Franklin College - Almanack Yearbook (Franklin, IN)

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THE GYM NASIUM

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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.

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The Heating Plant ins. ,,.w, IRECTLY east of the Library and situated in a central position in relation to the other buildings, is the heating plant. It is a low 'ff 'RE KI' brick building sixty feet in length and thirty feet in width. At the east end of XL. ? the building is the stack-self-supporting, and ninety feet in height. The entrance is at the west end and opens directly into the dynamo-room. From the southeast corner of this room a flight of steps de- scends into the boiler-room, which is twelve feet below the surface. By this arrangement the tops of the coal-bins are on a level with the surface, while their Hoors are on a level with the floor of the boiler-room, making both the unloading and disposition of the coal convenient and labor-saving. As far up as the surface the walls of the boiler-room are cement. In the east end are two large one-hundred-horse- power boilers, which are of the horizontal tubular type, seven- teen and one-fourth feet in length, sixty-six inches in diameter, and constructed of steel three-eighths inch in thickness. They have the usual setting of cement and brick, and are four feet above the grates, thus causing the bulk of the smoke to be consumed. The Van Auken system of heating is used in the Dormi- tory and Gymnasium, and the XVebster system is used in the Main Building and Library. The pressure on the heating line is kept below two pounds by a regulating valve, and to avoid the possibility of excessive pressure, an exhaust valve is also attached to the low pressure line. As the steam passes through the radiators it is condensed, and then, by means of a Burn- ham vacuum pump, it is forced back into a receiving tank. This pump is situated in the west end of the boiler-room, and above it is the receiving tank, which has a capacity of one hundred and fifty gallons. By the side of the vacuum pump is a. small boiler-feeding pump, which forces the water again into the boilers, and as the water having completed its circuit is still hot, and as only about one-half a barrel is lost per week from exhaust, the heating is conducted upon an economical basis. FRED SMITH, '12.