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A THIRD PERIOD OF BUILDING 353 was found for the building on the Midway Plaisance between Kim- bark and Kenwood avenues. Ground was broken in the autumn of 1901 in the presence of many spectators and with impressive cere- mony. Early in 1902 the revised plans for the building were com- pleted and the contracts were let in May of that year. Six weeks later the foundations were reported laid. The building was finished and occupied in October, 1903. It cost three hundred and ninety- four thousand, five hundred dollars. In January, 1904, it was named Emmons Elaine Hall in memory of Mrs. Elaine's deceased husband, Emmons Elaine, son of Hon. James G. Elaine. The dedication of the building, delayed until May i, 1904, was cele- brated with elaborate ceremonies continuing through two days. Several educational conferences were held. The addresses in con- nection with the dedication were delivered by President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University, President Augustus Downing of the Normal College of the City of New York, Wilbur S. Jackman, dean of the College of Education, Cyrus Bentley, trustee of the Chicago Institute, John Dewey, director of the School of Education, Mrs. Emmons Elaine, and President Harper. The President spoke of the agencies that had united to form the School, saying: These were Colonel Francis W. Parker with his faculty, and joined with them the sympathy and interest of Mrs. Emmons Elaine: the work of the Chicago Manual Training School under Mr. Belfield, and with it that of the South Side Academy, developed under the leadership of Mr. Owen; and finally the creative work of Mr. Dewey in his Laboratory School, and in connection with this the factor represented by the University itself The names of Colonel Parker, Mrs. Emmons Elaine, Mr. Belfield, Mr. Owen and Mr. Dewey are written in large letters on the foundation stones of this new structure. Generous tribute was paid by all the speakers to Colonel Parker, the first Director of the School. Mrs. Elaine modestly disclaimed the title of Founder. She said, "I did not found it. I simply found it." She found it and adopted and enriched it. Emmons Elaine Hall covered the entire Fifty-ninth Street front of the block between Kimbark and Kenwood avenues, and, with its wings, extended one hundred and sixty feet north on both these avenues. The main building was designed to give the best possible accommo- dations for the College for Teachers, the Elementary School, and