Loyola College - Review Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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8 LOYOLA COLLEGE REVIEW CHAPEL:—Centrally located between the Administration and the Refectory Buildings and to the West side of the Cloister line, is the Chapel Building, with seating accommodation for about 500 persons. This building has been treated more or less in 14th Century English Gothic, both externally and inte rnally. The floors will be of English oak parquetry or tiles, and the walls will be treated in rough plaster with stone trimmings and panelled wood dado 9 feet high. Special attention has been given to the large open raftered roof which will be built in B. C. Fir and will be a replica of the well-known and much discussed l4th Century roof of Westminster Hall. EXTERNAL TREATMENT :—The accompanying Bird's Eye View of the completed scheme, the view of the Administration and Faculty Building, and the photographs of the buildings now erected, indicate the general design, which is more or less a free treatment of the Tudor and Early Renaissance type of English Collegiate and Domestic Work, adapted to suit modern requirements. The walls are of brick faced with Matt surface Greendale Bricks, with Indiana Limestone or Terra-Cotta trimmings, and set upon a base of Montreal limsetone. Тће Administration Block with Main Entrance in the centre of the Tower is fronted by an open arcaded terrace with a stone balustrade at top, and is approached by a flight of 22 steps 30 feet wide. The Tower, 40 feet by 30 feet, has four octagonals with a large oriel window in the centre having moulded mullions, cusped and traceried heads with cresting heraldic shields, etc. It is carried up to the roof, and forms with projecting corbelled and embrasured parapet a promenade all around the tower, from which every part of the City can be seen. The Main Entrance doorway, practically a copy of St. Mary's, Oxford, will have in the centre of the bay over the door a carved and traceried niche with a statue of St. Ignatius. The spaces between the Tower and the side projecting wings on both the North and the South Elevations will be divided into panels with buttresses, with intakes terminating under the moulded cornice. The windows will have moulded mullions with cusped and traceried heads, the panels between the windows being carved and en- riched with traceried heraldic devices, etc. The small gablets over these windows will be shaped and moulded with ornamented finials. The turrets in the corners forming the two side entrances to the staircases will be slightly more Renaissance in treatment, and will have Entrance Doorways with fluted columns, enriched arch mould, entablature, etc., and the upper storeys will be treated in a similar manner, with intervening panels filled in with carving and terminated at the roof level with a large cartouche of typical Jacobean interlacing strapwork. The projecting wings have large oreil windows supported on corbels and terminated at the top with gargoyles at angles and traceried and embrasured parapet. These windows will have lead glazing, and the panels between them will be carved. The East and West Elevations are similar to the South Elevation already described, excepting that they will be treated less decoratively and that the gablets will be peaked with moulded finials. The Chapel Block, as has already been noted, will be of 14th Century Gothic Design. The entrance will be from the Cloisters through an arched doorway enriched with typical mouldings, pillars, and ornament, and above

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LOYOLA COLLEGE REVIEW 7 The class-rooms measure about 27 feet by 22 feet, and are 12 feet high. They are well lighted and ventilated, and are so arranged that each room gets a good proportion of sunlight. In fact, this may be said of every room in the building without exception. The windows are large, and each class-room has its own ventilation so designed that in winter heated fresh air is blown in and extracted by fans, without having recourse to open windows. The study is treated in the same manner as the class-rooms, with windows facing South-East and West. Тһе parlor is 27 feet by 22 feet, and has a large bay-window facing the Campus, and an open fire-place. On the Second Floor are the Sodality Chapel, two Dormitories, Bath-rooms and Lavatories. The Sodality Chapel for the exlusive use of the Sodalists, has an open timbered ceiling, and will seat about sixty. The Dormitories have been modelled upon the type in vogue at the Naval Academy, Osborne, England. The beds are placed in the centre of the room, and around the walls are cubicles. Each of these cubicles contains a wardrobe 6 feet wide by 6 feet high, and a wash-basin. Both Dormitories are well ventilated with windows placed 6 feet above the floor, and extractor- fans, etc. Тһе Bath-rooms contain the most sanitary type of showers, bath- tubs and wash-basins, and special attention has been given to prevent scalding by the use of an automatic control valve which keeps the temperature of the water from going above a fixed point. The walls, floors, etc., of bath and toilet rooms are of tile, the only wood in