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THE PROGEESS OF SCIENCE 



THE THOMAS W. EVANS MUSEUM 

 AND DENTAL INSTITUTE 



The reeeut dedication of the Evans 

 Dental Institute School of Dentistry, 

 University of Pennsylvania, marks an 

 epoch in the history of dental education 

 as it formally opens the largest and best 

 equipped plant in the world, devoted 

 exclusively to the teaching of dental 

 science. The standard which the Evans 

 Institute will be able to maintain will 

 be of the very highest type, and will re- 

 sult in carrying out, in the most effec- 

 tive manner possible, the wishes of the 

 Philadelphia philanthropist, by whose 

 name the institute and school will here- 

 after be known. 



The new building is in the Tudor 

 style of architecture which prevailed in 

 the time of Henry VIII. and might be 

 described as collegiate gothic, being in 

 keeping with other late buildings, con- 

 structed of Indiana limestone and hard- 

 burnt brick. It was designed by John 

 T. Windrim. Ground was broken on 

 September 24, 1912, and the corner- 



stone was laid on May 3, 1913. The 

 \ building has a frontage on Spruce 

 i Street of 242 feet, and a depth to Ir- 

 ving Street along Fortieth Street of 

 161 feet; It is built in the form of the 

 letter H and has three stories over a 

 high basement. The benefaction of Dr. 

 Evans includes this building with its 

 equipment and a substantial endowment 

 fund. 



Among the interesting features of the 

 building are the square tower and the 

 Evans Museum. The tower, which is at 

 the main entrance at the center of the 

 Spruce Street wing, is thirty-eight feet 

 square, rising to eighty-four feet. In 

 the center of the tower, beginning at 

 the second story and reaching almost to 

 the top of the third floor, is a large 

 window, which lights the library on the 

 second floor. 



The Evans Museum occupies the east 

 half of the Spruce Street wing, and is 

 as nearly fire and burglar proof as 

 modern science can make it. This 

 houses the priceless Evans collection. 



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Plan of the First Flooe. 



