Eastern Michigan University - Aurora Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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The stairs leading to the attic are broad and easy, and will be much used, as important store and work rooms, and an astronomical laboratory will be located here. The stairs leading to the roof will also be of easy ascent, and will open upon the roof on one side and upon the floor of the dome on the other. A nearly level space, 20 X 30 ft., surrounded by a balustrade will furnish an open-air observatory for astronomical and meteorological purposes. The barrel of the dome will be carried up through the roof, but the dome itself will not at present be erected, as the 5500 or 5600 needed for the purpose cannot now be spared. Astronomy has always been a leading subject in the Normal School, and for a long time more money was expended upon this department than upon all the other scientific subjects together. The refractor, transit, sidereal clock, and chronograph purchased by Professor Mc Louth nearly twenty-five years ago are still in perfect order and in constant use, but the Whole plant needs bringing up to date and adapting to the modern astronomy. The tixtures, fittings, etc., as well as the teachers' and the students' Work tables and benches, will be modern and substantial, the pier tables and the balance tables, of stone, and the Wall-bracket tables, of slate. There will be a goods lift running from the basement to the attic, lavatories on each floor, depart- ment libraries on both sides of the building on each floor, and rest rooms and offices for each department. The fan system of heating and ventilation will be installed in the most thorough manner and supplemented by direct radiation to provide for exigencies. Interiorly the walls will be of brick, painted a pleasant tone, and the ceilings will show the con- struction, as in most modern laboratories. The halls, While neither wide nor imposing, will be cornmodious, well lighted, and airy. Externally the building will be of good proportions, but will be plain and substantial rather than elegant. Indeed, it will appear what it is, a place for serious work. The cut upon the opposite page will show far better than words can do, the general appearance of the building. 16

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Dr Albert Leonard LOUISE KILBOURNE BOUT college presidents, there is apt to hover a spirit of awe, which sets them apart, in some measure, from their fellow men. If there is a shadow of such a feeling about the subject of this sketch, it is due to no desire on his part to create such an impression, but to his true and innate dignity. A To understand Dr. Leonard's character, one must be, not only somewhat of a character reader, but one must -also know him thoroughly, for this courteous gentleman does not reveal himself to every passing stranger, but unfolds the leaves of his personality only under the sun of friendly sympathy and regard. It has been remarked in regard to the usual quiet of his demeanor, that he talks only when he has some- thing to say, a rare and enviable trait. As a writer, he is characterized by remarkable ease and fluency. In addition to numerous articles of literary value which he contributes to-educational'publications, he has edited, for the past fourteen years, the journal of Pedagogy, which numbers among its contributors many of the ablest educators in the country. It is with these men, who rank highest in their profession, that Dr. Leonard is in marked favor, for he is widely known as a man of the most liberal as well as the most lofty ideals of professional work. Notwithstanding his dignihed seriousness, his sense of humor is very keen, and no one sees a ridiculous situation quicker, or enjoys a good story more than he. Although he does not come into direct contact with the student body, those students who know him best 'rind in him an attentive and sympathetic listener, and a wise and friendly counselor. It has often been said of him that he is the soul of honor, and upon knowing him, one finds Chaucefs lines running, almost unconsciously through the mind: He was a verray parlit gentil knight. ll