Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-11-23
Of Lord Hall at the
University Of Maine.
1900 Visitors and 500 Students
Participate in Exercises.
a Red Letter Day in History Of the
Institution.

Lord hall. uawned clear and bright
and all day the sun shonc clear out of
cloudlcss sky. No better weather
! could HAY. been wished fer. The rain
of the day before had partially melted
away the snow and during the night
the ground froze making the ceremony
OF battalion parade and the march To
| the chapel Il great dead easier ana more
Interesting.
| Special cars from Bangor began ar
riNmg at the university shortly after
l O'Clock. and local specials were run
between The university and Orono. AT
lh- time the exercises commenced il is
estimated that there We're about 1900
people crowded into the chapel. Every
seat was taken and extra chairs had to
be placed in the aiSieS The student
h)uy to the number of over 800 were
obliged to stand wherever they could
find a chancr. Never in the history of
the institution, with the possible cX-
repliOn OF the last Maine night, has
the chapel Ecld such large number of
people as it did today. and ii was
surely Il representative audience, one
that was attracted by love of Alma
Mater and friendship and sympathy
for the university to this. the de,lica
ton of IL building built entirely by
state aid.
The appropriation for the building Of
Lord hail, W.ich by the Way, is named
in honor of Hen. Henry w. Lord. pres
idtht of the board of trustees was
made by the Legislature of 1923.
Work was Immediately begun and the
building WAS finished. this fall. The
building is occupied entirely by the
departments of mechanical and elec-
trical engineering. Thomas and Crowell
of Bangor. both graduates of the uni
versity. were the architects. The build
ing is of brick on a high granite foun-
dation and mas granite trimmings. The
main entrance is through an arched
doorway constructed of Il rather pecu-
liar grecniSh cOloreG stone called her
monte. The architecture of the build
ing is rather simple, its severity form
ing its chief beauty.
The first floor and half of the base
meut in the front portion. which is Sc
by 81 feet. is devoted to laboratory pur-
poses. one-half of the first floor for
electrical work and the remainder for
mechanical and hydraulic work. On
the second floor are the offices, recita-
ton room. and large drafting room
for the two departments. In the rear
wing are located the work shops on
the ground floor are the machine shop.
40 by 63 feet: the forge shop. 40 by 81
feet: and the foundry. 40 by 26 feet.
Above the machine shop is the
wood working shop.
In the machine shop. for which a
moderately ext"nsiv" equipment of
first class machines i- owned. the
HYATT Roller Bearing COS shaft bar
ings are used in part. and special fea-
tlr, of tine arrangement is the adapt
ability for testing for l"sWer losses IN
transmission and ,ower to drive ma
chine tools. All the ma chInery is mot r.
driven. on the group system. the Cen
rral Elc, iric cos. nOtCrS being used.
The g. r. Sturtova1t 60. OF Boston
furnished the doNn-.lraft forP"s for tnn
forge shop. as also the heating AMI
vantil1ting system for the entire build
ing.
The mechanical laboratory on the
FIRST finor Of the main building is divd-
.d intn two rooms cne Of which has q
solid floor cf earth 'illine covered with
n six-inch layer nf Portland concrete.
and this again by r"ur inches of pl tnk
flooring In this room are placed Co.,
COO pound Richie Bros. standard test
ing machine. a t"rsi III testing machine
ard a friction machine for testing
luhl rating oil Room for additional
machines in the futrr" IS ample.
In the second and larger room. which
is the general headquarters for the eX-
perimcntal work ami portion of whicn
will b., held for lecture purposes. will
he the miscellaneous apparatus for
general oil testing. ,alnTimetry. and in
strumnnt calibratiDn. and the equip
m.nt for belt testing. which is made ::
speciaI feature Of the course The base"
noent is devoted - hydraulic work,
work. which includes pump and motor
testing. weir meaSuTements. etc.
Senator Hale. Col. StctSon and Gov
ernor elect cobb arrived in Rangor at
1l3O where they were met by Hon.
Henry Lord. and then the marty inn
mediately proceeded TO the University
by the electrics. At the University they
We're met by committee of the facul-
ty who escorted than to the presidents
residence. Governor Hill. who was T.
have accepted the building III behalf
of the State, was unab!, to be presen.
ard vas officially represented By
Colonel ISAIAH X. Stetson of Bangor
At l O'Clock DR.. and Mrs. George
Emory Fellows entertained the guests
of honor at luncheon at the presidents
residence. The house was very taste
fully decorated for the occasion. Be
sides DR. and Mrs Fellows there were
seated at the table Senator Hale Gov
ernor- elect Cobb. Hon. and Mrs. Isaiah
K. Stetson. Bangor. Hon. and Mrs.
Henry Lord. Bangor, and Mrs. Patter-
son.
After the luncheon at the presidents
residence. the guests went to the MI.
Vernon house to view the battalion pa
rade. The cadet battalion Of four COM
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