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In the fan room, shown on the plan, is placed a powerful fan which 

 furnishes air to this laboratory as well as all the other rooms in this 

 part of the building. Consequently there is always a strong draft 

 through our 13 flues providing thus for the escape of steam from evapo- 

 rations and any noxious vapors produced in various experiments. 



Heretofore we have been handicapped by having no proper study for 

 the instructors, so by a little economizing of space on the floor imme- 

 diately above the office and private laboratory in the new addition, two 

 small private laboratories connected with a study room have been con- 

 structed for the instructors. 



The space in the older portion of the building which was formerly 

 used as an oflficexfor the head of the department and his assistants, has 

 been utilized by putting in a partition dividing the office into a library 

 and office for the assistant professors. The library is a room 11x20 

 feet which now holds the chemical laboratory library and which is in 

 constant use by both the instructional force and the students. 



In that portion of the building which was originally occupied by the 

 Physical department (at the extreme north end) we have uoav estab- 

 lished an additional qualitative laboratory, 48x32 feet, providing desk 

 room for 32 students. The room below, which was formerly the Physi- 

 cal laboratory, now furnishes dc^k room for 10 students in qualitative 

 analysis and provides also for the work of preparing reagents. 



The original laboratory provided lecture room accommodations for 

 80 students and laboratory space sufficient for 48 students to work at 

 one time. With our new addition our lecture room space provides for 

 400 students to attend lectures at the same period and laboratory space 

 sufficient for 286 different students to engage in laboratory work at 

 the same time. 



BEET SUGAR SCHOOL. 



Coincident with the establishment of beet sugar factories in Michi- 

 gan in 1899 a technical course was given at this college aiming to train 

 men in the chemistry of sugar-house control. After conducting such 

 schools for several years in succession it was found that the demand 

 for men so trained was not sufficient to make the further ofi'ering of 

 such a course necessary. Consequently there has been no special course 

 in beet sugar technology offered at M. A. C. for several years past. In 

 the meantime, me7i who had engaged in the industry in various capaci- 

 ties found that there was but little opportunity while busy with the 

 work of the campaign to obtain a thorough understanding of the 

 scientific foundation upon Avhich the successful operation of the fac- 

 tory depended. This matter was brought to my attention and the re- 

 quest made by Mr. W. H. Wallace of the Michigan Sugar Company that 

 a short course for the benefit of sugar-house employes should be in- 

 augurated. This was done and the course opened on March 4, 1912, 

 continuing for exactly four weeks. The work of instruction was given 

 entirely by Superintendent W. H. Hoodless of Croswell in conjunction 

 with Assistant Superintendent M. R. Allen of Alma. Forty-six men 

 from 12 different factories in Michigan attended the course. The tech- 

 nical features of factory management as well as careful study of the 

 details of the various processes were thoroughly discussed by Mr. Hood- 

 less and others at the morning session, — the afternoons being mainly 



