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 304 A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO The Hull Laboratories, as finally built, were four in number, the Zoological, the Anatomical, the Physiological, the Botanical, and were located at the north end of the original site of four blocks, midway between University and Ellis avenues. They formed a complete quadrangle. The four laboratories stood on the four corners, Zoology on the northeast, Anatomy on the northwest, Physiology on the southwest, and Botany on the southeast. A cloister, constructed of the same material as the laboratories and perfectly lighted by many windows, connected Botany with Zoology and Physiology with Anatomy. A covered gateway leading into the quadrangle separated, and at the same time con- nected, Zoology and Anatomy. The four laboratories were thus, in effect, under a single roof. On the south between Botany and Physiology was a high iron fence with an ornamental gateway, opposite the imposing north entrance, opening into the general University grounds. The space thus inclosed by the fence, the laboratories and the cloisters received the name of Hull Court, as the group of buildings was denominated the Hull Biological Laboratories. Were it not for the donor's desire to have the name of Mr. Hull emphasized, the quadrangle itself would long since have been formally designated the Helen Culver Quadrangle and it will be strange if it is not known by this name to posterity. The cornerstones of the four laboratories were laid July 3, 1896, in connection with the University's Quinquennial Celebration. The general exercises of the cornerstone laying were held in a great tent set up in the central quadrangle. At the close of those exer- cises, the Trustees, faculties, and guests of the University, Miss Culver being the guest of honor, formed in line, and proceeded to the site of the Botanical Laboratory, where the Head of the depart- ment, John M. Coulter, said : This building is to stand for Botany in all its wide range The equipment of a building, designed to provide for all phases of the subject, represents an important epoch in the history of the science. This building is to be a center of botanical instruction, but is also to be a center of botanical research To the service of its students and to the service of the world is this building founded. At the laying of the cornerstone of Physiology Professor Jacques Loeb said: