The Basement And The Ceiling Of The First Flat Are Vaulted Over.
The
refectory takes up a whole wing of the first story.
The masonry of the
upper corridors rests on eighteen cast iron columns, weighing 3,000
lbs. each. The ceiling of the refectory is exceedingly strong and
handsome; every story, in fact, is vaulted from top to bottom.
A corridor eight feet wide and two hundred and sixty-five feet long,
intersects the centre of each story. All the vestibules, corridors and
passages are paved with ceramic square blocks brought from Belgium.
The most notable part of the structure is the main staircase, entirely
of iron and stone; it contains 120 steps 8 feet long, 16 feet broad, 5
inches high, each step hewn out of a single block. The iron material
weighs about 37,000 lbs. There is also another flight of steps made of
iron. A hydraulic elevator in the centre of the building will provide
an easy access to every story.
The roofed galleries, eight feet wide, attached to each story on the
front, present promenades and views unrivaled in the city looking
towards Levi and the Island of Orleans. On a large stone or the
loftiest part of the front wall, over the window, is inscribed -
Conditum, 1880.
The arch of the entrance to the Court House burnt in 1872, which, it
was said, had formed part of the old Recollet Church, destroyed by
fire on 6th Sept., 1796, has been used to build the arch of the porch
which leads from the seminary garden to the farm-yard in rear. There
are 230 windows in this new wing which has a mansard roof. It is
computed that 4,000,000 bricks have been employed in the masonry. The
architect is J. F. Peachy.
STAFF OF THE LAVAL UNIVERSITY IN 1881.
Rector, Revd. Ed. Methot, - Superior of Quebec Seminary.
Professor of Commercial and Maritime Law, - Hon. Napoleon
Casault, J.S.C.
Professor of Civil Procedure, - Hon. Ulric J. Tessier, J.Q.B.
Professor of Civil Law, etc., - Hon. Chas. Thos. A. Langelier.
Professor of Roman Law, - Hon. Ed. James Flynn.
Professor of Commercial Law, - Hon. Richard Alleyn, J.S.C.
Secretary, - Thos. Chase Casgrain, Barrister.
Professor of Internal Pathology, - Dr. Jas. Arthur Sewell, M.D.
Professor of External Pathology, - Dr. J. E. Landry, M.D.
Professor of Toxicology, etc., - Dr. Alfred Jackson, M.D.
Professor of Descriptive Anatomy, - Dr. Eusebe Lemieux, M.D.
Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, - Dr. H. A. LaRue, M.D.
Professor of General Pathology, - Dr. Simard, M.D.
Professor of Materia Medica, etc., - Dr. Chas. Verge, M.D.
Professor of Practical Anatomy, etc., - Dr. Laurent Cattelier, M.D.
Professor of Clinical - Children's Diseases, - Dr. Arthur Vallee, M.D.
Professor of Clinical - Old People's Diseases, - Dr. Michael Ahern, M.D.
Professor of Comparative Zoology, Anatomy and Physiology, - Dr. L. J.
A. Simard, M.D.
Professor of Political Economy, - Hon. C. T. A. Langelier.
Professor of Physical Science, - Rev. Mr. Laflamme.
Professor of French Literature, - Rev.
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