. The modern commonwealth, 1893-1918. ate. InChicago itself a dozen years or so were to elapse before a com-prehensive plan should be formulated and announced for apply-ing the artistic lessons learned in the White City to the needs ofthe city at large. A much shorter length of time, fortunately,elapsed before the administrative skill gained in the handling ofa novel problem predominantly aesthetic was applied practicallyto the amelioration of the social and political conditions ofthe day. Meanwhile the impetus communicated to educational inter-ests proceeded with an ever-increasing accelerati
. The modern commonwealth, 1893-1918. ate. InChicago itself a dozen years or so were to elapse before a com-prehensive plan should be formulated and announced for apply-ing the artistic lessons learned in the White City to the needs ofthe city at large. A much shorter length of time, fortunately,elapsed before the administrative skill gained in the handling ofa novel problem predominantly aesthetic was applied practicallyto the amelioration of the social and political conditions ofthe day. Meanwhile the impetus communicated to educational inter-ests proceeded with an ever-increasing acceleration. Buildingbecame active with each of the three great universities of thestate. The University of Chicago, whose first halls and dormi-tories had been put up during the building of the Columbianexposition itself and in the same vicinity, added other halls anddormitories to meet its rapidly increasing needs: it becamealmost a fashion among Chicagos wealthy and well-disposedto set their names commemoratively among the gargoyles and 30. ^-^^.^^^^^^r^ EDUCATION, ART, AND LETTERS 31 crocketed gables of scholastic Gothic facades. The mostnotable group of structures erected during this time was that ofthe four physical laboratories ranged round Hull Court. North-western University, between the years 1893 and 1898, erectedon its campus a succession of buildings varied in physiognomyand serving various purposes — a library, a music hall, an as-sembly hall, and others. The University of Illinois, under thepresidency of Andrew S. Draper, aided by the friendly interestand cooperation of Governor John P. Altgeld, which was imme-diate from the first day of President Drapers term, also enteredupon a new period of building. The state legislature of 1905made a liberal appropriation, and there followed a library, anobservatory, a presidents house, a power house, and certainshops. The handsome Agricultural Building was author-ized In 1898. During the decade 1891-1901 both Northwest-ern Univers
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