Canadian engineer . lege campus on thecorner of Sherbrooke and Victoria Streets. It is a rectangu-lar structure 91 feet long by 71 feet deep, and rises in threewell proportioned stories above a low basement. The upperstory is terminated by a nicely moulded cornice, -which iscrowned with a high plain attic. The chief decorative fea-tures of the main front are the entrance and two orielwindows on the second story at either end of the doorway consists of a pleasing shallow porch, formed bya group of three rusticated pilasters, crowned by a curvedpediment, in the tympanum of which
Canadian engineer . lege campus on thecorner of Sherbrooke and Victoria Streets. It is a rectangu-lar structure 91 feet long by 71 feet deep, and rises in threewell proportioned stories above a low basement. The upperstory is terminated by a nicely moulded cornice, -which iscrowned with a high plain attic. The chief decorative fea-tures of the main front are the entrance and two orielwindows on the second story at either end of the doorway consists of a pleasing shallow porch, formed bya group of three rusticated pilasters, crowned by a curvedpediment, in the tympanum of which there is a shield bearingthe arms of McGill. In the centre of the Victoria Street eleva-tion there is, also on the second story level, an oriel windowwhich is flanked by two slightly projecting decorative chim-neys which break through the cornice in a pleasing windows of the upper story are considerably higher thanthose of the stories below, and thus fittingly express on theexterior the great hall New Medical Building. Front Elevation fromUpper Campus. Brown & Vallance, Architects. The arrangement of the interior, which is given overentirely to socia 1 intercourse between the students of allfaculties, is very simple, but well laid out; it is further asplendid expression of the proper handling of different color-ed materials to obtain a rich and harmonious effect. On theentrance floor, beside a commodious hall, there are the din-ing and grille rooms ; on the second floor there is a splendidlounging gallery, running across the whole front of thebuilding, 88 feet long by 21 feet wide, back of which arebilliard, news and reading rooms, a library and a study. Thetop floor is given over to the great hall in front—a room 88feet long by 45 feet wide—and several small rooms for societymeetings. The interior is too rich and varied to be properlydescribed within these limits, but particular attention must January i8, 1912. THE CANADIAN ENGINEER 177 be called to the
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