Harvard and its surroundings . d enlargement will furnish room for the excess of materials in the presentbuilding. Through the kindness of Robert H. Slack of Boston, the archi-tect of the museum, we are enabled to present the elevation of the exten-sion that will probably be begun in the spring of 1878, and, fronting onthe east side of Oxford Street, form the northwestern corner of the museumwhen completed. The estimated cost of the entire buildings is about three quarters of a mill-ion dollars. The Museum of Zoology and the Peabody Museum of AmericanArchseology are distinct trusts, though bot
Harvard and its surroundings . d enlargement will furnish room for the excess of materials in the presentbuilding. Through the kindness of Robert H. Slack of Boston, the archi-tect of the museum, we are enabled to present the elevation of the exten-sion that will probably be begun in the spring of 1878, and, fronting onthe east side of Oxford Street, form the northwestern corner of the museumwhen completed. The estimated cost of the entire buildings is about three quarters of a mill-ion dollars. The Museum of Zoology and the Peabody Museum of AmericanArchseology are distinct trusts, though both belong to Harvard management of the Peabody Museum is in the hands of a distinct boardof trustees, although the building and the collections therein belong to the President and Fellows of Harvard College. 44 HARVARD UNIVERSITY West of the museum property is— . * 27. J^rvis Field, a plot of ground reserved by the college for athleticsports, but especially for the University Base Ball Club, which has earned an. Elevation of the Southwest Corner of Projected Museum (26). enviable record as an amateur club. The following is a sketch of its his-tory : 1 — No organization for the practice of base ball existed at Harvard until De-cember, 1862, when Frank Wright and George A. Flagg, 66, then membersof the freshman class, organized a class nine. In the spring of 1863 the Cam-bridge city government granted the use of part of the Common near (he I Prepared by F. W. Thayer, captain of the University Nine. AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. 45 Washington Elm for practice ground, and this was used until the spring of1864. The first recorded match was pla3ed at Providence, R. I., June 27,1863, between Harvard 66 and Brown 65, and resulted in a victory for theHarvard freshmen by a score of 27 to 17. In the fall of 1863 the incoming freshmen followed the example of the soph-omores, and organized a class nine. A hard-earned victory of 66 over67showed the advisability of a union of the be
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