Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 November 1886 — Page 9

NEW HARVARD HALLS.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED SINCE 1815.

Memorial Hall, In Honor of Harvard Students and Graduates Who Lost Their Lives in the War—Hemenway Gym-^ nasium—Museum of Zoology.

A gnntleman who recently visited New England for the first time said he never was thoroughly impressed with its greatness till he visited Memorial hall at Harvard university and saw the number of those the old institution had given to the country in the last war. Here were mighty old names, names familiar on the page of our history since we had a history. They belonged to families famous in the walks of learning, literature and politics generation after generation.

MEMORIAL BALL.

Memorial hall was built by the alumni and friends of the university to commemorate the students who left the old college to go to their death in the war. It is really a group of buildings instead of one. The united length is 310 feet, the width 115. The walls are red brick laid in black mortar. The trimmings are black brick and Nova Scotia buff sandstone. The roof, or rather the roofs, are Of slate and metal. The slate is in three colors, and the metals are copper, zinc and wrought iron. Here is material for a powerful elective battery.

Memorial hall is in three great parts or divisions. Its extreme length is from east to West. The east wing is the university theatre. It is called the Sanders' theatre. A. M. Sanders perpetuated his name by leaving a bequest to build it It is used as a public meeting placo on great occasions. It is after the design of a classic theatre, having an open roof, in which you can see up to the very ridge pole, so to speak.

Here it is where the students perform their famous Greek plays. While the imposing and costly structure was built in memory of the dead soldier students, it also marks the influence of the Harvard alumni. Formerly, in the fashion of the good old time, Harvard •was under control of the state of Massachusetts. That arrangement was abolished, and now the alumni, merely by virtue of being aluiimi, take part in its management.

SANDERS' THEATRE

They are proud of the trust, and to show their pride and pleasure, as well as to preserve the memory of their lost comrades, they caused Memorial hall to be built. The class of 18C0 was the "soldier class" that gave the lives of seventeen members to the country.

Sanders' theatre is a beautiful hall. It will seat 1,500 persons. Outside, over the windows, have been "sculped" the heads of great orators, ranging from Demosthenes down through St Chrysostom to Webster. How the saint likes the company of "Black Dan" we have no means of knowing, for he was no saint, was Daniel, although reverenco for the Bible was part of his stock in trade in his speeches.

Memorial hall proper runs through this stately pile from north to south. The great entrance opens into it. Through wide arched doorways one steps within its hallowed walls. A spacious window of stained glass and stone carving gleams down upon the visitor from above the doorway. A marble pavement, 12 feet wide and 112 feet long, runs the entire length of the hail.

DININO HALL.

Then, after Memorial hall proper is crossed from east to west, comes the renowned dining hall of the college. This occupies the western wing of the great structure called Memorial hall. It is said to be the largest students' dining room in the world. It is 164 feet long and 60 feet wide. It, too, has an open, vaulted roof, 80 feet high at the top. From this lofty arch hang chandeliers, which when lighted liiftke the scene a brilliant one. A thousand persons can be seated in this great dining room. A whole village full of people can find shelter under its roof.

The walls are finished in red and black brick work and tilo ornamentation. The large windows which appear at each side are twenty-two feet from the floor, with an ash wainscoting below. The great window which appears at the end of the hall in the picture is of stained glass. Upon it are wrought in exquisite colored glass work the arms of the collects of the state of Massachusetts and of

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the United States. After Dr. Eliot became president of 'Harvard there was built for his occupancy a house within the college yard, on

Quincy street This mansion looks outside somewhat like a Yankee notion. It appears in the illustration. It is a neat and comfortable of-

PRESIDENT'S HOUSE, ficial residence. It will be some centuries, though, before it will have entertained within its walls as guests as many distinguished men and women as were gathered from time to time in the old presidential house.

Really and truly, making allowance for the glamor of time, we have no more as many great Americans as there used to be. These are not heroic times, though they well might be. These ore moneyed times. Rick

Americans we have in plenty, but of great ones few. After the other buildings'have been visited, the stranger will find himself instinctively turning again toward Memorial halL Thitherward the heart tends most warn&y, and there the visitor lingers longest. He will pause for one more peep into the 'varsity eating room, with its lights and clatter. The colored waiters hqre have long been famous. Some of them are able to repeat scraps of learning and Latin as glibly as the best.

