Alumnae Recorder . tock to the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), attwenty-five dollars ($25) a share. This amount was afterward increasedto twenty thousand dollars (f 20,000). On June 22d the stock book was 56 ALUMNAE RECORDER. first opened, and ten ladies, beside the seven incorporators, subscribed forstock. Such was the beginning of the work, which was carried forwardwith rare zeal and patience by the ladies through the various committeesand board of directors. A suitable lot was chosen and purchased at acost of fifty-five hundred dollars ($5,500), and so great was the energyand
Alumnae Recorder . tock to the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), attwenty-five dollars ($25) a share. This amount was afterward increasedto twenty thousand dollars (f 20,000). On June 22d the stock book was 56 ALUMNAE RECORDER. first opened, and ten ladies, beside the seven incorporators, subscribed forstock. Such was the beginning of the work, which was carried forwardwith rare zeal and patience by the ladies through the various committeesand board of directors. A suitable lot was chosen and purchased at acost of fifty-five hundred dollars ($5,500), and so great was the energyand perseverance exerted in the sale of stock that the lot was entirelypaid for within a year after its purchase. A plan for the building wasnext in order. The Construction Committee first formed their ideas intoa definite plan for the interior of the building, the number of roomsneeded, and their general arrangement, and then employed architects togive these ideas shape, and furnish a suitable design for the For more than a year these plans were studied, every point discussed,specifications read and pondered, while the ladies grew learned as they in-vestigated the mysteries of plumbing, discovered the ingredients of mor-tar, and studied the science of acoustics. It was the aim of theConstruction Committee to have, first of all, a thoroughly substantial,well built structure, free from all shams or pretence, and to this end noexpense was spared. And so, at last, the fruition of these hopes has been reached, and the ALUMNA RECORDER. 57 Propylreum stands finished, a thing of beauty, and a joy, for many years,to many people; to be, as its name signifies, a, portal through which manymay enter, and find their way to the temples of art, science and wisdom. Some idea of the exterior may be had from the accompanying structure is of brick, with stone front. Entering by the front portal,one is ushered through noiseless swinging doors into a wide and com-modious hall. On eit
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