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

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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.

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Ninety. l-IROUGH many pains with unknown gains, We flrmly grasped the Senior reins, Through Freshman, Soph and junior years, Ne'er one had cause for any fears. We swiftly passed along the track, Our works, :1 message hurried back, Bold steps we dared to take ahead, We were conditioned and when WW Hed, Hopes unfullilled have filled our breast, Sad smiles have checked the dreaded test, When we who long have sailed together, Must soon pass from each others view, We cannot tell you how or whether The world will sail as it used to do. 20