The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-27

\ long by rs feet wide, with two floors,
a half basement equivalent to an
other floor, and a disable attic. The
architecture is plain, those who plan
ned it preferring to put money into
utility rather than adornment. The
exterior is noticeable for the unusu-
ally large number and size of the
windows, these insuring the maxi
mum amount of light in every Ia
boratory and classroom. The main
entrance faces the south, overlooking
a long stretch of the valley of Silver
Bow creek. There are also entrances
on each of the other sides and, in adj
dition, a tunnel leading to Main Hall
so that no student need be out in bad
weather while changing classes. The
roof is covered with Montana copper
shingles, this hall being the first pub
lie edifice in the state to be so pro-
tected.
The Railways throughout the build
ing are wide and commodious. Pol
ished marble-terrazo floors make
work easy for the j~anitors and add
to the fireproof qualities of the
structure. The woodwork is of dark
oak. The stairways wind around the
well of a freight elevator that runs
from the basement to the attic.
There are Mushrooms on each floor.
Most of the first floor is given
over to the courses in me%tallurgy. On
it are the big general metallurgy la
boratory, the metallurgy laboratory
lecture room, the physical and cleo
tro chemistry laboratory, two suites
of offices for the metallurgy profess
sors, and the metallurgy draughting
room. The general laboratory will
care for a hundred students at one
time while the physical and electro
chemistry laboratory accommodates
sixty. The students will work at
desks of the very latest style, having
at their command gas, compressed
air, electricity, hot and cold water,
gas and electric high temperature
plates, high class balances and scales
and other equipment too mere
to mention. The desks are exactly
the same as those placed last year
in the new two million dollar Sterling
Chemistry laboratory at Yale univer-
sity and they were made for this
building by E. H. Sheldon & Co., of
Muskogon, Mich, who also furnish
ed most of the other furniture used.
They are specially treated to resist
the action of acids, the same being
true of all the drains. Finely con-
structed porcelain hoods, connected
with big ve%ntilating fans in the attic
will carry away all noxious fumes.
The offices are we'll supplied with
desks, sectional bookcases, fill
ing cabinets, filing cases, document
cases, and instrument cases, all de-
to expedite office work of any
kind.
The second floor is devoted entire
y to chemistry. Here are located
he general chemistry laboratory for
he freshmen accommodating a hun
lred students at one time, the guam
itative chemistry laboratory for the
iophomores accommodating sixty stu
Tents, a convenient stock room for
laboratories, the weighing
for 20 at a time, the main
chemistry lecture room which seats
l25, a smaller chemistry lecture room
two suites of offices for the pro-
each containing a main Of
ice, a private laboratory, and a prep
room. The feature of the +
main lecture room is the lecturers
lesk, a costly piece of furniture so
designed that any type of experiment
nay be carried out before a class
Without loss of time. In addition to
he usual gas, electricity, compressed
Lir, and water, there are arrange
nents for handling all of the more
common gases. There are also two
arge water tanks, n so set and COW
,red with glass that students may see :
he exact workings of tests made un- q
Ter water.
In the basement there are the ply q
iical metallurgy laboratory, the gen Y
,ral and special supply rooms, the in .
lustrial chemistry laboratory, a re- u
search laboratory with its office and D
room, an emergency labora- =
DRY, the main wash room, the stu cs
Tents locker Don and shower baths, 10
aculty shower baths, and the en- .
zine room and machine shop. The /
metallurgy laboratory is u
Nomething of a novelty as only a few n,
# the larger institutions give courses L
n this subject. The school of mines
It Columbia University in New York /
s generally conceded to have the i
,est equipment along this line and |
he Montana Mines laboratory Is a n
duplication of the n at Columbia. NJ
t will make possible a wide range of :
on smelted metals hitherto i'm 4
'ossible anywhere in Montana be- i
of lack OF the necessary instru- :
nents. A feature of the stock rooms #
the large concrete vault, IS feet
ong by 20 feet wide, where especially :
aluable chemicals and instruments I
1ay be kept under a combination
0ck. The industrial chemistry labor -
tory is not yet set up but in time
ill be fitted out with teaching watts, -
l~ectrolytic tanks, electric furnaces 4
other machines. Il