Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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RAVELIN GS NINETEEN ELEVEN INTRODUCTION A NOTHER year of Monmouth College life has been unraveled. The snarls and tangles have been many and perplexing, but at last the end of our thread has been reached. To you the Class of Nineteen Hun- dred and Eleven present the result, hoping that this volume may serve as a pleasant diversion from the more arduous task of unraveling life ' s snarls and tangles.

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R A V E L I N ' G S NINETEEN ELEVEN life. Not only is the name of Dr. J. B. Mc- Michael commemorated, but somehow the worthy son of a worthy father comes in for commemoration also, for he has so wisely presided during the erection of all the new building ' s. In planning McMichael Hall an attempt was made to use the experience of other in- stitutions. Plans were studied and compared. A number of institutions were visited and the experience of those in charge of labora- tories old and new, large and small, was gone over in detail. Any feature found de- ficient by the test of daily use was omitted from the plans and wdiere possible improve- ments were attempted. All in all there are in the building 13 laboratory rooms, 3 lecture rooms, 3 store rooms or stock rooms, 3 assistant ' s rooms, 3 offices. 2 dark rooms, 2 toilet rooms, and one each of the following rooms : library, dissecting room, weighing room, unpacking room, animal room and work shop. The three floors are each devoted to a single subject, — the lower floor to Physics, the next to Biology and the upper floor to Chemistry. There are five miles of pipes in the thirteen systems of piping in the building, and all of these, with the exception of a few electrical conduits, are arranged so that they can be replaced in case of accident without disturbing anything else. Twenty-eight tons of Alberene stone was used, mostly on the chemical floor for table tops, hood floors and table shelving. This is a variety of soapstone from Alberene, Va., and is used here because it is not affected by acids or alkalies to any great extent. Distilled water is piped to each labora- tory from a large still and storage tank on the upper floor. The building is fireproof throughout, being built of brick, hollow tile and re-enforced concrete. The water table, window sills and ornaments, sup- porting columns, roof supports and floors are all re-enforced concrete. The two upper floors have wood laid over the concrete. An ample lift carries ap- paratus from one floor to another. It is a thoroughly well lighted, convenient, serviceable building. McMichael Hall is not yet completely equipped nor is it fully stocked with apparatus. It will require time and money to do these things. ' We have a good working outfit to start with and additions will be made from year to year. The full meaning of this equipment will only be realized as the years go by and as new generations of students working in McMichael Hall come in touch with nature ' s laws and thereby get their inspiration for a life of service to the God of all nature.

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RAVELIN GS NINETEEN ELEVEN We 1911 RAVELINGS BOARD EDITORS-IN-CHIEF ROBERT H. ROBINSON MARTHA CLARKE BUSINESS MANAGERS GEORGE E. HARTSOCK LESLIE A. GRIER RALPH P. ROSS