Passing through the door from the dining room the traveler- will once mora enter Memorial hall proper and glance reverently around. Each.side of the long hall is covered to a height of eighteen feet with carved black walnut It is so built as to be a succession of graceful Gothic arches, somewhat raised from the flat surface, There are twentyeight such arches, and within each is a white marble tablet Upon these are inscribed the names of the 140 students and graduates who lost their lives in the war. No other college can present so many. This they say is "the bravest memory of the university."

When a rich New Englander of either sex wishes to be immortal, he or she gives a pile of money to Harvard university. A new building is erected and to it is given the name of the individual whose donation built it This is a cheap way of gaining fame, and very agreeable all around.

HEMENWAY GYMNASIUM.

The new building for athletic sports-'came into existence in this way, and it is called Hemenway gymnasium. Like most of the buildings of new Harvard, it has externally the appearance of a chapel or some sort of pious structure. It is "run," as irreverent people would say, under the auspices of the Harvard Athletic association. This is, perhaps, the most famous adjunct of the university. The gymnasium is a regular part of the course of training, -and costs $9,000 a year, but the last report of the president says: "Uhe corporation does not consider this expenditure unprofitable or disproportionate." Teachers of gymnastics and athletics are employed. About 5 per cent of all the tuition fees paid in Cambridge goes to the department of physical training.

INTERIOR OF GYMNASIUM.

Exhibitions within the hall of athletics, to which the public are admitted, is one of the features of winter entertainments' at Cambridge. Competitive prizes are striven for in jumping, running, trapeze, ring, rope, bar and other exercises. Audiences of 1,200 to 1,500 persons attend these exhibitions, and they are. sometimes really exciting. Boating, lfiwn tennis and football are favorite outdoor pastimes of the Harvard boys. Their rivals say the standard of sporting excellence is raised far above that of scholarly excellence in the old 'varsity, and that the best boxer is the biggest hero. With that, however, we have no concern.

Time was when the scholars of the country came from New England. That time is past forever, not because New England is less scholarly, but the rest of the country is more so. Certain it is, though, that the Harvard oarsmen are now far more famous than the Harvard scholars.

BOAT CLUB HOUSE.

The rowing on the Charles river has been made the subject of many a poem and'romantic sketch. It is a pity that the fair old river of Longfellow and Holmes and Lowel] has been GO fouled by factories and nuisances that either swimming in or rowing upon it is not so poetic as it used to be. Civilization in America is a withering blight to natural beauty.

Plain and simple enough looking are the three shanties constituting the Harvard Boat Club house. Yet from those doors issues at stated intervals some of both the best brain and muscle of Young America.

The examinations for women at Harvard

hare been continued with more or less success, generally more, for thirteen years. They include the same questions presented to candidates for admission to the regular Freshman class of the college. A woman passing this examination will be allowed to attend special courses of lectures given by Harvard professors.

I MUSEUM OV ZOOLOGY. The lamented Professor Louis Agassiz gave the study of natural history its first genuine and wide impulse in this country. His whole zoological collection, the fruit of the labors of his life, was purchased by the college. But there was no place to stoiv all the thousands of treasures. Agassiz plunged into the work of getting a house built for them with all the fiery zeal of his soul. He lectured, he talked, he urged. He went before the legislature to plead the case. "My great object," he said, "is to have a museum Sounded here which will equal the great museums of the Old, World. Wo have a continent before us for exploration which has as yet been only skimmed on the surface."

The result was the building whose pictun here appears. It contains altogether seventyone rooms, mostly 30 by 40 feet in size, and twelve galleries. The director of the museum is Alexander Agassiz, son of the beloved teacher

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Such is only a faiftt outline of the university that will joyfully celebrate its 250th anniversary on Nov. 6, 7, and 8. The number of studeuts in all the schools and departments last year was 1,662. ,c

THE BRAKEMEN'S BROTHERHOOD.

Their T.liird Annual Convention in San Antonio, Tex. The National Brotherhood of Railway Brakemen is the youngest of the several railway organizations. It was founded on Sept 23,1883. At the recent convention at San Antonio, Tex., 244 lodges were represented, being an increase of 80 per cent since the gathering of the year previous. The membership is now nearly 15,000, and epibraces men employed on nearly every large railway in the United States. The aims and purposes of the organization are set forth in the following preamble:

To unite the railroad brakemen, to promote their general welfare and advance their interests —social, moral and intellectual to protect their families by the exercise of a systematic benevolence, very needful in a calling so ha.ardou8 aa oiirj, this fraternity has been organized. persuaded that it is for the interest, both of our members and their employers, that a good understanding should at all times exist between the two, it will be the constant endea ror of this organization to establish mutual confidence, and create and maintain harmonious relations.

