Rocky Mountain College - Yellowstone / Poly Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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i H? r Steam Pumps Page Twer.ty-Four Wood Shop Engineering Building THE ENGINEERING BFILDING is the home of six de- partments of the Institute. In the basement are classrooms and laboratories for the Auto Shop and Machine Shop Where all repair Work on machinery is carried on at very little actual expense to the school. The heating plant which heats Science Hall. Kenney Hall, the Gymnasium and the Engineering Building itself, is located in the basement also. On the ground floor are located the Wood-Working and Cabinet Making departments. It is in these departments that all the furniture and Woodwork to equip all the buildings on the campus are made. The Wood Shop is equipped with several very ef- ficient machines, with which to do this sort of work. On the top floor is located the Engineering De-

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,. 'WX Losekamp Memorial Building ONE or THE Mosr BEAYTIFUL and imposing build- ings of the Polytechnic campus is the Losekamp Memorial Hall-Conservatory of Music. It was completed in the spring of 1918 in honor of John D. Losekamp. its donor. At present the Conserva- tory is somewhat divided in its services. The Poly- technic Library has been temporarily established there and the daily devotional services are held in the recital hall. With the steady growth of the scope of study given at the Polytechnic. the base- ment has also been pressed into service as class- moms. The schools newest industry, bookbinding. is housed in the basement also. The lawns about the building are very beautiful. They contain a memorial stone in honor of Mr. Losekamp. ,. V..,,V a if , i 4 Recital Hall Music Studio Page Twenty-Three

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1v..,,g f ff Q-is .W A X Machine Shop partment where radio and electricity are taught both by classroom lectures and by practical experi- ments in the electrical laboratory. In addition to serving as the home for the academic work mention- ed above. this building serves as headquarters for three of the major self-help departments ot' the ln- stitute. Here the student who is earning money for his school expenses learns also to master the funda- mental practical technique of painting, plumbing. and various types of engineering. He is enabled to discover his latent abilities and is also taught to adiust himself to the stern realities of a life vocation. Although the foundation of the buildiua was built in 1909 with the founding of the school. the last addition was not finished until 1932. X m.:, v ..t .fs -fm, -,nys .W V ,, ,,.,,.w W' Work Bench Electrical Laboratory Page Twenty-Five