St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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the White Walls, makes a harmonious and at the same time durable decoration. The room is filled with the most improved individual desks ,and lockers. Each desk is fully supplied with gas jets and water faucets in addition to the requisite chemicals and apparatus. The walls are lined with glass-door cupboards, in which are stored the laboratory supplies and the more delicate apparatus. The St. john's laboratory is the repository of the standard Weights and measures of Maryland. These are a most interesting and almost priceless possession. ' Passing through a small ante-room one enters the lecture and recitation room. In this room is stored a most valuable collection of scientific apparatus of all kinds. The vvriter Will not go into a description of them, for, vvell, he has neither space to fill nor knowledge With which to fill it. The main body of the room is occupied by seats for the students. At one end is a long counter fitted with gas and Water, upon which illustrative experiments are conducted before the various classes. Behind this are the necessary blackboards. h We have novv taken you briefly through the baby of our venerable buildings. Any building to a stranger seems cold and lifeless 3 but for one who has toiled and conquered thereit acquires a personality. Therefore, We cannot even hope to introduce you to terms of intimacy with this hall, and our only expectation was to give you a brief outline of it. ' QE N A ,op UW N 1 i ' 28

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-nn 1 ' l Aff! J- a, Henry William Woodward Hall J I-IIS is the newest building on the campus it being completed in 1900 Com- pai ed to the other venerable buildings it 1S the smallest infant In order Z L D . . ll , In I l that the structure might be in harmony with the others, it was built in the classic colonial style. It is constructed of brick, with marble trimmings. In the front 'and rear rise beautiful and majestic Corinthian columns. Passing under their graceful capitals, one finds himself in the reading room. I-Iere the colonial style is more marked. The woodwork is all of dark walnut. At one end is a large open fireplace, with an imposing mantle. The windows are deep set, and under eachis a cozy seat. The panes are of the small style so much used' in the past. V - Butait is of the contents that we wish toispeak rather than the container. On the stacks are some of the mostvaluable reference books in existence respecting the early history of our colony. These, with a great many others, which were brought from England and presented to the College, form a most interesting and valuable collection. The majority of these ancient volumes are bound in pig- skin, and, strange as it may seem, they are still in good condition. U But these old treasures areby no means all that claim our attention. The library is Well equipped with the newest and best works of reference and the best literature of the whole world. All the leading periodicals are taken, and afterwards preserved and bound. These, with the aid of Poole's index, form a most valuable and useful possession. y i ' V ' On this floor is also the biological laboratory, which is separated from the library by a hall. This laboratory is well equipped with microscopes and the other instruments necessary for scientihc research. Separate lockers and desks are provided for each student, so that he can vvork without interruption. Frequent excursions are made into the neighboring country to collect and study the various species that abound. The woodwork of this room is oak. - Ascending the graceful stairway in the rear of the hall one reaches the chemical and physical laboratories and lecture room. The laboratories are to the right. Here in a large and well-lighted room the student has the privilege of unraveling the mysteries of nature by the surest and best way-experiments. I-Ioods are arranged in the walls. Under these are conducted the experiments which produce disagreeable odors, and in this way the main laboratory is kept healthy and well ventilated. The interior woodwork is oak here also. This, with 27

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