Widener University - Pioneer Yearbook (Chester, PA)

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The system of sewerage is scientific and thorough 3 and this, with good ventilation and drainage, secures the best sanitary condition. F ire-walls and heavy fire-doors divide the building into four sections, each with its own stairway, while exterior fire- escapes provide additional means of safety. THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY situated about sixty feet distant from the College Building, and connected with it by an iron bridgeway, affords excel- lent facilities for the conduct of the chemical and physical departments. The Lecture Room, on the second Hoor, seats one hundred students 5 the Qualitative Analysis Room, first floor, is furnished for a division of twenty-two, the Quanti- tative Room for a division of ten. In addition to these, there is a private laboratory for the professor, and a Balance Room. The Laboratory is fitted with modern appliances for the convenience, as well as for the use, of the student. THE THEODORE HYATT MEMORIAL OBSERVATORY is a gray stone building, of tasteful architecture. Overlook- ing the Parade from the east, the Observatory occupies the most elevated site within college limits. The equipment, contributed in memoriam jointly by the Alumni Association, ex-cadets, and friends of the hon- ored Founder of the College, furnishes opportunity for ex- tended work in practical Astronomy. The outfit consists of a six-inch refracting telescope with position-micrometer, helioscope, and solar and spectroscope attachments, a transit, a sidereal clock, and other appurtenances necessary to sys- tematic work. The ENGINEERING LABORATORY, an apartment that ad- joins the Transit Room, is furnished with the machinery and electrical power necessary to a practical course in the testing of metals and cements for constructional purposes. THE HOSPITAL BUILDING is a neat brick structure erected for the Medical Department, and located off Cadet Limits, but within convenient reach of Quarters. I3

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Location and Buildings y ,cgi -, HE PENNSYLVANIA MILITARY COLLEGE is located at Chester, on the lines of the Phila- delphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad, and LY?i5BiliQl, of the Baltimore and Philadelphia Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, about a half-hour's ride from Philadelphia. The buildings, erected at a large cost, and occupying an eminence that overlooks the Delaware River and the adjacent country, consist of the College Build- ing, Laboratory, Memorial Observatory, Hospital Building, Drill Hall and Gymnasium, Riding Hall and Stables. The grounds, including Cadet Limits, are upwards of twenty acres in extent 3 the surroundings are healthful, and the ap- pointments especially adapted to the needs of a military institution. THE COLLEGE BUILDING of stone, is two hundred and seventeen feet long, fifty feet deep, and four stories high. It accommodates about one hundred and fifty cadets, together with the resident members of the Faculty and Military Staff. It has wide, airy corri- dors, and, for all cadets, bright, well-ventilated rooms, look- ing out upon miles of beautiful landscape. The private rooms, each intended for the occupancy of two cadets, are located on the third and fourth floors, on the fifth floor are the Draughting Room, the Engineering, the Mathematical and other recitation rooms. All apartments for the general work of the institution, such as the Administration Offices, Assembly Hall, Library, and Mess Hall, were planned for the uses to which they are respectively applied. The building is lighted by electricity and heated by the indirect method of steam-heating, which supplies pure warm air to every apartment. An abundant supply of water from the city works is available for general useg for drinking purposes, a special and superior quality of water is to be had at various places in Cadet Quarters. In the General Lavatory are shower-baths, and eighteen full-sized bath- tubs, each furnished with hot and cold water. l2

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It is designed for the accommodation of ten patients, and the interior arrangement is as follows: a main ward, two private wards, a nurse's room, a bathroom, a dispensary, and living apartments for those immediately in charge of the premises. The appointments and furnishings are superior through- out, the most careful attention having been given to all de- tails relating to sanitation and the proper handling of the sick. THE DRILL HALL a building one hundred and thirty feet long, forty wide, and twenty high, gives opportunity for indoor military and ath- letic exercises. Opening into this is the Cannon House, for the storage of the field pieces and machine guns. THE GYMNASIUM sixty feet long, thirty wide, and twenty-five high, adjoins the Drill Hall. It is supplied with apparatus for a general course in physical culture. THE RIDING HALL erected for the conduct of the cavalry drill, is one hundred and eighty feet long, fifty wide, and eighteen high, with elevated sittings at the east end for upwards of two hundred spectators. The Hall is equipped with the appliances used in equestrian and saber exercises. CADET LIMITS comprise a Parade, nine acres in extent, and a large area laid out in walks and planted with deciduous and evergreen trees. The Parade, a plain crowning the ridge upon which the build- ings stand, is admirably adapted to the needs of the Military Department, while it offers rare advantages for iield athletics. - HARRIS MEMORIAL SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY The valuable collection of scientific works, known as the Harris Memorial Scientific Library, is located in the Assem- bly Hall. The Library was established by MR. and MRS. JONATHAN M. HARRIS, in memory of their son, the late CADET FRIED Hfuuus, Class of 1905, who died April 17, 1903. I4