Drake University - Quax Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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F l l w li I I i l l l l I. K i l l f 1 I l i i i l jlrm Cliurruzgie ilihrarp Our new Carnegie library, for which we are so grateful to that noted benefactor, stands on the northwest corner of the main campus. It is a three story brick and stone structure 74 feet wide and 102 feet long. The lower floor which consists of six large airy rooms is given up to the University High School. On the main floor as one enters the building the Hall of History with class rooms and offices for that department, will be found on the right hand side. On the left are similar rooms and offices for the Political Science De- partment. The English Department has the rooms to the north. The University archieves may also be found in a room on this floor. Another interesting place is labelled Trophy Room, where all the athletic prizes are kept. Ascending the broad stairway we come to the library proper. The general reading room with its high ceiling, and large windows, ex- tends the entire length of the building, with the exception of the two small alcoves at either end, which contain books of so general a nature that it would not be practical to place them back in the regular stack room. In one of these alcoves Prof. Moorehouse has arranged a very interesting display of plates, showing the pictures of the different stars and planets. Another alcove contains the Bible commentaries, and mission books, while the other two are used for geological maps and fiction. f'