my last report I
stated that the upper rooms of the building would furnish ample
room for years to come for the reception of collections of the
newly-formed Department of Archaeology in its several sections.
It proves that I greatly underrated the vigor of the new Department
and the hearty public interest taken in its work. Not
only has eveiy available room been filled to overflowing with the
several collections, representing many hundreds of thousands of
dollars in value, but every possible space upon and under the
stairway has been used for the display of portions of the collections;
and far sooner than was expected the urgent demand
comes upon us for a building having all the fire-proof security
of the Library, and specially adapted to the exhibition of these
priceless and rapidly-growing collections.
The next great building contemplated was the Institute of
Hygiene. It may suffice to say that the construction of this
building was under the immediate personal supervision of the
donor, Mr. Henry C. Lea, in constant association with Dr. John
S. Billings. The result is a structure which is itself an object