Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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ings, and the tract south of them can each be laid out formally and in such a way that they will be related. The existence of High Street, one of the most important streets of Co- lumbus, along the whole east front of the Campus and the fact that eight of the twelve working buildings facing upon the great central lawn, are situated perpendicular to or parallel with High Street, clearly indicates that all other buildings to be erected, should be similarly located. During the last three years the Horse Barn, the judging Pavilion, the Cow Barn, the Veterinary Hospital, the Mechanical Engineering Shop, the Wfomenis Dormitory and the Student's Building have been placed in this way, The accompanying diagram, on which existing buildings are shown, heavily cross hatched and suggested buildings lightly cross hatched, illustrates by dot and dash lines, proposed locations of architectural axis lines for the principal void spaces. and by dotted lines proposed locations for building limit lines. The particular buildings proposed, are more purely suggestive. The actual buildings would doubtless all be different in size and shape, while conforming in the main to the axis and front lines indicated. The formal arrangement of future buildings now being followed may be described as follows: First, a row of working buildings fronting on High Street and extending the whole length of the campus. The building front line is planned to be IIo feet from High Street. This assumes the widening of this important street by ten feet on the university side whether or not it is ever widened on the oppo- site side. These building sites should be used for working buildings with which the outside public is concerned Kas audience upon occasionsj and for graduate schools. The northerly part of this row of sites cannot be occupied until the Athletic Field has been removed, at some distant date, to the open ground west of the old North and South Dormitories, a site which, although considerable grading would be required, is much to be preferred to the present one, because it will admit of the great expansion which will become necessary when the number of students has greatly increased. New Dormitory System Second, an axis line is assumed parallel with High Street and midway between Hayes Hall and the Gymnasium and extending from Woodrtiff Avenue to Eleventh Avenue. There would be building front lines equi-distant from this axis, one passing along the east end of Hayes Hall, and the other intersecting the northwest corner of the Gymnasium. This latter frontage line will be far enough from the proposed building sites facing High Street, to allow for two series of buildings, one north of the Gymnasium and the other south of Page Hall, both backing toward the High Street row and facing west. VVest of this axis there would be two series of buildings facing east, one north of Mines and Ceramics Hall, and the other extending from the valley southward to Ilth 16

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