El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-17

Z composition for the bases. A pipe line
| carries off the fumes OF the gases so
/ that the air in the room Is always
pure. The other laboratory is for more
advanced work
The mechanical drawing room is 20
| to 40 feet IN size and very light hay
ing a large number Of windows me
desks, Of which there are q, were de-
{ signed by Prof J. W. Kidd. OF the en-
cheering department. and were all
manufactured in FL Paso. Each desk
contains two drawers so that two diff
ferent students may use them without
bOthering the others property ana
they all have adjustable tops. There
is also large map case
BIueprints, Balances, Etc.
The blueprint room for the map
work is equipped with a blueprint map
frame that can be run out Of the WIN
dow so thai the direct suns rays may
do the printing. The frame is adapta-
BILE to prints 50 by ~ inches in size
The room also has a large washing
tray and running water.
The balance room Is equipped Win
set OF analytical balances. sensitive to
one-tenth OF a milligram weight
These instruments are American made
being tne prccUct Of Denver firm
The weig hing room in the assay Office
is to be equipped with a Keller assay
balance scale, sensitive to one-three-
huudredth part OF a milligram, and
can accurately weigh pieces Of gold
one -20th the size Of an ordinary pin
head. The assay office and weighing
room is located in the small building
used as 4 gus-G house b. the old Mil
itary instj ute
Surveying Instruments Ordered.
Another part Of the equipment on
the way to the school is an $500 set OF
the finest surveying instruments man
ufactured- On the first floor Of the
school building are the offices Of the
dean, Prof A X Adams; the mineralo-
gy specimen room. Prof J. W. Kids
office; the chemical laboratories, the
balance room, the large auditorium
and the students study hall
The auditorium has not been remod-
eled or renovated like the rest Of the
building, as there IS no present need
other purposes. On The second floor Of
the building are dean and Mrs. S II.
WorreI's living rooms, the drawing
room. the blue print rooms and shower
bath rooms
The Basement Utilized.
The basement contains three good
sized class rooms The furnace room,
in which a new steam heating plant
has just been installed, is concrete
1Ioored and has capacity OF 40 tons
There is a locker room for the stu
dents gymnasium and athletic suits,
containing 81 lockers; a cOmmissary
room Tor the storage Of staple gre
ceries. the dining room and the kiteh-
en- The dining room is large enough
to accommodate 100 students The
kitchen is equipped with a II hole
range and 500 pound refrigerator,
and the presiding genius Of this de-
1artment Of the school Is a former
Harvey hCuse chef. E. J. Kelly. Jack I
son Palm, who has been in she house
service OF dean aud Mrs. WoUrcu for
many years, looks after the serving Of |
me students. dinners Jackson, who IS |
a. good hearted negro, has two pet
pigs, named Armour and Swift. which,
while not part Of the official school. /
yard.
To Examine Ores.
As dean Worreu believes that more |
mines fail through lex of manage
nent than ever fail through lack OF !
1re, II Is his plan to move the dining
'oom and Kitchen next year to the
iGrmitory building and install q plant
or testing ores to determine the best
5ind Of treatment suited TO them. By
MS means Ire s"h0Ol OF mines n i'll be
-ble to serve the people Of the entire
southwestern mining district, as ev-
ry mine Is a separate metallurgical
'roblem and the ores neei 20 have diff
erent treatments to extract their full
alue.
The teaching Of methods OF treat
ng ores is more important than the
arious methods Of mining" said Prof.
VorrelL All over the southwest and
IeXico are Idle mines, into which
heir owners have put thousands ana
thousands Of dollars. These have
allied because the owners built the
Milling plants before determining the
orrect treatment Of the ores" The
esting plant VIII han5le all ore speci-
mems at very nominal cost. merely
nough to cover The actual expense
4 assay, and the school will then Z
ecommend the kind of mill that
Mould be built to treat the ores OF
hat particular mine.
Large DOrmItory.
In the dormitory building are room
recommendations for 81 students. a
tudy hall and the gymnasium. This
after room is being transformed 10
n assembly hall for special lectures,
$ al OF the gymaastic work of the
choOi is done out Of doors Next wear
Then the large auditorium in the main !
uildinS has been renovated. this gym
asium room will be enlarged and :
modelled into the kitchen and dining
DOM Of the school.
There are 2S pupils enrolled at the
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