Franklin College - Almanack Yearbook (Franklin, IN)

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also gives a more home-like and inviting The New Dormitory for Girls ,-,is-1 I-IE Girls? Dormitory is east of the main col- lege building on the northeast corner of 4 C' 7: ri ' ' C the campus. Ihe building has been de- kb Q! . . . wfff? signed in a modern French renaissance 1 X- 5 5' -5 1 D . . . . iwf lg style of architecture which gives the design- : v-'RV I ,. E - - - i fir' 1 er more latitude than a classic design, and appearance. In its interior it has been arranged so that in reality it has been divided into three sections, which are sepa- rated from each other by brick walls and fire doors, thereby protecting each section against the other in case of iire. Each section has its own stairway and exit. The only fire in the building is in the range, and a small stove in the laundry, as the building is heated from the central plant, thereby re- ducing the chances of fire to a minimum. The Dormitory is lighted by electricity with gas emergency. The architects are Messrs. Dunlap and Glossop, of Indianapolis, Ind. The main entrance is upon South Edwards Street, and opens directly into a spacious corridor, stairway, and general reception room. These form the principal feature of the building, and make a very attractive assembly room with large columns, fireplace, seats, bookcases and console. Directly opposite the assembly room on the 'main corridor, and on each side of the main entrance are the parlors and Matron's rooms, the main corridor forming a vista through the entire length of the building. In each end on each floor are two bath and toilet rooms, arranged so that the girls in the different sections will have their respective bath and toilet accommodations- these are located centrally to all rooms. The bedrooms are arranged to accommodate the various desires of the different girls, for the rooms can be arranged en suite with study, or single rooms with study, or single rooms for one or two girls, each room having a large window, and one or two large closets, according to the size of the room. In the basement, which is mostly above the ground, are the dining room, kitchen, serving rooms, cold storage, bakery, vegetable room, and laundry-which has stationary wash tubs, clothes dryer, stove, and large working space. The Sororities of the College have attractive quarters on the second floor. The building is generously equipped throughout with all necessary furnishings, beauty as well as utility, being considered everywhere. To the girls, the Dormi- tory seems a large, convenient home with little more to be desired. The spirit of harmony and good-will is marked, while the freedom from undue restraint makes misconduct unthought of. Ii. F. F.

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The New Gymnasium P - .HE Gymnasium is situated on the south side of the campus, about equidistant from the east and west boundaries. It is a red brick structure one hundred and Hfteen feet in length by sixty-six feet in Width. 'The 3 brick walls at either end are capped with limestone and rise above the roof, which may be called a self-supporting, 'chip-roof,'l with the steep sides slated and the top metallic. There are three large en- trances. The one on the south faces Franklin Field, and above it is cut in the stone panel the word HGymnasium. The end entrances are wide and above the doors are a series of windows, and above these, at both ends, is a slab of white stone, upon the one at the west end are the words Recreation Hall, and upon the one at the east '4Physical Culture. On the north are seven large, double windows, extending well up to where the roof extends over the side walls of the building, on the south are six windows of the same dimensions-three on each side of the entrance. All the windows are glazed and afford ample light. They are covered in the interior with heavy, adjustable screens. As before stated, the roof is Hself- supporting, and the interior is one immense room, making an ideal place for basket ball, indoor base ball, and all indoor athletics and gymnasium work. At both corners of the east end is a circular iron stairway that leads into the dressing-rooms, for both women and men, in each of which are one hundred ventilated lockers. In rooms adjoining the dressing-rooms are the the shower baths. Be- yond these is the swimming pool-fifty feet in length and twenty-five feet in width, ten feet deep at the south end and four feet at the north. The building is lighted throughout with electricity, heated by steam and supplied with both hot and cold water. The main room is ventilated by three ventilators at the apex of the roof, and is to he furnished with up-to-date apparatus. As a whole, the new Gymnasium is an artistic structure and adds greatly to the beauty of the campus, as well as being a much needed and appreciated addition to the equipment of the College.