NEW HOME OF FORESTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 175 



housed within it. It contains a total of in rooms, of 

 which 95 are offices, laboratories and class-rooms, while 

 16 are given over to machinery, janitor and lavatories. 

 Halls and stairways take up about a third of the total of 

 62,400 square feet area of the four floors, leaving a total 

 effective floor space in the 95 rooms of 35,200 square 

 feet. 



The fourth floor is given over almost entirely to of- 

 fices of the various divisions. Two of the five private 

 offices of the Forestry Division open into a large general 



office and all of them have access by means of large 

 French windows to the north garden court. This court, 

 one of two located just behind the attic wall bearing the 

 inscription, is fifteen feet wide by seventy feet in length, 

 floored with tile, and has access by means of a stairway 

 at one end to a long promenade on the roof of the build- 

 ing. The court is completely enclosed except to the sky, 

 and is fitted with several benches set in deep arched 

 alcoves from the top of which hang electric light fixtures, 

 of decorative design. It offers convenient passage way 



BEAUTIFUL VIEW FROM THE ROOF OF HILGARD HALL 

 Thi. shows Sather Tower. 305 feet high, in which hang the Sather Chimes. They were installed in November, 1917, and ring three times daily 

 face of the clock in the tower is 18 feet in diameter, the hands being made of wood 2 inches in thickness, said to be Norway spruce The beau 

 tiful trees shown include the Coast Live Oak, California Laurel, Redwood, Monterey Cypress, Monterey Pine, Blue Gum and Manna Gum 

 first two of which only are native to the campus. 



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