24 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



IMPROVEMENTS. 



The improvements at tlic Collejie duiin;^- llic past year liave been 

 many. 



Thi-ei" bnildiniis are now in course of conslrnclion and will be ready 

 for occui)an(y <lnrin<;' llie next scliool year. 



The Women's linildinji' will cost, when completed willi the furnish- 

 injis, |05,()00. It is well constructed of hydraulic re-pressed brick and 

 red sandstone, and has hard wood floors, red oak trinnninf^s, and hard 

 ]»las1er throu<;liont. The heating, plunibing and lighting are of modern 

 design and of first-class quality of material. 



In this building are the offices and private rooms of the dean and of 

 the various women instructors; a suite of four pleasant rooms for the 

 De])artment of Domestic- Art; a kitchen laboratory, with adjacent din- 

 ing room, for classes in cooking; a large recitation room; pleasant par- 

 lors; a large dining room, kitchen and serving room on third floor; a 

 two-story gymnasium; music rooms; waiting and reception rooms, toilet 

 and bath rooms; large, well ventilated living rooms for 120 young 

 women. 



The Dairy Building is a well constructed brick structure of 64 by 70 

 feet, two stories high, with basement. In the basement are the store 

 rooms, cold storage, cheese curing room, lockers and wash rooms for 

 students. On the first floor will be found the home dairy room, butter 

 room, cheese room, wash room, and testing room. The second floor is 

 given up to class rooms, offices and laboratories. The cost of this build- 

 ing was $15,000. 



The barn was constructed after the model furnished by Mr. Shawver 

 of Bellefontaine, Ohio. It is a two-story barn, 41 by 72 feet, with a w i.-g 

 40 by 76 feet. 



The Pere Marquette Railroad built a track from Trowbridge to the 

 College, a distance of about one and three-fourths miles. The expense 

 to the College was one thousand dollars. This is a A-ery important im- 

 provement. The coal for the year, which amounts to nearly three thou- 

 sand tons, as well as the material for the new buildings, was brought 

 direct to the College Campus. It has also proved very valuable in 

 enabling the.dilTerent railroads to run their excursion trains to the Col- 

 lege without having to depend .upon street car service. 



