Caption: Book - Overview and State of the University (1913)
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THE liNIVKKHITV OF [LLINOI8 ] f> DIN'.- We shall now go into fehe finest building on fclu grounds, the library Building- The appropriation for it was saved hy an all n i g h t r i d e , [t was b u i l t in 181)7 of Minnesota s a n d s t o n e , a n d is wholly tiro proof. Itsnohh tower and rod tiled roofs produce a superior architectural effect. This tower is waiting for a chime of bells which some generous hand will sometime give us. An A merican artist, (Mr. N e w t o n A. W e l l s ) , s t u d y i n g in P a r i s , canu all the way to place the mural paintings in the lunettes of the delivery room and oversee the decorations. He has Kim l>erome a member of our art, and architectural faculties. We were bound to have a little good art. work to stimulate the good ta si of generations of students, and we succeeded. The paintings represent Literature, Agriculture, Science and Engineering, the four coll< es of th< University at the time Wicy were xecuted. The schenn of deer,rat ion is p u r e l y B y z a n t i n e , and if is said that t h i s is t h e only b u i l d i n g in t h e c o u n t r y of which t h i s is t r u e . The d e l i v e r y room is eopjed from the t h r o n e room in the palace of Kin^ Ludwig in Bavaria. a city of refuge for the oppressed. c a p a c i t y for 160,000 v o l u m e s , The reading rooms The stack room- have office are spacious, and a m p l y l i g h t e d from both sides. Silence is e x a c t e d h e r e , and a con versat ion room is provided a 'the administration are up .i ] but will someday claim a building of their own. We are accustomed fco say that, this beautiful library building is the host example of fche finished work of the Univei ity, for its existence is due to raduatesoi the University. Senator Henry M. Dunlap, of the clai iofl875, was the main spoke in t he wheel thai burned out t he approprial ion, as he lias been in many other similar wheels. ProU sors Bicker and White, offchedepartment of architectur< both graduates of the University, were the architects and Warren it. Roberts, of the classof L888, was th president of th( construction company which erected the Imildin The art colli bions in tip' basement are not owell provided for as they d rve. These plaster casts of the <
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