XIV. 



THE ARMORY AND GYMNASIUM HALL. 



This building, situated just at the top of the hill 

 on the right of the road, was completed in the winter 

 of 1883-84. The main portion is of brick, one hundred 

 and fifty feet long, sixty feet wide and fifty feet high. 

 The Annex, joining the main hall on the south, is a 

 two-storied wooden building, having an area of fifty- 

 two by thirty-eight feet. The main building, with the 

 exception of a small portion that is set apart for an 

 office and military store-room, is used for gymnastics 

 and military drill. Here are to be found the arms 

 and equipments of the cadet corps, and a carefully se- 

 lected lot of the most improved gymnastic apparatus 

 and appliances for both individual and class work. The 

 hall is heated by steam and lighted by electricity, and, 

 it is believed, gives the largest clear space for floor room 

 of any gymnasium in the country. The Annex contains 

 on the lower floor the offices of the Department of 

 Physical Culture, faculty dressing-room, general bath 

 and dressing-rooms, lavatory, closets and general repair 

 room. The upper floor is entirely given up to a dressing- 

 room, which contains locker accommodations for five 

 hundred students. The steam heating apparatus is all 

 contained in a brick building removed some fifty feet 

 from the other buildings. The building is surrounded 

 by ample lawns used as drill grounds, and for various 



