Penn State University - La Vie Yearbook (University Park, PA)

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New Building. HE new Co-Ed building, which is about completed, is a neat, impos- ing structure situated on one of the most beautiful spots on the cam- pus. A wide verandah extends along the entire front, contributing greatly to the appearance and comforts ol the building. The first lloor is composed of a reception room, lady principaPs study, music room, reading- room, dininghnll, and matron's room. On the second floor are study rooms, lady principal's room, guest's room, toilet and buth-rooms, 11nd serv- ant's rooms. The third story is taken up with study rooms and gymnasium, which promises to become an interesting feature of the Coal department. Throughout the building is nicely finished and complete with all the most modern improvements. When occupied this building will be, if not the most beautiful, the most interesting building on the campus. The boiler-room and steam plant are both in a high stage of completion, The four eighty-horse-power boilers will furnish enough steam, besides what is required for heating purposes, to run the dynamo and pumps, to furnish power to the mechanic. art's shops, and also hot water to the baths. The en- tire building is to be of brick, and the stuck a model one when completed. A new pump building has been under consideration, and will be erected as soon as the two new artesian tPl wells are completed. The foundation for an extension to the Mechanic Art's building is laid, but the work has been sus- pended for the present. The Chemical and Physical Laboratories, combined in one building, will be ready for occupancy by the first of the spring tenn. Their fronts are in different vertical planes, the depth of one part being sixty-eight feet, and of the other forty-four feet. It is of modern architecture, and built of red brick and marble, with the lirst story of squared blue limestone, at a cost of forty 17

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thousand dollars. The principal features and advantages of this building are well ventilated and lighted laboratories, and roomy, comfortable lecture rooms, with special departments for special kinds of work. The building is supplied with such ventilating apparatus as will keep the atmosphere pure. To the right of the main college building stands the Armory 020 x Sol, which is built of red brick and white sandstone, at a cost of twenty thousand dollars. Its striking architecture and imposing appearance only add to the spirit of vastness which pervades upon entering the large and spacious assem- bly hall. The building is used for military purposes and is fitted with Sar- gent's system for athletic training; but it is especially adapted for assemblies and commencement exercises. The entrance is made direct to the assembly hall, which is fmished in old blue and butt, with :1 dead floor and iron trussed roof. The hall has a stage 0f35 x 40 feet, and a seating capacity of 2,500. A curved roofed conservatory 22 x 40 feet. built entirely of glass and iion, has been added to the green-houses and botanical buildings, which adds greatly to the adornment of the campus. The botanical laboratory itself is :1 compact huiltling of brick and blue limestone and is designed especially for botany, horticulture and study of natural history. 1 he experimental building elected by a special act of Co11g1ess is :1 beau- tiful Queen Anne st1ucture, 111th a front 01 120 feet, and built of h1ick with shingle casing 011 the second and third stories. The building was built at a cost of $15,000, and is equipped thoroughly in all departments. Four professor's residences have recently been erected, two of which are already occupied. 'llhese are neat structures, and add greatly to the appearance of the campus as well as beini,r benehcial in the removal of the professors from the main building.