Earlham College - Sargasso Yearbook (Richmond, IN)

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LiNULEv Hall. 1887 Obsehvatory, 1854

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the most approved modern plan and with a view to both health and beauty. The parlors and association rooms are convenient and attractive and the men ' s rooms, most of which are in suites of three rooms to ever ' two men, obviously offer many a dvan- tages for both social and individual needs. . Library building was also made possible b ' Andrew Car- negie ' s generous gift of thirty thousand dollars to which eight thousand dollars was added by the college. This building, which was officially opened in December, 1907, stands just across the main drive-way from Lindley Hall. One enters the building from the west through a wide hall, on the left of which the stair- way ascends. The large reading and reference room is on the first floor, with eight departmental alcoves around its outer curve and with stacks for books which have an ultimate capacity of sixty thousand volumes. There are also rooms for offices, con- versation and cataloging. On the second floor are four seminar ' :■ B» - Ik 9 Ll y ij il- ' llijR6«iH« i 1 i vg; ■ ' iii iBi .. rooms. Here, too, is a room designated as an . rt Room and intended for the reception of rare treasures of books as well as pictures. On the north is a large room, used by the Library Summer School of the Public Library Commission and a smaller room has been set aside for the Reference I ibrary of Indiana Yearly Meeting. The new buildings necessitated ini])rovement in the heating svstem of the college and in 1908 the central heating plant was added to the list of new equipments. From it a vacuum system of heating was extended to all the college buildings. This system represents an expenditure of seventeen thousand dollars. The whole group of buildings, situated on a campus of forty acres, delightfully shaded by native forest trees and tastefully laid out in walks and drives, is an asset of which all friends of tlie college may rightfully be proud. During the last three years the development of the college along all lines has been unprecedented. The departments of