Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-30
TO IMPROVE PARSONS.
Three New Buildings to be Erected at
Fairfield College.

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Three new buildings will be erected
at Parsons college, Fairfield, soon at
a cost of from 100000 to $65 900. The
contract has been let and the school
which was threatened with extermin-
alton by fire less than u year ago viii
be conducted on larger scale than
heretofore. The three new buildings
Will be the science hall, the academy
building. and the central heating and
power plant. The contracts have
been awarded to Bartlett & King, of
Gaiesburg. H., the firm which built
the OtlLnwa public library building.
The structures will be completed Sep
TENDER l.
TIE Science Hall.
The science hall is to be devoted
to the departments of physics, chem
istry and biology The laboratory and
lecture room facilities will make it
one of the most complete and attract
i've science buildings in the west. Its
external dimensions are 116X74 feet
and with the basement, it will be prac
tically three story building. In the
basement will be accommodations for
the department of phyics, including
lecture room to seat seventy students,
large physical and electrical labora-
tories and others for physical chemis-
try and light, office and apparatus
room, shop for the manufacture and
repair of instruments and apparatus,
vivarium and conservatory for the
department of biology and janitor's
rooms. The physical department will
be provided with complete line of
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CINE. dynamos. lathes, etc.
The first floor is devoted to the de-
partment of biology The laboratories
include general biology, 20X50 feet,
with preparation rooms and herbari-
UNI, botanical, morphological histolog-
ical, archaeological, with incubator
room and the physiological laborator-
les. There are also dark room for
photography office and department Ii
brary, and lecture room to seat sew
enty students. All lecture rooms are
to be seated with opera chairs and
| fitted for class demonstrations. stere-
/ opticon work, etc. Cloak and toilet
rooms and a large museum hall are
on this floor The equipment is to in
clude all necessary apparatus for adj
| yanced work in these various biologi
cal branches.
The second floor is devoted to chem
/ istry and allied branches. The whole
! of the north side is occupied by the
chemical laboratories general chem
iistry, 2Ox51 feet; qualitative analysis
J 2Ox3O feet, and quantitative analysis
2Ox9O feet. These are fitted witt
1 hoods, sinks and tables, and will &C
/ commodate about 100 students at one
time. There are also balance room
store room, private laboratory ant
I lecture room. Office and library, anc
laboratories for zoology and mineral
ogy. A museum hall, with case ant
4 lockers, completes the floor. TIL,
4 building is to be of mill construction
4 and when finished will be most com
plete and handsome structure.
The Academy Building.
i The academy building is of the sam
i TYNE of construction. A part of tn
basement will be finished and can b
fused for class purposes. The frs
floor contains an assembly room TO
!, the academy students; principals o.
fee. toilet and locker roms. an
class rooms fir mathematics, Latin an
Greek. The second floor has colleg
assembly hall and class rooms fo
German, history, English, philosoph
and other branches of the general lite
airy work. The external dimension
are 57x96 feet.
] Heating and Power Plant.
The heating and power plant prt
yides for boilers and fuel room, wit
rooms for janitors and other necess
ties of the plant. This will be col
; nected by steam mains to the variou
i college buildings.
This is the earnest of what the ne
: Parsons is to be. The construction
i other buildings is being provided fe
t and it is hoped that additional co
t tracts will be let in few weeks. Son
) residences for the use of the facult
! are provided for, and will probably |
erected this summer.