GRAND SECRETARY E. F. O'SHEA.V Though each member contributes by "sobriety, industry and benevolence"—the motto of the order- -to the success of the brotherhood, still the real hard work and greatest responsibility rests on Edward F. O'Shea, the grand secretary and treasurer ot the order and so faithfully has he performed the trust that his portrait will be of interest to the follower of the rail everywhere. Mr. O'Shea is but 26 years of age. He graduated from the Western Business college, in his native town of Galesburg, His. He began work as a brakeman, and immediately sought to study out a plan for the bettering of the condition of his fellow workmen. He was a delegate to the first convention of the Brakemen's brotherhood. On Feb. 10,1885, he was appointed to his present position, when he found the or ganization sadly in debt, through the dishonesty and inefficiency of his predecessors. His success in putting the order on a solid financial basis resulted in his election to his present office for the term of three years.

During its brief existence this brotherhood has paid over $100,000 to the families of dead and disabled members.

Wits of Ancient Days.

"Sir Nicholas Bacon being once, in t&e -apacity of judge, about to pass the sentence •t death upon a culprit, the fellow importuned him to save his life, alleging, among other things, that he had the honor of being relation of his'Iordship. "How do you prove ^atf said Sir Nicholas. "My lord," replied the man, "your name is Bac«n and mine is Hog, and Hog and Bacon have in all ages been reckoned akin." "That is true," answered the judge, "but hog is never bacon till it is hong, and therefore, until yoa are hun& you can be no relative of mine.

George I, while on a journey to Hanover, stopped at a village inn in Holland, and while the horses were getting ready ordered two or three eggs to be brought to him, for which the host charged him 200 florins. "How is this?" said the king "eggs must be veryscarce at this place to bring 100 florins apiece." "Pardon me, your majesty," said the host "eggs are plenty enough, but kings are scarce." The king smiled at the fellow's wit and ordered the bill to be paid.

Lord Norbury, the Irish judge, w%s onoe dining at a tablo, and corned beef forming one of the dishes he was asked if he would have a dice. "I would try it" he said, "if it were hung." Curran, who was present, replied "If you were to try it, judge, it would be sure to be bung."—New York Mail and Express

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LIBERTY UNVEEED.

A MONUMENT TO THE FRIENDSHIP OF TWO NATIONS.

The Statue of "Liberty Enlightening the World" from Its Inception to Its Con» summation—The Largest Figure in Human Form Ever Seen by Man.

It was in 1865 that Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, the now world famous sculptor, was dining with a number of men eminent in politics and letters at the homo of the late M. Laboulaye, at Versailles, France. The talk drifted to international relations—the sentiment of the different countries for one another was discussed, when, coming to America, M. Laboulaye said: "That country has more sympathy for France than for any other European nation. This sentiment was based upon the remembrance of the community of thought and of struggles sustained with common aspirations. The Frenchmen wl»o fought in the United States spilled their blood for the principles that they hoped to see prevail in France and in the world. The proof," he added, "is that in the United States they hold up to honor Lafayette and his volunteers as they revere the American heroes. No one there ever speaks of the treaty of Versailles, which made the United States what they are. On the other hand, every one recalls the names and deeds of the French soldiers. There," said Mr. Laboulaye, "is the basis the sentiments which are felt in the United States toward the French—an indestructible *bosis, a sentiment honorable to the Americans as to us, and if a monument were to be built in America as a memorial to their independence, I should think it very natural if it were built by united effort— a common work of both nations." "During the Franco-Prussian war of 1870," said M. Bartholdi, "this conversation came back to me, and I thought at that time of the value of American sympathy during our scourging. After this war I again met M. Laboulaye. We talked once more of the sentiments of the United States, when he said 'You go see that country and propose to our friends over there that we together erect a monument in remembrance of the ancient friendship of France and the United States.'" This is the origin of the Statue of Liberty, as related by the sculptor himself.

THE STAIRWAY IN THE PEDESTAL. M. Bartholdi made a thorough tour of the United States, first deciding on his arrival ki New York harbor that the place for a monument such as he contemplated should be there at the portal of the republic. In 1874 the idea had taken sufficient shape to be publicly announced, and a committee was formed under the name of the French-American union to undertake the raising of subscriptions for the work. In 1876 a portion of the statue, the hand bearing the torch, was completed and sent to the Centennial exhibition at Philadelphia. In 1877 the act of congress accepting the statue as a gift from the French people was passed, and Bedloe's island, in 'New York harbor, was set apart as the place for its reception. In 1883 the statue was com* pleted in Paris and work began on the great pedestal here. On July 4, 1884, the statue was formally accepted by Mr. Morton, the United States minister to France, and in June, 1885, the whole statue was taken apart and brought in 210 cases on board the French vessel Isere to New York harbor. Since that time the work has been pushed forward as rapidly as possible to make ready for the unveiling on Oct 28, when visitors were permitted, for the first time, to inspect the work.