these apartments being the doors. THE REFECTORY BUILDING: 一 The Refectory, Building, about 60 feet to the West of the Juniors' Block and connected to it by means of a cloister, is three storeys high. On the Ground Floor are the boiler and pump rooms, coal space, workmans' dining-room and dormitory, store rooms and cold- storage plant. On the First Floor are the Refectories, one each for the Com- munity, Lay Masters, Seniors and Juniors; the kitchen, scullery, bakery, cook's store and service room. Тһе Refectories are 18 feet high, and have large leaded glass windows, red English quarry tiled floors, and ornamented plaster beams, and the rooms are ventilated by means of extractor-fans. Much thought has been given to insure the success of the kitchen and its adjuncts. The second Floor, almost entirely devoted to the Infirmary, is isolated by means of lobbies and cross ventilation. АП the materials are impervious, and all dust-collected mouldings, etc., are eliminated. There is also a large dormitory and observation-room for isolation in case of ап epidemic, with room for twenty-five patients. THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING:—The Administration and Faculty Building, which is only partially built, will, when completed, be four- and-a-half storeys high, with a large centre tower seven storeys high. On the Ground and First Floors the Eastern section will be entirely devoted to Chemical Physical and Biological Laboratories, Preparation Room, and Dark Room for photographic and other purposes. These rooms аге all inter-communicating. The remainder of these two floors is taken up with two double reception parlours, Community Library, Bursar's office, etc. The Second and Third Floors will be entirely devoted to the Community. In the centre over the Main Entrance will be the Community Chapel 30 feet by 30 feet.

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LOYOLA COLLEGE REVIEW 9 this will be a large stone traceried rose window. The gable will be peaked and have the stone skews terminated with a stone cross. The Side Eleva- tion will be divided into bays with buttresses, and each bay will have a large stone mullioned and traceried window with leaded laticed glass; the eaves will be terminated upon a stone string course enriched with bosses carved with suitable motifs. The end bay will project a little further to accommo- date the altars of the side Chapels and will have a niche with a carved sym- Бойс figure. Тһе Choir, Sanctuary, Sacristies, etc., call for special treatment to suit the lay-out, and this is done by introducing angle turrets with small slot windows and stone roofs. The gable of the Sanctuary is peaked and has large mullioned and traceried windows, stone skews and finials. Тће Juniors' Building, except that the trimmings are Terra-Cotta instead of stone, follows somewhat the same treatment as the Administration Block, with variations in the design of the gablets, doorways, etc., these being treated with a more Renaissance feeling. The large niche in the South-East gable is left prepared for a Terra-Cotta figure of St. Ignatius, and the smaller niches over the doorway, etc., are to receive small lead figures. А special feature is made of the oriel window of the Sodality Chapel which will eventually be filled in with leaded glass appropriately designed. The Refectory Building calls for a slightly different treatment of windows to suit the lay-out. Sliding sash is used іп place of casement and the dormers are grouped. TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION:—As has been previously mentioned, all the buildings have been constructed in the most approved modern manner consistent with due economy. The structure is thoroughly fire-proof, consist- ing of reinforced concrete foundations, columns, floors, and ceilings with the space between the columns at the exterior walls filled in with 8 in. brick wall, a hollow space, and a 4 in. hollow Terra-Cotta inside wall or furring. The stairs are of iron. Numerous exits have beem arranged, particularly in the dormitories, where in the event of a panic the students can, by opening a window in the end wall, readily pass out on to the concrete roofs of the cloisters To show the advantages of this type of construction, it might be mentioned that when the Refectory Building was in course of erection a pile of about four tons of insulating material caught fire and burned and smouldered for several hours without causing any damage to the structure other than staining the walls. Had this occurred where there were wood floors, most of the building would have been destroyed. The Heating is by hot water forced and accelerated by means of steam turbine pumps with an electric motor and pump for emergency. Extract ventilation is given where necessary, and in some rooms, such as class-rooms, study-halls, etc., warmed fresh air will be blown into the rooms at such times as it may be found inadvisable to open the windows. CAMPUS:—The Campus, measuring approximately 270 yards by 150 yards, will be a distinctive feature of the new Loyola College and will furnish ample room for all the College Sports. The cinder-track will be 18 feet wide and one-third of a mile long.