The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 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
I 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
to the ~fireproof qualities of the
structure. The woodwork is of dark
oak. The stairways wind around the
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from the basement to the attic.
There are Mushrooms on each floor.
Most of the first floor is given
over to the courses in m~etallurgy. 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 numerous
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 ventilating fans in the attic
will carry away all noxiOus fumes.
The offices are well supplied with
large 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
ly to chemistry. Here are located
the general chemistry laboratory for
the freshmen accommodating a hun
dred students at one time, the guam
chemistry laboratory for the
sophomores accommodating sixty stu
dents, a convenient stock room for
these laboratories, the weighing
room for 20 at a time, the main
lecture room which seats
1875, a smaller chemistry lecture room
and two suites of offices for the pro-
.fessors, each containing a main Of
flee, a private laboratory, and a prep
room. The feature of the
lecture room is the lecturers
desk, a costly piece of furniture SO
designed that any type of experiment
may be carried out before a class
without loss of time. In addition to
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
cred with glass that students may see
he exact workings of tests made I'M Z
Ter water.
In the basement there are the ply :
,ical metallurgy laboratory, the gen. y
,ral and special supply rooms, the in =
lustrial chemistry laboratory, a re- :
earch laboratory with it's office and
room, an emergency labora- :
DRY, the main wash room, the stu c.
Tents locker Dom and shower baths, ie
aculty shower baths, and the en- :
line room and machine shop. The
metallurgy laboratory is j
omething Of a novelty as only a few o,
# the larger institutions give courses L
n this subject. The school of mines :
t Columbia University in New York
5 generally conceded to have the J
equipment along this line and 4
he Montana Mines laboratory is q +,
DUPLICATION of the one at Columbia. M
t will make possible a wide range of :
ests on sme1ted metals hitherto i'm 1
ossible anywhere in Montana be-
of lack of the necessary instru- !
rents. A feature of the stock rooms II,
the large concrete vault, 35 feet
ing by 20 feet wide, where especially =
chemicals and instruments
lay be kept under a combination !
,ck. The industrial chemistry labor-A
tory is not yet set up but in time
i'll be fitted out with teaching watts, -