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devoted to the chemical and mathematical lecture rooms. 

 The elegant new stone chapel occupies ;i well-chosen posi- 

 tion, and is a decided ornament to the college grounds. 

 The lower story contains the college library, and the upper 

 one is used as a general assembly room for the entire 

 student body. All religious exercises are held in this 

 room. The library of the college is deserving of more 

 than passing notice. It contains at the present time nearly 

 seventeen thousand volumes, and is one of the finest, if 

 not the very finest, of its kind in the United States. The 

 extremely arduous work of selecting, arranging and cata- 

 loguing this collection of books has been brought about by 

 the indefatigable labor of our present energetic president. 

 In addition to his many other duties, he has toiled long 

 and hard to accomplish this end. I am convinced that the 

 college owes him a great debt of gratitude, which it will 

 never be able to fully repay. 



Just to the south of the chapel is situated the commodious 

 drill hall, used especially during the winter months for 

 various military and gymnastic exercises. It contains a 

 large recitation room, and recently a gun shed has been 

 added, which furnishes also room for winter target practice. 

 This building is equipped with electric lights, and is open 

 both during the day and evening, serving as a place for an}' 

 amusement in which the young men may desire to engage. 



The large new barn with dairy school attached is the 

 latest and most valuable acquisition to the college. It is a 

 model of its kind, and is worthy of inspection by every 

 progressive farmer in the Commonwealth. A full descrip- 

 tion of the barn, with photographs, will be found in the 

 report of the college for 1894. The college farm has been 

 greatly improved during the last ten years, and is also well 

 worth a close examination, especially during the summer 

 months. As much of the labor as possible is accomplished 

 with the aid of the most improved implements, and any 

 young man has abundant opportunity to become practically 

 familiar with all kinds of farm machinery, and with im- 

 proved methods of farm practice. 



Situated on the hill on the opposite side of the farm is the 



