University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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Peabody Hall THIS is the home of the coming teachers. In the basement we find the printing office of the college paper. The Florida Alligator, controlled and printed by the students. Above is the general library, which is one of the largest in the state, and certainly contains less dead material than libraries do as a rule. The rest of the first floor is occupied by class rooms and by the great Psychological Laboratory, the only one of its kind in the state. The equipment of the laboratory is all new and improved. The remainder of the building is devoted to rooms for class instruction, with theexception of thespneegiven to the Peabody Auditorium, where the literary society of the college holds its discussions. This room is tastefully decorated and has its seats amphitheatred. This is the second year of the occupancy of this building presented by and named after George Peabody. The sister college nearest to Peabody Hall is the Engineering College. 23

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College of Law A SHORT walk from Language Hall will bring one lo the Law building, the newest on the campus, it having been dedicated at the beginning of the scholastic year. The type of architecture, Tudor-Gothic, which prevails on the campus, has been closely followed in erecting this hall. Near the entrance is the opening leading into the Law library, which contains hundreds of volumes devoted to legal history, decisions, cases, and texts. The book-stacks are of the very latest and most improved types. Comfortable seats, good lights, and large tables are arranged for study. Directly above the library is found the practice court room, the scene of many forensic efforts and fierce contests. Here, for the mind of the law student, questions of great legal import are settled. Inelegance and in construction the court room is the ecpial of any in the State. The arrangement of jury boxes, witness stands and the judge’s bench, is that found in the newer court houses of the state. Not only is this room arranged after the most approved fashion, but it is most artistic, and beautiful in finish. The library is flanked on either side by the librarian's office and class rooms, the court room, by retiring rooms for judge and jury, and additional class rooms. The Dean of the Law Department is furnished with a spacious and elegantly furnished office, and each professor has a private office of his own. The seekers after legal lore and learning are, and have just cause to Ik. , truly proud of their new home, the completion of which marked the time when each college should have its individual home. Near the Law Building is the Peabody Hall. 22

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Engineering Hall ENGINEERING HALL contains the hydraulics and electrical engineering laboratories, as well as rooms splendidly equipped for mechanical drawing, and for class instruction. A large part of the practical work of the students in this college is done on the campus and in the machine and wood shop, which is a separate building. For one to appreciate the practical value of the instruction offered in this college it is only necessary to pay a visit to it and observe the earnestness with which the future builders are striving to reach their goal, the combining of correct theory with the best practice. The tools, instruments and machinery in the laboratories of this college are of the most improved type as sold by the leading manufacturers. Below Engineering Hall we may see the dairy barn of the Agricultural College and Experiment Station. Beyond are grazing grounds for stock and the farm lands. 24