Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-10-26

l.. h. WALDRON:
| Supt. Dickinson EXP. Station.
New Chemical Labratory.
Agricultural College, Oct. %: The
Chemical Labratory is gradually near
ing completion and promises to be an
exceedingly efficient and convenient
building for the work for which it is
intended. The second floor is the
nearest to completion and is already
occupied in the eastern half. The
front portion Of this floor consists of a
private office occupied by Professor
Ladd, a larger general Office for his
steDographer and the more general
office work, and large laboratory in
which Professor Ladd will carry on
! his analysis. The equi pment in these
! rooms is entirely modern and as con.
venient as it is possible to have it and
affords space for the carrying on Of
the Professors many duties.
The wing of the east portion is also
already occupied by the Pharmacy
Department, and Professor Kimberly
is busily engaged in arranging the
stock and equipment necessary for the
Pharmaceutical work. This work has
for the past two years been carried on
in the Soil laboratory of Francis Hall
along with the work in Soil Physics,
and the new quarters in the Chemical
Laboratory relieve a congested con-
dition that has caused much incon.
venience to all concerned. The west
ern front portion Of this floor will soon
be occupied by Professor Holley hav-
ing office room and large laboratory
space devoted to quantitative analy-
sis, while the wing will be given over
to qualitative work.
=. The third floor is devoted to Lecture
room purposes. A noticeable feature
Of this is the general lecture room,
which is built on the mpitheatre
style with the tiers OF seats raised one
above the other. 1t is fitted with
large raised platform and desk for
purposes Of demonstration and hoods
for experiment uses. The windows
will all be supplied with shutters
which can be opened or closed at will
by the lecturer without leaving the
platform. The room will be supplied
with screens and with modern stere-
optican apparatus with attachments
known as the Refractoscope by which
any object may be thrown upon the:
screen in magnified form and natural
colors. Colored plates, charts etc.
can by this instrument be accurately
reproduced without the use of the
lantern slides usually necessary. It
affords excellent means OF illustration
and is found only in the very largest
and most recently equipped class
rooms. The other lecture rooms
will have no special features except
very fine lighting and ventilating
properties and large seating capacity.
The ground floor will be devoted to
Agricultural Chemistry, general STA
tion analysis, etc. Professor Stallings
will have rooms here for the work in
Physiologic Chemistry and Toxicology
and Mrs. Shepperd and Mr.. Nickles'
time will be occupied largely on this
floor. The work in wheat and flour
testing, soil nitrogen experiment. tests
etc., will be carried out on this floor.
| 1t also affords space for an excellently
lighted and commodius library and
reading room, where students will
have access to standard references,
texts and journals.
The agricultural weather Observa-
tions and records will be made from
the tower and modern apparatus Of
this sort has been installed there.
The building throughout is so en-
tirely modern, convenient and COM
plete as to excite much warranted
interest, and offers such vast differ
ence from the cramped quarters in
the little chemical laboratory which
the department. has been forced to
occupy for so many years that those
interested think it almost too good to
be true that at last they have the op.
portunity to expand their work as
they desire. The benefit to the stud
ent' body will be very great, for much
better work can be done and results
obtained than under the old undesir-
able conditions. The College may.
well be proud Of its new Chemical
| Laboratory. S.:%
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