The finishing work on the New Lecture Hall at the corner of Oxford and Kirkland streets is now being done and the building will probably be ready for occupancy some time next week. There will be no formal opening of the Hall, but the classes which are to occupy it will move in gradually. The building is to be called The New Lecture Hall and the name of the donor is still to remain unknown.

The Hall contains one large lecture room with a seating capacity of slightly over 950 and six small section rooms. The lecture room occupies all of the first floor the section rooms being located in the basement which also contains the heating apparatus for the building. The large lecture room, consisting of the main floor and a balcony, has two entrances, both fronting on Kirkland street. The lecture room faces toward Kirkland street with the seats rising gradually from a point seven feet in front of the platform to the rear of the room. There are two entrances to the balcony which extends around the back of the room and down both sides to a point nearly directly above the platform. The building is heated by steam with an air-fanning system in conjunction.

In order that a strong light may be obtained the ceiling is composed almost entirely of glass and a portion of the roof directly above is also of the same material. Around the three sides of the room are nine large sets of windows which admit of an abundant entrance of light. The seats in the lecture room consist of oak chairs with a side desk which can be lowered and raised at will. The walls of the room are finished in red with a relief of white columns.