Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-11
UNIVERSITY IMPROVEMENTS.
Valuable Changes Made In the States
Leading Educational Build Dg.

During the past summer the Uni
versity buildings have been undergo
ing some very extended changes and
when the students Reasonable on
Mo pday, Beptem Der 20tb, they will bG
pleasantly surprised at the WORK thai
has gone on.
Ga entering the main building the
fret attraction noticed 10 = partition
separating tue north part OF the hail
from the rect forming q good sized
roUm to be usej in the future as ladiet
toilet room. A stairway leaus uown
from thi room TO the floor below. The
room formerly used as a ladiet' CLOAK
room 10 now fitted up as an office fol
the secretary OF the board OF regeuts.
Prot. Allen occupies this position AMI
Mr.. Reynolds has his place as seore.
tary oil the faculty.
AZ a erson enters the library he ID
almost startled by the change. The
ceiling OF the west END is removed % d
handsome winding staircase Leads
up into room 20, and the arched cell
ing OF that rot IN can be seen above.
The library has been extended uutil
the capacity 10 probably Nv ce as great
as IL was last year. Alcoves are being
placed In room 20, and that room IL
now an Adjunct VI tho library.
Through the effortn OF Prot. George
@ Corsy, who has charge OF the II.
brary, that department Of the Univer-
sity has grown wonderfully during
The last two years. Before that time
the library occupied small part OF the
west end OF the library room, the al.
coves were crowded together, musty
and darn, nnut no one was above 10
enter or use the books without special
permission. Last year q great improve.
ment was made By auuing the moth
half Of the room TO the library
proper. The alcoves were scattered
out and new ones supplied. Between
these, tables and chairs were placed
and students OF college grade were al.
lowed to go In among the booEs ana
use them at will.
The additional accomm odations this
pear will allow the library to beco me
one Of the largest in the West. The
last Legislature made an appropria.
lion for the purchase OF books and
mspazines during the next two year.
OF $3.50. This will aid the library
ana seminary work In assuming q
place OF uue i'm portance In the modern
educational system. The normal school
Is to have $3.50 additional expended
for Q working library and this will
help that department considerably.
In the west building the main
change 10 in the manner of eating
anu ventilatiDg. A large furnace al d
boiler have beeu aided TO the heating
apparatus and the old one has been
rsmOdeled. Tails will insure warm
rooms In both the main and the west
tuildings. The hot air system lie to
be employed In the weet building, al.
though the etesm pipes have been left
to be used in case OF emergency.
Five small rooms in the basement
are used as air supply rooms aud the
fresh cold air will be warmed by pass
ing through numerous steam coils.
Large galvanized pipes run up through
the walls and one goes to each room
emptying tue hot pure air In near the
ceiling. From near the Il Jor another
pipe rises drawing away the impure,
moisture laden air to the roof. In the
Attic all these discharge p!rss Join TO-
gether Into iour great ones aDd these
pass through the roof. Besides
these changes in the old garrett tbt
west end has been set of Into three
pleasant, we'll lighted, little rooms.
The changes in the University ars
all for the better and will allow worn
to be carried on more sffioisntly and
expeditiously. indications are that the
year 'S7.'03 will be a most successful
one Tor Utah's highest educational
Institution,