University of Rhode Island - Renaissance / Grist Yearbook (Kingston, RI)

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THOMAS CARROLL RODMAN, Instructor in Woodwork. HELEN ELIZABETH BROOKS, Instructor in Stenography and Typewriting. CHARLES SHERMAN CLARKE, B. S., JOHN FRANKLIN KNOWLES, B. S., Assistant in Woodwork. HOWLAND BURDICK, B. S., CHARLES FRANKLIN KENYON, B. S„ LOUIS HERBERT MARSLAND, B. S., Assistant in Mathematics. GEORGE BURLEIGH KNIGHT, NATHANIEL HELME,

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HARRIET LATHROP MERROW, A. M„ Professor of Botany. ARTHUR AMBER BRIGHAM, Ph. D., Professor of Agriculture. GEORGE WILTON FIELD. Ph. D„ Professor of Zoology. FRED WALLACE CARD, M. S„ Professor of Horticulture. JAMES DE LOSS TOWAR, B. S., Assistant Professor of Agriculture and in Charge of Civil Engineer JOHN EMERY BUCHER, A. C., Ph. D.; Professor of Chemistry. ARTHUR CURTIS SCOTT, B. S., Instructor in Physics. MABEL DE WITT ELDRED, B. S., MARY WATKINSON ROCKWELL, B. S., Instructor in Languages. LUCY HARRIET PUTMAN,

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$jietor) of Coffege burtng f(5e (poet tyar. I HE improvements at the college during the past year have exceeded in number and importance those in any one pre- ceding year. The buildings have received names in honor of the governors who were in office at the time the appropriations for building were made. The dormitory is called Davis Hall ; the experiment station building, Taft Laboratory; the mechanical building, Ladd Labora- tory ; . and the new building, which has been completed during the past year, Lippitt Hall. This last is a noble looking structure, built of granite from the college quarry. Over the entrance is the State seal carved in granite. There are but three floors; the first containing the physical laboratory, the electrical laboratory, and the engine room, in which is kept the printing press for doing the college printing. On the second floor are two recitation rooms, a lecture room, the young ladies’ study room, and the library, which is under the supervision of a regular librarian. The third floor is a spacious drill hall. It is one of the finest halls in this part of the country, being one hundred and thirty-eight feet long, and having a seating capacity of one thousand. The acquisition of this building not only increases the facilities for work, but also makes it possible to develop social life at the college. The barracks and carpenter’s shop have been moved east of Lippitt Hall, and the interior of the former has been converted into