University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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the corner-stone of the Engineering Building was laid. Although a large part of the splendor attendant upon the previous ceremonies was lacking, there remained the impressive fact that another step has been made in the progress of the University. With dignity and simplicity the performance was carried out in a manner l efitting the nature of the Institution. ( n the same day ground was broken for the Medical Building. Its construction has been placed in capable hands, and the finished structure will be ready for occupancy in the fall of 1910. As has been the rule throughout. the most modern equipment will be used. Xo expense will be spared to provide in every sense the highest state of efficiency possible. Immediately after the completion of the School of Medicine, work upon the Dental College will Ik begun, and the opening of the University year of 1911-12 will, in all probability, find the fourth building on the campus. The architectural idea of the completed University will Ik much nearer fulfillment with the addition of these two units, and while the present aspect may be disappointing. it is well to await what the future will bring forth. Not until then can be understood the magnificence of the selected plan. With the construction of the third and fourth buildings new links will be forged in the chain binding the institution together. A firmer organization of the student hotly, a far-reaching grasp of the various facilities offered, a greater conception of the capacity of the school —all these will assist in the final realization of the hope and expectations of the friends of the University. The 1911 Owl TIIK DKNTAI. B1I1.DING