University of South Dakota - Coyote Yearbook (Vermillion, SD)

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ART STUDIO cal investigation and experimentation. This laboratory occupies one-half of the nrst floor of Science Hall. The Chemical laboratory is also well supplied with the apparatus and materials for chemical experimentation and investigation and constitutes an important feature of the scientific equipment of the University.. The chemical laboratory occupies the north half of the first floor of Science Hall. The Biological laboratory is well equipped with apparatus adapted to its lines of inves- tigation and microscopes of both American and foreign make. This laboratory occupies the north half of the- second floor of Science Hall. The Department of Geology is establishing-a Geological laboratory with appropriate apparatus and the materials for geological testing and study. This occupies the south half of the second floor of Science Hall. One-half of the third floor of this building is devoted to the University Museum. This embodies extensive collections to illus- trate the work in geology and mineralogy. The University Museum is probably the most extensive and valuable collection of its kind in the State, and the Pro- fessor of Geology plans to make this a representative collection of the fauna and Hora, the minerals and the fossils of this and other States. All in all, the labora- tories of the University testify to the eificiency and ability of the men in charge of them and offer opportunities for scientific study and investigation unexcelled in the State. ' The library of the University consists of upwards of thirteen thousand vol- H20-

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dents who complete in addition to the four-year academic course, a course in com- position and design and the History of Arts. Other phases of University organization which deserves mention are the State Geological and Natural History Survey under the efficient management of Elwood C. Perisho, State Geologist and professor of Geology. The object of this survey is to investigate the mineral wealth of the State and thus assist in promoting its material progress, to collect and preserve representatives of its materials, its fauna and and Hora. The results of the survey are published from time to time for the benefit of the people of the State. The Department will, dur- ing the coming year. publish another one of its valuable bulletins. The laboratories of the University deserve mention in this place. The Physi- cal Laboratory has an extensive equipment of the various apparatus used in physi- --19f .f

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umes and over two thousand pamphlets. The entire collection is clasified by the Dewey Decimal System, and an elaborate card catalogue is complete to date. The reading room contains something over one hundred newspapers and periodicals and in addition most of the local papers of the State are on its files through the courtesy of the publishers. The recent legislature appropriated two thousand, Five hundred dollars per annum for the next biennial period for the support of the library, including the law library. It is hoped that in the near future the Uni- versity will be able to secure a library building. Another feature of the University which plays an important part in its work is the Department of Military Science and Tactics under the direction of a United States military officer, Captain A. T. Abbott. U. S. A. being at the head of the De- partment at the present time. Instruction is given in the theory of military prac- tice and organization and three times a week the University battalion is drilled in