330 St. John's Record
Hocals
The preparatory work for the new Science Hall, such as digging and hauling of material, is now well uuder way. The necessity for a building of this kind has long been keenly felt, especially by the science teachers, who for want of space and facilities were hampered and cramped in their work. The first object, therefore, of this new addition to the educational equipment is to enable the respective professors to perform the task which was expected of them with greater satisfaction to themselves and to their pnpils. As a secondary object may be taken the gradual advancement and unfolding of some of the more important lines of scientific instruction, which until now have remained at a rather elementary stage. The building itself will be fireproof and up-to-date in construction. Its dimensions are 60 feet by 100 feet, and it will be three stories high, besides the basement. In the basement spacious rooms are assigned to mechanical and electrical engineering. Besides, it contains a workshop and lathe room, storage-battery room, and janitor, toilet, and storage rooms. On the first floor the physical and biological departments will be located; the space being divided into several laboratories, library and professors' rooms. The second floor is given over to chemistry, where laboratories for general and special work will be provided. Two spacious lecture-rooms are likewise located on this floor, and a room for geological purposes. The third floor contains a large lecture room and quarters for the draughting department. No doubt, a new era of advancement will commence for St. John's with the day on which the Science Building will be put into commission, if the science-faculty gets anything of the support that it should have; and it will mean further "hard work" for the students who enlist their
