Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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•5Ktrcti Likdtx LIBRARY BUILDING.

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JN March, 1905, Mr. Andrew Carnegie agreed to give to Betliany College $20,000 tor the construc- tion of a library building. The gift was conditioned on the trustees raising an equal amount to be added to the general endowment of the College. The trustees promptly accepted this offer, and the canvass for funds was inaugurated. Cash and good notes amounting to about $1C,000 have been secured, and verbal promises, which, it is believed, are trustworthy, have been ob- tained to cover the remaining $4,000. We are, however, continuing the canvass, and this effort will not cease until the entire $20,000 in cash is in hand. Friends of the College desiring to have part in this should notify the President, who will be glad to furnish any additional infor- mation desired. The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees has received and examined completed plans and specifi- cations, submitted by three architectural firms. After much deliberation C. C. and A. I. Thayer, of New Castle. Pa., were chosen architects. The completed specifications of these architects are now in the hands of five reliable contractors. The contract for the erection of the building was let on February 1, 1906. The building will be constructed of brown pressed brick, with stone trimmings. The face brick will be made in Toronto, Ohio. It is proposed to make the other brick in Bethany, within a few feet of the site of the library. All the brick used — constructing the College building and Phillips Hall — were made from the clay excavated from the foundations. The library will be 95 feet long and 45 feet wide. There will also be in the back of the building an IS-foot circular exten- sion, to form a part of the book or stock room. The first floor will be made into a large auditorium or banquet room. It will have connected with it a well equipped kitchen. The auditorium will have a seating capacity equal to our former Commencement Hall. On the second floor, which will be entered on a level with the ground in front of Phillips Hall, there will be a stack room, large enough to hold fifty thousand volumes. There will be in front of this stack room a lobby 18x24 feet and on either side of this a reading room. These reading rooms will be 45x35 feet. The third floor, reached by stairs from a second lobby in front of the first, will be divided into four splendid lecture, or class, rooms. The building is to be finished in oak throughout, and in all respects will be highly ornamental as well as serviceable. It will be located about two hun dred feet in front of Phillips Hall, and will be conspicuous from the pike and all the surrounding country. The cut on the opposite page gives a farlly good idea of the exterior of the building. Work will begin in the spring, as soon as the weather will permit, and it is ex- pected that it will be completed in September in time tor the opening of our next session.

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Ey Doa-rcL ot t- i.ctor». IE b i t n r t a I n a r b W. GARNETT WINN Editor in Cliief HENRY O. LANE Assistant Editor in Chief LORXE W. BARCLAY Business Manager H. H. GORDON Assistant Business Manager A H BO r t atf iE fi i t r B MISS MAY MADDEN, ' 06 Alumni Editor BENJAMIN JOHNSON, ' 07 Literar) Editor H. M. N. WYNNE, ' 06 Humorist Editor H. W. CRAMBLET, ' 07 Campus Editor H. E. SALA, ' 06 Fraternity Editor ELMER MERCER, ' 07 Athletic Editor KATHERINE KEITH, ' 06 Artist Editor ANNA KEMP, ' 06 Class Editor