offices of the different professors in charge of the
engineering departments and their assistants. At
the north end is the college architect's room, and
at the south end the hydraulic laboratory extend
ed up from the basement. Adjoining is the mod
el room or museum, in which are displayed the
various illustrations of mechanical devices.
Upon the second floor are ten large recitation
rooms and the different department libraries. The
third floor is occupied by six drawing rooms,
lighted from above. In one of them is a blue
print and photography room.
Going from the main building to the wing on
the first floor, the right hand corner shows a lava
tory and dressing room fitted with a hundred
lockers.
Beyond the lavatory, on the right of the wing
hallway, is the machine shop where chipping and
filing, and machine tool work are taught. Elec
tric motors will furnish power for all machines.
From this room a tool supply room leads off to
the left, beyond which is the laundry. Here, on
the earthen floor is built an rB•inch cupola for
iron founding and a brass furnace, all the work
in which is done directly by the students.
Passing beyond the forge room, one comes
through the iron supply room to the carpenter
shop, 36x35 feet, fitted with 24 neat benches and
tool cabinets. Beneath this room is the pattern
making department, with its many turning lathes
and benches.
Returning to the front of the wing, the first
room on the left is the forge room, 321(42 feet,
with cement floor. Twenty forges and anvils give
opportunity for practical work. The forges are
supplicd with blast from a large fan in an adjoin
ing room through pipes passing through the floor.
The smoke is drawn off by another fan and forced
into the smoke stack of the boilers.
The last room on the left hand side is occupied
by the wood working machines with pattern mak
ing benches arranged around the walls. Over
head in the attic will be placed the machinery nec-
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essary to preparing the stock for use. In a base•
ment room beneath, bench moulding will be
taught. This is preliminary to pattern making.
The basement room opposite is a pipe cutting and
supply room, for the use of the steam heating
plant of the college.
Crossing the siding of . the railroad, which ex
tends into the building, the wood-turning room,
2050 feet, presents 32 lathes for that delicate art.
Southern yellow pine is used throughout the in•
terior of the building. Overhead, the open tim
ber work, finished in hard oil, gives a massive ef
fect, which is increased, by the height of the sto
ries. Instead of plastered walls, the brick work
of the side walls is painted a light buff with a low
er panelling of brown.
The class of '93 did themselves full justice in
the arrangements and appointments for their ar
mory reception on the evening of Feb., 22d, by
which the day was so appropriately brought to a
close. Without doubt it was the most succcessful
ball ever given here. Never before have such a
number of prominent people been present.
The overture was played by Stopper & Fisk's
orchestra at 8 o'clock and dancing began shortly
alter. The scene was .one of dazzling brilliancy.
Around the hall were tastefully arranged electric
lights of red, white and blue, which shed their light
upon the bunting streamers suspended from above
and greatly heightened the contrast of colors,
while from above the stage on a ground of blue and
white, flashed "Pennsylvania State College, '93"
in lights of our national colors. The patronesses
were Mrs. Robert E. Pattison, Mrs. James A.
Beaver, Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, Mrs. John W.
Noble, Mrs. George W. Atherton, Mrs. D. H.
Hastings, Mrs. John A. Orvis, Mrs. A. 0. Furst,
Mrs, Luther R, Kelker, Mrs. Charles W. Roberts,
Mrs. William A. Buckout, Mrs. Louis E. Reber,
Miss H. A. McElwain, Mrs. Henry P. Armsby,
Mrs. John A. Woodwari and Mrs. William Thomp •
son.
The reception committee was composed of the
following ; Mrs. George W. Atherton, Mrs. James