Mercer University - Cauldron Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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nt 00 The Wiygs Science Hall, built with funds donated by M's. Walton H. Wiggs, of Atlanta, Go., and erected as o memorial to he' Husband, is devoted wholly to the uses of the departments of Chemistry. Pharmacy and Physics. It is a two-story building with Hot-air heating. The fust floor is devoted to the uses of the deoartment of Physics, and the second floor to the departments of Chemistry and Pharmacy. On each hoot there is a commodious lecture room with all modern conveniences and appliances, such as stepped floor with amphitheatre, da'k blinds, porte-lum-erc, projection apparatus, electric lights, and lecture table fitted with gas. water and electricity. These rooms nave a seating capacity of sixty and eighty respectively. With the exception of offices fo« the professors and storage rooms for apparatus and supplies, the remainder of the flooi space is used for the laboratories. Tnerc are thus provided on the first floor three laboratories, work shop, and dark room. These laboratories are supplied with gas, wate . and electricity, and a number of slate slab counters, brick piers and tables for support of the apparatus while m use. The workshop is equipped with the usual appliances and tools for the construction and repair of apparatus. The laboratory jn general physics is supplied with mercury and mechanical pumps, an accurate Green barometer, and severa pieces of apparatus especially designed by Gaertncr. Forty students can be accommodated at one period. The laboratory for students in electricity contains ail necessary standard ap- paratus for an elementary course, including standard cell, mica con- densers, Wheatstone budges, and galvanometers of the tangent D Arsonval and ballistic types. On the second floor are provided three chemical laboratories, a weighing room, and a furnace room. The laboratory in pharmacy accommodates seventy .two students, the general chemistry labora- tory, fifty-seven, and the laboratory for analytical and organ,it chemistry, twenty-four. All these laboratories are eauipped with large desks, having double drawers and lockers, and giving each student four feet of desk room. They are fully supplied with hoods, and with gas and water futures, The weighing room is supplied with precision balances and a number of ordinary balances for more general use. —Catalog of 1904-1905. !c i .i err1 aettee la I 'ENfietD Hall

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SCIENCE RELIGION SELMAN HALL Erected in 1904 j ttic Home of iLc V, M, C. A. and Related Artivibn. Improved . d Enlarged m 538 ai JOSEPH E. WILLET SCIENCE BUILDING Homt tif iLf Otpa'lufnt ul Biology clmutt I Icm ttal iiill Selman Memorial Hall, donated by the late Mrs. George C. Selman n memory of her husband, s a handsome and well-equipped bnclt building, trimmed with marble, to be used as a permanent home for the college Y. M. C. A. It is a two-story structure bc-ng used for an assembly room, having a seating capacity of 200. with committee rooms adjoining. H On the fust floor are the reception room and parlors, president's and nurse's rooms, and a reading room furnished with periodicals, game boards, etc. In the rear of the building ,s jn annex equipped with an mfiimary, under the direction of the college physician. AH of the privileges of the building are open to the members of the Association without expense, Selman Hail was formally dedicated on Sunday, February 28th, 1904.‘ —Catalog of 1905 1906. The Cl Inde», Ji

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{Old Penfield—in the grove behind Wiggs Science Hafl| “Penfield Hal!, named for Josiah Penfield whose bequest gave the impetus which ied to the founding of Mercer University. Brick dormitory, two stories, comfortable rooms, open fires, electric lights, shower baths, toilet and janitor service. This was the origi- nal dormitory building and has many traditions in connection with it, and possesses therefore a pe- culiar interest for the older alumni. —Catalog of 1921-1922. {DANIEL MARSHALL HALL) This is the new dining had, just completed, with capacity for 600' students. The equipment and ell appointments of dining hell and kitchen are thoroughly up to date as to convenience, efficiency and attractiveness.'1 iriiM-V {IlfiM All - Catalog of (921-1922. {NEW PENFIELD) The old Darnel Marshall Dining Hall, which was used for a time as a cafeteria, and more recently as a gymnasium, has been converted ■nto a student union in which the various student activities, the post office, the book store, a tea room, ana like agencies are housed. Through the personal gifts of trustees amounting to several hundred dollars, modern chromium steel furniture has been supplied throughout. The combined facilities of this building afford students the best advantages of health, good spirits, and good work.' —Catalog of 1938-1939.