New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-04
THE NEW LABORATORIES.
CHANGES IN TIFF FACCLh

The new approach 10 the college VIII De mau' i''''
the north entrance OF Walker Hall to coegeSt' ana
will give especially easy access to the abora'or''''
Along this drive sites are held In reserve Tor large
buildings within the next few years
Nessrs T. l. Olmstcad & Co. the landscape
gardeners, while the architects who have Charge OF
the erection Of the building are Mcklm, Mead "
White, Of NcwlOrh.
The physical laboratory will have In the basement
= dynamo room fitted with several electrical dynanos,
for both direct and for alternating currents, ana
also types OF various commercial apparatus Including
transformers and volt meters fifteen horse power
engine will furnish the power to run these ana other
machines.
Opening from nj, room Is constant temperature
room with double walls, In which measurements Oh
length and Of electrical resistance may be made Win
great cyacness. Under the arcade Is the battery
ROOM and at the rear is a workshop with plant Tor
the making and repairing OF instruments. There Is,
also "A general laboratory room and dark room for
work I'm photography and room Tor experiments III
electro magnetism.
ON the first moor Is the main lecture room with
"A seating capacity for 10 students opening from
this Is the apparntns room and the professor study
There also a special laboratory for Original and ad-
vanced work aud "a reading room together with
recitation room.
In the upper story tho rooms for the stulv Of
photography and dark room for tho study OF
nuorceucc focal lengths Of lenses aud for elementary
experiments In phOtometry. The laboratories n'
general work and for elementory work I'm electricity
arc here. Is also cOncave gatlnp room which VIII
fitted for work In dGnctioh and ,prctroscopc OK
pcrimcnts. A space has been set apart FOR balance
room and this viii assure the greatest accuracy In
well Ching substances.
In tho garrett IS ample for storage and room
for a resident student
The chemical laboratory Is no less comDlcf" that
the one. for physics. The basement has the store
| he la 10
Tor gas analysis.
Tho nr-t nvDr Includes the quantiivc and quail
fatvc annyst, Laboratories. the balance and the mp
paratus rooms. the recitation and the assistants
room and the professors study The SECOND story
has the general chemistry lnbora tories. preparation
room. organic chemistry laboratory. lecture and
u recitation room and combustion room. on this
Idle Of tho building Is also room for the custodian
The two laboratories with their equipment win cost
about 5loOOoo. They will afford ample accomnnoda-
Ton FOR the ncrcaIng, broad and thorough scientific
aorh which the college Is doing
Tho building committee II he Board Of Trustees con
,iss u ~" president ~ the college. g. Henry Whit
comb Professor Herbert b. Adams Henry d. Hyde and
". A. Dickinson. IN" treasurer Of the college The
commencement season Just pissed. marks the cons
plction Of the seventy first yonr OF the existence II
Amherst College. and Of the FIRST year Of tho present
administration In all the history Of the Institution.
the short period since President Gn's has been here
Is OF the brightest. The advance made I'm single
has been greater. tlhn during that just
passed, the condition Of arnlrs never more salts
factory and The promises for the future
brighter than nj present.
There have been several changes In both rnnicrfal
| affairs and pon Among tho former several
changes I'm the faculty. The chair Of freshman mathc
mntcs l. filled by experienced man. the
decision having been made 10 add no inexperienced
to the faculty In any department and M ali va
cancies By the appointment Of rcgulr professors In
the physics department groat progress has been uMie
by the efforts Of Professor Ku,bc who came here this
year from Johns Hopkins. II IS now possible to do
advanced and post graduate work IN this department
and when the now laboratory IS completed, the facilities
for great amount Of original work Ia both physics and
| chemistry win have been provided.
Professor Morse Obliged give up his work
In the history department because Of ll-hcnlth and
his pacc has been filed by the Rev. +. \. Gro>vrnor
formerly Of Robert College, Constan,inople. The ONLY
other temporary change has been the substitution Of
Professor Gardner Of smith Colcgr, for Professor Cor
Among the additions 10 the fncuty next year viii
be The hng Of The chair Of Romance language. which
10 failure TO secure the wanted for tho place.
| The department OF rhetoric, om,ory and public
Ing Of three series Of prizes for cxcelcncc in essay
writing In The composition No., ana In hc delIysry Of ora
| junior classes respectively
The department Of astronomy has also received
considerable attention several new instruments have
b,on placed In the observatory, Including six inch
triple object glass and Iiough printing chronogmph
port Of the work in terrestrial physics which wns done
during his TRIP to Africa In charge Of the Government
observatory Will be begun before the close of another
year.
In the department Of hygiene and physical culture
Dr. Hitchcock viii bc relieved 81 much Of the routine
work and will have assistant In the person Of
W S. Nellgan late Of Cornell, who Will BE- floor in
President Gates has continued the policy Of govern
from the students. and the Of this method l.
shown by the fact that during the last year IN no In
!" r n. mnor h ac n S'e ar The
new laboratories have been described The HOLLYWOOD
sst" so Of twenty vs rres on which Is fine
house has boon r,mod"llcd into q fine home
. In othliicS Amherst has made good progress. Al.
championship q the Athletic League was won. and
a ana s, .S s " b "' On @"cS for
department Of collcpr NE; md IS pleasant sny.
leaders Of ihor casscs in .Solasnp. '' E% % the
college athlete made PM beta Kappa was Lester
sullivan the captain q The baseball nns was ' ON sV the
Lester, and Lewis captain OF the football team was on
| both the HYDE and Hardy and VIVA class orator as
1t Is interesting to note the strong places taken
The best p Sssr G1 ets ' h %s ree
the south and two OF thcm are among the best
scholars OF tho senior class.
ncht year: Professor J. u. Clark of Smith College
Will b, The lecturer In political economy and Pro,
frs'or Grosvenor will have charge OF the French dc.
parlmen'. Professor J. y. sterctt Of the University
o. Isr has been called to ,le chair Of sophomore
abroad for several aud is intended TO revive
SS'I BY arg M AHA e .ed 1 %as
VIII be broadencd next year. and course without
hs s es s1 % be %e H Snd Ct s. vn
| choice almost A. broad as tho classical.
| BNrEs
Lewiston. July (specialj.-The last week has been
| me- and.