University of Delaware - Blue Hen Yearbook (Newark, DE)

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D000 0100!C DELAWARE COLLEGE Continued The buildings of the College, situated in an ample and beautiful campus, shaded by trees as old as the institution itself, consist of the re- cently improved Dormitory, a large brick structure originally the sole Col- lege huilding for all purposes and still occupied, not only for lodgings, but also for laboratories and recitation rooms, the newly fitted library af- fording commodious reading rooms and ample storage for books ; Recitation Hall, a handsome brick building erected by the State in 1891; the wood- working and machine shop, where are housed machinery and apparatus for a thorough practical eourse of instruction in the mechanic arts; the Gym- nasium, which is admirably fitted for its purpose. The Experiment Station, which contains the offices, libraries and lab- oratories of the station workers, occupies a building on the College grounds. The station has also a greenhouse, with laboratory adjoining, and several buildings used for storage and other purposes in the conduct of the various lines of experimental work. The Legislature of 1903 appropriated $15,000, payable in two equal annual installments, by the expenditure of which the workshops have been greatly enlarged and are now entirely adequate for the present needs of the College. The first floor is equipped with wood-working and iron-working machinery and on the gecond floor are found large drafting-rooms and lab- aratories. The sum of $25,000 appropriated by the Delaware Legislature in the yvear 1901 for rebuilding and repairs at Delaware College, was expended mainly in repairing and enlarging the dormitory. The building was re- plastered throughout, and the floors were made secure by the introduetion of new timbers. The sleeping rooms were made comfortable and attrac- tive, and the Oratory was remodeled and redecorated so that it is now one of the handsomest auditoriums in the State. New fronts, corresponding in style with the Dorie portieo of the main entrance, were placed on the wings, and at right angles to the wings and parallel to the main structure were built three-story extensions. These improvements have increased the num- ber of sleeping rooms, and furnished handsome apartments for recitation rooms and laboratories, The appropriation of $15,000 which was made by the Legislature of Delaware in 1905 has been applied to the building of a Drill Hall and Gym- nasium. In the basement of the building will be found shower baths and lockers for the use of the students. The main floor serves as a drill hall and gymunasium, At the session of the Legislature of Delaware of 1907 a bill was passed authorizing a commission to apply twenty thousand dollars to the pur- chase and equipment of a farm to be managed and condueted by the Board of Trustees of Delaware College at Newark, for experimental purposes in providing efficient instruction in Agriculture and in conducting investiga- tions and original research in connection with the Experiment Station estab- 10010 01001C 000100 IC 0 100 00 0 Jx

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0 00 0 -4-0049 f . . AN AUDIENCE OF DELAWARE FARMERS ATTENDING AN AGRICULTURAL LECTURE AT THE COLLEGE

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