A NEW CROSBY HALL.
[To TUE EDITOR or TUE *SPECTATOR." J
Sra,—As you are perhaps aware, a Hall of Residence has lately been opened in Chelsea for University students, post-graduates, &c., especially those whose work is in the neighbourhood of South Kensington. A kindred project is also on foot in con- nexion with University College towards the erection of a Hall of Residence at Hampstead. It is thus evident that the need of such_ Residences is becoming recognised. Such Halls, how- ever, are somewhat remote from the central districts of London and their teaching institutions, especially from King's College, the School of Economics, &c., and also from the British Museum ; hence the desirability of a more centrally situated Residence has been felt from the first. Thus has arisen a larger policy, with the need of forming a corre- sponding organisation, as the " University and City Associa- tion of London." This body will endeavour to establish such collegiate beginnings wherever these may be needed, and may further be of service towards a fuller interaction of higher education with the general life of London. An important opportunity requiring prompt action has suddenly arisen through the present availability of the materials of . Crosby Hall, which are being carefully taken down in numbered parts admitting of reconstruction. It has been proposed that the re-erection, which is already advocated in so many quarters, should be upon a site as conveniently central as may be obtainable, and be in conjunction with a University Hall of Residence, as "New Crosby Hall." The architectural practicability of this com- bination has been fully confirmed by the most competent authorities. The friends of these respective movements, both civic and academic, may thus unite towards this common object, and the responses to preliminary inquiries in various quarters' have already been most encouraging. An important step may thus be made towards the development of London as a collegiate city. Many have already expressed their willingness to join the General Committee which is now being formed for the above purposes. A constitutive meeting is being arranged for an early date, of which particulars will be
Warden of More House (University Hall), Chelsea.
More House, Cheyne Walk, S.W.
N.B.—This scheme is being, or will be, duly brought before the various civic bodies, University authorities, &c. But for obvious reasons of urgency, action must precede formal recognition. All members of this Provisional Committee are therefore joining it in their individual capacity alone.
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