1903-04 Volume 28 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

I02 THE SCROLL.and it was while living at Cambridge that he perfected hisinvention. The particular field indicated for the use of thefunds is reported to be applied science.The Philadelphia papers state that Pennsylvania now hasthe finest athletic field in the United States. When thenew gymnasium and improvements to Franklin Field havebeen completed, an expenditure of $500,000 will have beenmade, claimed to be the largest amount a university everspent for the physical development of its students. Thegymnasium, costing $350,000, extends across one end ofthe oval, the amphitheater, to seat 25,000 persons, encirclingthe field in the shape of a horseshoe.The formal opening of the Germanic Museum at Harvardwill take place in November. The casts presented by EmperorWilliam of Germany form the greater part of thecollection, and the formal presentation will be made at theopening of the museum by the German ambassador. BaronVon Sternberg. Another feature of the exercises will be aseries of three short German plays, to be given in Sanders'Theater, by the Irving Place Theater Company (German),of New York, under the personal direction of Mr. Conried,the manager, who offered the services of his company withoutexpense for the occasion.Many colleges are having new buildings and equipments.Pennsylvania probably heads the list with the new engineeringschool, to accommodate 600 students, and to be readynext year; the new medical laboratory and the magnificentimprovements to Franklin Field to cost $500,000, includinga new gymnasium costing $350,000. Stanford is to have a$500,000 library, the gift of Mrs. Stanford; work will bebegun on it in January. At Purdue, the new ElizabethFowler Hall is completed, and an $80,000 heating plant isprogressing rapidly. Science Hall at Indiana is completeand occupied; it is of white stone and three stories high.At Minnesota a new athletic field was dedicated in September;improvements on it are to cost in the neighborhood of•$100,000. Kentucky State's new $60,000 dormitory forwomen is to be ready for occupancy in November. GeorgiaTech. has a new dining hall, and is promised a new hallof chemistry. Friends of the University of North Carolinaare to build her a Y. M. C. A. and gymnasium building thisyear. McGill is promised $50,000 for a Y. M. C. A. building,to be erected next year.