Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-05-17
DOCTOR LAMBERT DEAN.
Building Awarded T. w.
Rogers.

1t was announced at the college We'd
nesday morning, that DR.. Avery E.
Lambert had been elected by the Cor
poration Dean of the College to succeed
the late Walter E. Howard. The an
nouncement was received with applause
by the students and has met with
general approval.
DR.. Lambert came to Middlebury last
September as assistant Professor of
Zoology. For five years previous he
was professor of the natural sciences in
the State Normal School at Framing
ham, Mass.
DR.. Lambert is Maine man by birth,
and after graduating from high school
he proceeded Immediately to Bangor
Theological seminary, where he fitted
himself for the Congregational ministry,
He was ordained and was a successful
pastor. Finding himself at Thetford,
twelve miles from Dartmouth college,
institution. He became much interested
in Biology and received the degree of
Phi. D. for advanced work in that sub
ject. He still retains his interest in
church work and has preached nearly
every Sunday since he came to Middle
bury, having supplied the pulpit in
Pittsford quite regularly since the res
ignation of DIR. C. H. Smith.
DR.. Lambert is a man of vigor, in the
prime of life, interested in outdoor life
of all sorts, and sympathetic friend of
young men. 1t is expected that he will
put much energy into his new work and
assist in many ways in the internal
administration of the college.
NEW CHEMISTRY BUILDING.
The contract has been signed for a
new hall of chemistry for Middlebury
college. Thomas w. Rogers of Bran
don will be the builder The new build
ing will be located west of the old COL
lege row, in the northeast corner of the
present athletic field, parallel with
College street. 1t will be of light
marble, rock faced and random laid,
three stories in height, with a large
and we'll ventilated basement, The in
terror walls will be of brick and the
finish of the building will be plain No
money will be wasted on ornament; it
will be workshop, not an art gallery.
The original directions for the build
ing were prepared by Professor Nc
Clifton before his illness and his plans
have been closely followed. There will
be a large general laboratory 41x39
feet on the first floor, and on the same
floor general lecture room, with ele-
waited seats to accommodate a large
class. On this floor the professor will
have a convenient office and private
laboratory and there will also be a
store and supply room.
The more advanced courses will be
provided for on the second floor, where
there will be large laboratories both for
Quanttative and Qualitative Analysis,
and also a smaller research laboratory,
balance rooms, and hydrogen sulphide
room.
In the basement rooms will be pro-
vided for milk and water analysis and
for cumbustion and assay work. Here
will be the large store room, with
special entrance from the outside, and
a protected room for explosives.
The building will be planned so that
eventually it may all be used for
chemistry, but for the present the
department of Home Economics, whose
work is overcrowding its quarters in the
Warner Science hall, will be accom-
modated on the first floor. There will
be a commodious laboratory, room for