The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
PLANS DRAWN FOR
CAMPUS BUILDING
Regents Order Construction of
New Home of the College
of Agriculture

ERhELEY, Aug. 6.-Working plans
having been completed for the new
100000 building TO house the colleges
OF agriculture on the campus. contracts
Tor the construction of the building
VIII be called for by the regents in
me near future. Prof. Z. J. Wickson.
dean OF the college, has worked actively
Tor the building
Inc structure, which will stand on
me low bluff northeast of the present
Choer path and south of Doctor Whee-
ief campus mansion. suggests the
type Of architecture of the north Italian
country Every modern contrivance
every improved method of construction
mas been Incorporated into the building
py Prof John Galen Howard, super
Nlsing architect in charge of the plans
ior the greater University of California.
p. The frame viii be of steel fireproofed
. In concrete, the wall backing floors
and stairs OF reinforced concrete and
the interior partitions Of metal stud
ding, wire laths and fireproof plaster.
. The building will measure 162 by 81
feet in size. On the main floor will be
: q: lecture room with rising tiers of
. seats to accommodate approximately
400 persons; a museum corridor to
house collections OF the department Of
agriculture of interest to visitors: an
agricultural library, laboratory for
horticulture and vitculture; offices for
Prof. + J. Wickson. head of the de-
psrtment Of agriculture and director of
the United States experiment stations,
. nd for the superintendent of the farm
ers Institutes.
On. the second floor will be labora-
tories for entomology and plant path
ology.. each with Sc feet of laboratory
tables against the north wall. which is
practically uninterrupted windows, eX-
cept for the structural piers Of the
wall. On this floor also viii be a lee
ture room, two apparatus rooms, four
studies for professors and the upper
parr OF a large lecture room.
The basement floor will be well
lighted and spacious. 1t viii contain a
laboratory for experimental work in
questions connected with the treatment
OF plant disases by spraying; head
quarters for the agricultural work of
the university. an activity of the uni
. Versity Of much value TO the bee
keepers Of the state; a mailing and
document room; a lecture room, two
faculty studies, and accommodation for
the equipment for the lighting and
ventilating Of the building.
A lecture room win be housed in a
micircular structure extending out
ward on the south side OF the building
and Il is in the wall OF this semicircuiar
structure that the great arched doorway
is pierced. On either side Of the door
way, q gainst the curving walls, is a
-ong. low granit5 seat. There are two
minor doorways II the south facade
each surmounted by beautiful stone
inullioaed arched window.
Tire corners Of the end pavilions OF
The building are TO be strengthened and
emphasized by the use Of rusticated
-ranite The north facade in its great
stretch Of windows. interrupted only by
light piers Of granite alternating with
slender. graceful columns Of granite,
serving as muliiOns for the windows,
7vii he devoted to q research labora-
rorv-
This building fs to be erected from
+ra permanent building fund. which is
crowded for the university.