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experiments, and appliances modern in every respect. The fioors here, as well as over the rest of the building, are -thoroughly fire-proof. In the halls they are solid concrete, in the rooms they are made of a several inch layer of concrete and cinders covered with hardwood. The stairways are of iron, with cork pads on every step. The second floor is devoted to the department of Biology. The elementary laboratory occupies the entire east end. Tables are arranged by the windows in such a way that the maximum amount of light can be secured. On the south are two conservatories of concrete, having windows with copper frames. These conservatories are intended primarily for growing various kinds of plants, but with a nice seat or two which may easily be supplied, they can readily be transformed into apartments for other useful purposes. The lecture room is similar in size and arrangement to the one downstairsg adjoining it is the professor's office. The laboratory for advanced work occupies the west end, while on the north is a spacious, well lighted reading room. On the ceilings may be noticed a number of large, handsome beams which furnish a most artistic addition to the finish. Analysis proves them to be as useful as they are ornamental. While they appear to be solid, they are in reality hollow. In them are the drain pipes from the chemical laboratories above, and if anything goes wrong with these, the beams can be taken apart and the point of difhculty made readily accessible. On the third fioor is the Chemistry department. The elementary laboratory is on the east, and is equipped with six desks and seven hoods. The hoods are located in such a manner as to fall at the end of each desk, they are large, and are ventilated by suction furnished by fans in the attic. Supply shelves will be convenient to all at work. West of this on the south is a workshop and general storage room, adjoining is the supply room of which a student will be in charge constantly to give out supplies. Next to this is the lecture room, seating prac- tically a hundred. The lecture desk extends clear across the room, but by a pecu- liarly ingenious arrangement of blackboards only a portion of it need be exposed to view. On the west is the advanced laboratory. Here, as in the elementary lab- oratory, all the desks have at hand electrical connections, hot, cold, and distilled water, hydrogen sulphide, compressed air and suction.- Adjoining this room is one for delicate weighing, equipped with the very finest of balances. Next to this, on the north, is a special private laboratory and dark room. The remaining north room is for the office, reading room and library. The attic is in some respects the most interesting floor, for it contains the menagerie, museum, and gas factory. The menagerie is a room for animals be- longing to the department of Biology. There will be cases for canines, felines and other 'lines. In the center is a large concrete tank for amphibians. Great care has been used in constructing this, and the croakers can repose in the aqua pura or sit in solemn state on concrete firma, as their fancy dictates. The exact reason for putting the menagerie in such a remote place is not understood, but it was probably to obviate any possible disturbance to the occupants of Wliiting Hall, through the croaking of frogs during the week of final examinations. The museum will be found in the large central room, which is finely lighted and well adapted to such a purpose. The gas factory is a hydrogen sulphide generator, from which that odoriferous gas is conveyed in rubber pipes to the desks in the chemical labora- tory. The elevator shaft of course ends on this floor, and arrangements have been made whereby it can be used in various experiments by the Physics department. If the visitor is weary at this point, he can by means of it deposit himself on the first fioor and thus complete his tour in a dignified manner. - Such are the general features evident at this time. The structure is handsome on the outside, it is handsome on the inside. Every part is thoroughly modern and up-to-date. Add to this an arrangement of apparatus and facilities suchtas only the three science heads now at Knox are capable of making, together with their efficient instruction, and Knox has a center where science work will be highly attractive, and where the highest results will be attained in the years to come. 11
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The New Science Hall Wlien the George Davis Science Hall is thrown open for use next fall, those students whose courses include work in science will have at their command facil- ities unsurpassed by any institution in this part of the country. An hour spent in and about the structure as it stands to-day will serve to convince the expert scien- tist and tyro alike that suggestions in the way of improvement would be almost su Jerfluous. , 1 While at the present writing it is impossible to give anything like a detailed description of the building and its contents in a finished state, the work has been rushed to such a stage of completion as to permit of securing a good general idea of what the rooms will be like when all the apparatus and accessories have been installed. The building itself, both inside and outside, is for all practical pur- poses fmished, and for some time has been open to the inspection of the students and public. As one of these, let us spend a half hour or so in going through from basement to attic and noting the general features. The average person does not want to worry hisbrain with details anyhow, and it is possible for the ordinary one to take a more satisfactory survey now than it will be later, when there will be present a bewildering outlay of mystifying scientific apparatus. Let us approach the building from the north, for it fronts that direction. standing as it does on theinortheast corner of the campus. To the one familiar with the campus it is evident that a number of trees have been sacrificed, and this fact may cause a pang of regret. But contemplation of that which fills their places leads to the conviction that they have fallen before a worthy successor, martyrs to the march of twentieth century progress and the rising tide and usefulness of Old Knox. . As we step inside we forget all about the feeling of regret in the flood of satisfaction attending the first look around. The basement is the first point of inspection, and to all appearances it would do credit to a floor any number of stories higher. It is spacious, well ventilated, well heated and well lighted. On the south is a large unpacking roomjdrays with-supplies drive alongside the building and the boxes are slid down into this room upon an inclined plane. NfVhen unpacked their contents can be conveyed to any Hoor by an elevator in the corner. Across the corridor from this room is the storeroom for explosives, fitted with an iron door and embodying every precautionary appliance. Other rooms contain apparatus for hot water heating, fans for ventilation, etc. In the southwest cor- ner is the cistern, large and lined with concrete. Water for this comes down from the roof by means of a system of pipes inside the building. In addition to the space in these various rooms, quite a portion remains, unexcavated. The first Hoor is given over to the department of Physics. One of the most striking features on this Floor is in the shape of the heavy piers that have been sunk in several of the rooms where experimental and machine work is carried ong these piers rest on a stratum of clay far below the surface of the ground. But solid as these are, the floors are built in such a manner that they do not touch them at any point, and any possibility of jarring is entirely obviated. A number of these piers have been sunk in the laboratories which occupy the east end. The advanced and elementary laboratories are separated by a partitiong however, a large open window has been left in the center and the instructor can, by having his swinging chair on a raised platform, supervise the work in both rooms at the same time. West of the laboratory on the north in order are the professor's private office, the laboratory for special work in electricity, a special room for optical work and four well equipped dark rooms. A feature of these dark rooms not 'ordinarily met with is a perfect Ventilating system, and it should be said in passing that the whole building will be ventilated by the most efficient fan and suc- tion system in use to-day. On the southwest is the shop for heavy work, with more heavy piers. East of this on the south is the lecture room with the seats for students inclined a la Auditorium. Many students may not know that thev are.s1ttmg over a mass. of long apparatus and material too long to beistored ia ordinary places but .which canube most conveniently put away in the hollow that the ngclnie alflfords ,in an adjoining room, whence it can as Conveniently be re- move . n t e lecture room will be found the most perfect wiring for electrical 10
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