Adelphi University - Oracle Yearbook (Garden City, NY)

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Lecture Room, Department of Chemistry.

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The Adelphi Field.

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ADELPHI COLLEGE. 33 EQUIPMENT. I. Buildings.—The group of buildings now occupied by the College and the Academy fills the entire end of the block between Lafayette avenue and Clifton place, upon St. James place. Adelphi College is the name of the new building whose main entrance is on Clifton place. This handsome structure was erected in 1887-88, through the generosity of the late Mr. Charles Pratt, who was then President of the corporation. The central building is an assembly hall, 50x72 feet, with sittings for about a thousand persons. In the basement, extending across the whole block, is the gym- nasium, occupying three large rooms and covering a space 200 x 50 feet. Convenient access to the buildings is provided by the Brooklyn Union Elevated R. R. (DeKalb or Greene Avenue Stations), or by the Greene, DeKalb, Franklin, Vanderbilt and Fulton electric cars. The ventilation of all the buildings is complete and perfect. A large fan is placed in the upper part of each building, discharging air from a reservoir which receives ventilating flues from all the rooms. These fans are driven by electric motors from a dynamo connected with a forty horse- power engine. By this means the air in both buildings can be completely renewed at least once every half hour in the most unfavorable weather. The principal room in the gymnasium opens directly into the outer air by means of large skylights in the roof, so that these rooms are especially well lighted and ventilated. The Adelphi provides accommodation for the clothing of pupils, and takes due precaution for the security of such articles, but it cannot be res- ponsible for their safety. II. The Library and Reading Room.—The Library now contains about seven thousand volumes. The librarian is in constant attendance, and there is a complete card catalog. Both library and reading-room are at the service of the students in all departments. Among the principal periodicals on file in the reading-room are the following: The American Agriculturist, Anthony’s Photographic Bulletin, Popular Astronomy, The Atlantic Monthly, The Book Buyer, The Century Magazine, Child Garden, The Congressional Record, The Contemporary Review, The Cosmopolitan, Education, The Educational Review, The Fortnightly Review, The Forum, The Geographical Journal, Harper’s Magazine, Harper’s Weekly, Harvard Graduates’ Magazine, The Illustrated London News, The Journal of Education, The Kindergarten Magazine, Kindergarten News, The Magazine of Art, The Nineteenth Century, Outing, The Popular Science Monthly, Power, The Review of Reviews, The School Bulletin, The School Review, Science, The Scientific American and Supplement, Scribner’s Mag- azine, The Yale Review, The Youth’s Companion. 3