New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-19
AMONG THE COLLEGES.
AMHERST.
TIE NEW PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL LAbohN
TORIES ALMOST COMPLETED

TORIES ALMOST COMPLEiTD'
Amherst. Mass. June Il (speclaD.-IercV"i
schmuck. "a. has been elected basebah 'i'"h's
for the coming season. b. II. smell will manage the
athletic team next year. :. d. Reed ana w.
Wales, Of Amherst. defeated J. +. Il. Hayes ',a
w. T. Rice Of Dartmouth. in the tennis doubles. anu
I'm tlc singles play stopped because OF the le'a
OF Hayes. As Amherst has beaten Williams III '''
doubles she has that championship VII" Wv
contest in the singles yet to be pi"S'i on
fifteenth reunion of the class Of 1o VIII he h''u
here on Tuesday June -. The class oil % VIII
hold tx t.nth reunion on the same day. The senior
class supper Will b. held at springfield on June ID
Amherst, new Laboratories are rapidly nearing
conplction. The cost Of the building, including
plumbing furnishing and equipment, VIII De aoou'
800 900 This MONEY Is AmherStS portion OF 'h'
requests of -. b. Faycrwcatner.
The chemical and physical Laboratories are COM
hncd for architectural effect, yet In reality the TWO
are distinct The building IS north OF the 'o!i'S"
Church and southeast OF Walker Hall. occupying
that portion OF the campus acquired by the purchase
OF the HOLLYWOOD estate. The plan was originated by
the wcll-known landscape gardener /. l.. oihis''au
and the architects were Mckim, Mead Whitc' Inc
STYLE Of architecture is the Romancsque With trim
uings of terra Gotta and stone Tile Walls ar" oi
brick The frontage Of 80 and the depth Of GO
feet Of the main part will BE- supplemented by spacious
wings OH either end. Along the central portion runs
an arcade from either end Of which ar" the en-
frances to the chemical and phySic departments.
In the north wing chemical laboratory Is inc
cumulative laboratory. The north wing also HIS
"a qualitative analysis room.
ON the fist floor the professors slnly, Il
reading room furnished with reference books and
periodicals devoted to chemistry, and recitation
ROOM ON the second floor another recitation
room the organic laboratory with adjoining balance
ROOM gccrl aboraiori'S, and the large cne.lca,
with two adjoining rooms. ne scatniS
capacity of this lcctur" room will be 10 Inc 'ntr'
third fOor with the exception OF Il CUSTODIAN room
will be devoted Ia storage. In the basement are
rooms for gas analysis and assay work. also work
,hop for the construction and repairing OF apparatus
The storage and boiler rooms aic In the north "ni.
while the Photographic and toilet rooms are III me
central port on. y sofa wall OF masonry S"dt' INV
TWO paris Of the binding.
In the south cDi IS the physical department, III
Which are found the general CHARACTERISTICS as
I'm the chemical. Here are reading room ana 4
re- riration room with seating capacity for 10 pr
or relghiing. la the front OF the central payt OF
The second floor rooms for mn assistant, ana Tor
iclicatr Weighing apparatus, also one for heat cN
pprimcniS with all necessary apparatus me Ers'
voted 10 elementary work. Between ines" ana III"
hall Is photomctric ROOM 50 arranged tllt "A D'dn
Of sunlight be zen: directly Into Il By means oi
a hcll0sat At the east end of this floor are Wei
EQUIPPED elementary electrical laboratory ana room
for >pcrtro>'O.lc work. . ,,,
\, i'm III" chemical 80 I'm the physical IN" tlhrd
ronr divided into >prag" and curaiors rooms. III
th. basement % the south wing the repair shop.
ne dN namo ,l.ctr. apartment rooms Tia" former
cnnains addition to soy "r moVai" ana stationary
Gyuamos for Supplying direct ana alternating cur
rents. VOtnmc'crS and other electrical apparatus anu
d ffcrn horse power steam engine. In IN" central
part 81 the bl~cncnt Is constant temperature
ioom The bud.ng- viii be opened for use 10 tn"
clnssc- next september.