AT LIBERTY'S FOOT.

Somewhat of an idea of the size of the colossal figure may be gained from the comparison made by the artist in the accompanying accurate sketch. The links of the chain in the right of the picture are a portion of a broken shackle which Liberty has rent asunder, andhis now trampling on.

JYom the darkened interior long lines of perforation may be seen in the copper sheathing which represent the unfilled rivet holes, and show what a tremendous amount of work remains to be done before-the statue may be said to be complete. Such has been the haste with which the statue was put together that only sufficient rivets were put in to hold the copper sheets in place. Up through this labyrinthian interior a narrow wooden stairway leads to the head, passing through the neck in a spiral. lie head of the statue wru noid comiorcably forty persons. The coronet in the.hair, forms windows from which the ocean can 1» plainly seen on a clear day. New York harbor, with its myriad craft of all kinds and from all nations, lais as in a map underneath. The statue faces southeast, thereby tuning her back on the state of New Jersey, and by a strange fate the nearest town in New Jersey., immediately behind her is named Lafayette.

The pedestal was designed by Mr. Richard M. Hunt, and was built under the direction of Gen. Charles P. Stone, the eminent engineer, to whom it will remain a monument as lubstantiftl as are the pyramids of Egypt

IN LIBERTY'S HEAD.

The top of the pedestal is 149 feet 10 inches abovo the level of the water. The foundation for the pedestal measures 90 feet square at the bottom and is 52 feet 10 inches high,and is tho largest solid block of concrete in the world. The pedestal proper is constructed of granite, with a concrete backing. In the center of the pedestal is a shaft 27% feet square, around which a substantial iron stairway leads to the statue.

To reach the torch from the head one is obliged to return by the spiral stairs to a platform underneath the arm, from which an iron ladder penetrates through the iron trusswork up to the torch and balcony around it The accompanying engraving shows better than any number of words can convey the internal construction of this most difficult portion of the engineering work of the statue. It will be readily seen by the most unscientific observer that the problem of holding the mass of iron and copper composing this arm and torch was an unusually difficult one.

THE STAIRS IK'THE HEAD AND ARM. It is evident that the sedptop designed the figure and compelled the engineers to adapt ironwork to support it If. the arm had been carried in a more vertical line above the body it would have been much easier to secure it This was brought to the writer's attention o» the occasion of his visit to the torch. He noticed that tho arm swayed quite perceptibly in the slight wind that was blowing. There was a dark skinned, black eyed workman putting some finishing touches to the torch. As he looked like a Frenchman it was supposed that he could understand sufficient English to answer a question, so I said: "I suppose you came from Paris to assist in putting the statue together?" "Begorra, no." That settled the question of nationality, so I said more freely: "I should think you would have had some difficulty in deciphering the instructions in French on the different parts of the statue?" "They did xind a couple of frog aters across to show us how the stachew wint togither, but we soon found we knew a dom site more about it than they did, so they wint home. We got one three-square sheet of copper left over, though, and none of us can tell where it goes."

Further questioning my "Frinch" friend, I learned that in a gale of wind the arm swung considerably, and with a knowing shake of the head he advanced the opinion that should a "tornady" ever st:ike the statue they would likely have to go dredging for the torch in the waters of the bay.

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The design of the torch as a beacon has been retained by inserting in the copper torch thirtysix openings ten inches in diameter, as shown in illustration these openings are glazed with plate glass, and within the torch are eight electric lights of 6,000 candle power each. These

THE TORCH. lights will be the first seen by a vessel approaching New York from the sea, and will be a valuable guide to the mariner.

With the words of Bartholdi we close: "The statue was born for the place which inspired its conception. May God be pleased to bless my work, and long may it remain as on emblem of freedom and a monument of the good will and friendship existing between France and the United States of America.r*

A Cool-Headed Girl.

Recently aNew York girl of 13, who had taken lessons in "First Aid to the Injured," was in Fallsburg, N. Y., when a boy was thrown from a wagon and his leg hmfepn. She at once put her knowledge into use- set the leg, and he is recovering fast.—New York 3un.

