408  A  Well-Equipped  College  of  Pharmacy.     { September 
Pharmaceutical  Department. 
As  has  already  been  stated  the  department  of  pharmacy  with 
its  lecture  and  recitation  rooms  and  laboratories  occupies  the  entire 
third  floor  and  a  part  of  two  other  floors.  The  laboratories  cover  a 
floor  space  of  approximately  11,000  sq.  ft.  The  laboratories  on  the 
third  floor  are  fitted  out  exclusively  with  specially  designed  and  most 
modern  steel  furniture,  including  students'  work  tables  in  the  center 
of  the  laboratories,  cupboards,  drawers,  enclosed  shelving,  hoods, 
wall  cases,  steam  and  sand  baths,  along  the  outer  walls.  This  steel 
furniture  is  covered  with  olive  green  baked-on  enamel,  rubbed  down 
to  a  smooth  surface.  The  locker  and  drawer  handles  and  label 
holders  are  of  solid  brass.  The  laboratory  in  the  east  half  of  the 
top  floor  has  easy  access  to  a  balance  or  weighing  room  and  a  stock 
and  preparation  room.  The  latter  is  separated  from  the  main  labo- 
ratory by  a  unique  steel  case  25  feet  in  length,  3  feet  wide  and 
about  10  feet  high,  with  a  central  opening  of  four  feet  above  the 
top,  which  serves  as  a  students'  supply  window.  The  side  facing 
the  main  laboratory  is  provided  with  shelves  enclosed  with  glass 
doors  on  which  pharmaceuticals  are  placed  for  exhibition  pur- 
poses. The  lower  part  of  the  inner  side  of  the  case  consists  of  cup- 
boards for  storage  purposes.  The  upper  part  consists  of  shelves 
for  tincture  and  other  display  bottles.  The  preparation  room  has 
direct  access  to  the  elevator  and  is  supplied  with  an  alberene  stone 
sink  and  drainboard  and  on  the  south  wall  with  a  series  of  thirty 
drawers  for  laboratory  supplies,  utensils  and  storage.  Over  these 
drawers  are  a  series  of  shelves  for  stock  bottles,  etc.  The  weigh- 
ing room,  about  16x12  feet  in  dimensions,  is  provided  with  suit- 
able supports  for  balances  so  made  and  placed  as  to  reduce  vibra- 
tion to  the  minimum.  The  construction  of  the  building  is  so  solid 
and  substantial  that  very  little  vibration  is  felt  anywhere,  even  while 
the  trains,  not  200  feet  distant,  pass  by. 
The  main  laboratory  of  the  east  half  of  the  top  floor  provides 
steel  working  tables  for  eighty  students  working  at  one  time.  Each 
student  has  a  locker  3  feet  4  inches  high,  18  inches  wide  and  2 
feet  deep,  containing  an  adjustable  shelf,  another  locker  2  feet  8 
inches  high,  18  inches  wide  and  2  feet  deep  and  over  this  an  8  inch 
deep  drawer  provided  with  side  suspensions,  insuring  easy  operation 
of  the  drawer  and  keeping  it  always  level  in  any  position.  The  table 
space  assigned  to  each  student  is  three  feet  wide  by  two  feet  deep. 
The  table  tops  are  of  cypress  covered  with  a  special  acid  and  stain 
