ratories have been heretofore confied to the basement of the main building, The Main Building is a plain structure of magnesian limestone, two hundred and forty feet in length, eighty feet in average breadth and five stories in height. The building is heated by steam and lighted by incandescent electric lights, The halls, in general are broad, cheerful, well lighted aud tastefully finished, a fact that will be appreciated by visiting Alumni, who remember the old, narrow and dark ones, The old, narrow stairways have also vanished in these, our prosperous days, and now on each side of the main entrance, a nicely carved ash wood square spiral staircase winds its way to the fifth floor, lighted on each floor by the openings afforded by two large windows, This building contains the chapel, library, society halls, drawing-rooms, dormitories, class rooms and cabinets. The new chapel, which occupies what was the first and second floors of the central wing, is a fine auditorium, having a large gallery, sloping floors, an ample stage, six hundred and fifty opera chairs and tasteful decorations. The college library, consisting of 4,500 volumes, is on the third floor in the central portion of the building. The Washington and Cresson Literary Societies occupy the fifth floor of the central wing, with reading rooms and halls, which are handsomely furnished. The dor mitories are on the third, fourth and fifth floors. The general drawing-room is on the third floor of the central wing, as are also the civil and mechanical engineering rooms.. The mineral cabinet is on the fourth floor of the central wing. The Botanical Laboratory is a neat and firm structure of two stories, fifty-three feet in width, with a battered-stone base and brick superstructure. This contains class rooms,, laboratory, offices and the botanical and zoological museums. Greenhouses stand in the rear of the building, which is within THE FREE LANCE. seventy yards of the Main Building and directly back of the west wing. A large plot of grass to the front and rear of this building is laid out in numerous flower beds and walks, making this one of the most beautiful parts of the campus. The Chemical and Physical building con tains, as its name signifies, the chemical and physical laboratories. The building is of two and-a-half stories, one hundred and forty feet in length and about eighty feet average width, built of brick, with limestone trimmings. It is situated on the north campus within a hun dred yards of the Main Building, and con tains, in addition to all rooms necessary for experiments and laboratories, lecture rooms, libraries and offices. The two departments are separated by a twenty inch wall, so as in no way to cause interference with each de partment’s experiments. These laboratories are modeled after the ones at Yale and Cor nell, with such improvements as were sug gested, and are superior to any in the State. The armory, or Assembly Hall is a fine massive structure, built of brick and Ohio limestone, roofed with slate, the peak of the roof being seventy-five feet above the floor and supported by iron trusses. A tower rises beyond the peak at the south corner. The main entrance is fourteen feet in width, and leads into the main assembly room, which is one hundred and twenty feet in length and eighty feet in width, having a seating capacity of 2,000, a large stage with dressing rooms each side, and a gallery directly over the main entrance. Wash and toilet rooms, gun rooms, a reception room and the commandant’s office are near the main entrance. The dead floor makes it excellent as an armory, and it will make a grand place for balls, when our trus tees lose some of their fossilized ideas. This is also to be used as our gymnasium; the ap paratus will be so arranged that it can be drawn to the ceiling by means of pulleys when necessrry, and .baths are to be placed beneath the stage, Twelve hundred dollars
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