Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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of University social life and pleasure. To the right, and beyond the driveway which forms the extension of Neil Avenue, is a larger lake, with 'a well equipped conservatory for aquatic plants, reached by a path at the center of the lake: the margin being given over to a driveway which forms the extension of that now passing in front of the observatory. From the front of University Hall stretches away a broad stone walk, in the direction of Orton Hall. But it stops midway at the en- trance to the new Library building, one of the most noticeable upon the campus. The Legislature of nineteen hundred signalized the opening of the new century by action which will ever be mem- orable. To that time the state had never recog- nized in any special or worthy way the men of the Grand Army of the Republic. Now it determined that before they were all numbered with the dead there should be a 'dtting testimonial to their great service in the cause of freedom and of a united country. Three hundred thousand dollars were appropriated, half to be expended in each of two years, for a Memorial Building. It was placed x upon the University campus because here were to come for all time thousands of the most loyal and intelligent descendants of these soldiers of a past generation. Its facades are beautiful with sculp- ture, commemorative of the great conilict. At the heart of the building is the University library, in which, by the act of the Legislature, the Trustees are to take especial care to see that the history of America holds most prominent part. Above the library is a State Museum, in which are gathered all the battle flags and relics now at the Capitol, and many others, to be in constant charge of four veterans of the civil war, as long as these can be found, and then in charge of their direct descend- ants. On either side of this are the rooms, libra- ries and collections of the State Archaeological Society. Above, on the third floor of the central portion of the building, is a large, well-appointed art room, in which are being brought together, by the generosity of the friends of the University, either as loans or for permanent collection, some of the most beautiful works of art-both ancient and modern. In the north wing are lecture-rooms and

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ent colleges, with thirty-six departments of instruc- tion, with twenty-eight courses of study, with a force of nearly one hundred instructors,iand with an enrollment of nearly twelve hundred students -clearly recognized as the logical head of the state work in education, and without a rival in the commonwealth in its own chosen fields. What of the future? No man may speak with certainty as to that which is yet of tomorrow: but from the past we may gather much encouragement, and there is much upon which we may safely base a prophecy. The year nineteen hundred and ten will have seen iive legislatures come and go within the new cen- tury, and will give time for the growth of still greater appreciation on the part of the state. May we not hope and with good reason that these ten years will mark a progress as great as the last twenty-five? If so, the visitor to the campus who comes up Neil Avenue will learn of his nearness to his destination by the first glimpses of the beautiful archway which will then be the main entrance to the grounds. He will not leave the car at that point, but will iind himself gliding smoothly and quietly over a track hidden by the encroaching lawn on a car impelled by either the third rail or by underground connection, to neat waiting-sta- tions in the rear of the buildings on the north side of the campus. Leaving the car at the rear of University Hall, and going at once to the well- known vantage ground of its high front entrance, it will not be difficult for him to see almost at a glance the changes that have come in material lines. Directly in front, almost overhanging the spring and lake, is the new Students building- the H home for all who have either ten minutes or an hour of leisure, and the center of all ethical and religious life on the campus. Its broad porches are most inviting, its auditorium, seating ive hun- dred, is in constant use, its smaller lecture room knows daily assemblies, its four large rooms with long tables are often illed with special classes of most earnest workers and students, the rest-rooms and reading-rooms for young Women, in the east end, are always full and keenly appreciated: while the broad halls and beautiful parlors are the center

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seminar rooms for the Departments of American History and Civics, of Economics, and of English Language and Literature. In the south wing is the home of the College of Law, with every pos- sible facility for its work. This great building, with its collections, is the center of University life, and is the Mecca of every scholar in the state. Beyond, where the old Botanical building used to stand, is a new building, perfect in equipment and design, in which are housed the Departments of Botany and of Horticulture and Forestry. If it were not for the Library building we could see the outlines of the new Medical building, on the new driveway-the continuation of Hunter Avenue. To the east we see another fine entrance, and be- tween Professor Knight's residence and Biological Hall, the model homev of the Department of Domestic Economy-near the present site of Pro- fessor Thomas's house. Walking to the corner of Chemical Hall, we find the parade ground--graded, graveled and drained-with a large drill hall at the west end, ,near Lake McCracken: while the new gymnasium for young women stands on the site of the old barn back of the President's house. just north of Lake McCracken, and west of the present footpath, rises the Engineering Hall-a superb building, so well lighted as to give the appearance of nearly solid walls of glass, three stories high, and with every possible convenience for the work of the two great professions of the coming century-Engineering and Architecture. The Ceramics department has been transferred to the present Mechanical Hall, which has been thor- oughly remodeled, while the present Electrical Hall has been moved north and is a part of the new railway engine test plant. On the high ground south of the Observatory, as far removed as possible from disturbances, is Physics Hall: and on and down Eleventh Avenue are to be seen a large number of cottage-residences of the Fac- ulty. The ornamental roof of a grand stand accommodating two thousand people rises above the fences of the Athletic Park, now complete in every respect, thanks to the enthusiasm and gen- erosity of the great body of graduates. In every direction, walks and drives and lawns and beds of