Delayed by Fallen leaves

Railroad trains running through woods are mure or less delayed at this season of tne year by leaves that are drawn to the track by the taction of the trains. They are ground under the wheels, and the moisture thus pressed out makes the rails slippery. i- SfftiW

The New Certificates.

The Harrisburg (Pa.) Independent notes one advantage in the new silver dollar certificates: "They will enable liberal people to drop a dollar into a church contribution plate or box without attracting attention by the ring of its fall."

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GEN. ALBERT PIKE,

Brand Commander Southern Jurisdiction Scottish Bite Masonry. A royal old man is Gen. Albert Pike, of Washington—truly a Homeric man. He is 77 years old, but his form is erect and commanding, full of vigor and manly grace. He Is one of the few aged men in whose appearance there is nothing painfully suggestive of physical decay. His face is ruddy and unwrinkled, and his voice and his hend clasp are full and strong.

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OKU. PIKE.

Though his name at once calls up recollections of the south and the southern Confederacy, Gen. Pike was born in tho north. Rather oddly, he was born in Boston. He attended Harvard college a while, but did not imbibe New England doctrines to any great extent, as the sequel shows. After leaving Harvard he became a school teacher.

In 1831 he drifted to the southwest, full of the spirit of youthful adventure. He went with an exploring expedition to the Brazos and Red rivers, and remained in Santa Fe a year. He finally settled down as a lawyer in Little Rock, Ark.

But he did not stay settled. Wherever there were stirring scenes of fight or adventure they called to Albert Pike's restless soul, and he obeyed tho summons. He served as a private in the Mexican war. When the civil war broke out he took up arms impetuously for the southern cause. His greatest service was in pacifying the Indians along the southwestern frontier, and keeping them friendly to the Confederacy. His name is best known to the north in connection with the battle of Pea Ridge. Gen. Pike had organized an army of Cberokees, and with them fought this battle. It was a severe fight, and along one. Indians and negroes, if not the gods, took pare in our great war.

Gen. Pike has been lawyer, soldier, editor and school teacher, and through all these occupations, through all his life, ho has been a poet and literary man. Among his poems his "Hymns to the Gods" are brat know*. He was a contributor to the old Knickerbocker magazine. That was a time when some of the best literary talent that has ever been developed in America was active.

The brave old man's name comes up at present in connection with the meeting in Washington of the Southern Jurisdiction Scottish Rite Masonry. This is the highest degree, the thirty-third, attained by Masonry, and Gen. Pike is the presiding officer of the body cemposing the members of this degree. There can be no higher office in the organization than this, and the handsome veteran has held it since 1859. He has translated many works throwing light on the ceremonials of Masonry. He lives in Washington.

Hon. Nathaniel H. K. Daww,

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This is the gentleman who succeeds Mr." Eaton as United States commissioner of education. The bureau of education is one of the branches under control of the United States department of the interior. It was organized in 1867.

Mr. Dawson was born in Charleston, S. C., but left it long before any earthquakes were dreamed of. He is descended from two mayors of Charleston and a governor of South Carolina. So he may be said to bo a politician by inheritance.

In 1842 his family removed to Dallas county,*Ala. He lias "lived there every since, when he is at home.

Mr. Dawson was educated at St. Joseph's college, in Mobile. Although a commissioner of education he has never been a teacher, but always a Lawyer, with an honorable distinction in his profession. In 1884 he was president of the Alabama State Bar association. He has been twice a

N. H. R. DAWSON. member of the Alabama legislature, and was speaker of the house in 1880-1.

CoL Dawson served in the Confederate^ army. He was a member of the Charleston convention in 1861. In 1872 he was a Democratic presidential elector, and in 1880 he managed President Cleveland's campaign in Alabama. He served on educational boards in the south, having been trustee of the university at Sewanee, Tenn., and of the University of Alabama since 1876.

Finally, he is said to bear a remarkable resemblance to Bismarck. It is to be hoped the likeness will not spoil him.

Where They Should Dwell. Cooks should settle in Greece. •, Fresh young men in Greenland.' Prize fighters in Wrangleland. Angry men should go to Ireland. Waiters should find comfort in China. The enterprising man should be a Russian. Scolding women should go among the Tartars.

Wicked people should stop on the road to Rouen. Quakers wojild feel at home in the Friendly islands.

Hotel keepers should settle in the Feed-ye islands. Profane men should travel to MecklenburgScliwerin.

Hot-headed individuals should migrate to Iceland and Chili. Married folks should content themselves in the United States.

Dressmakers might find it profitable to locate in the Basque provinces.—H. J. Shellman in The Judm

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