4io  A  Well-Equipped  College  of  Pharmacy.     { A£p^^a™-. 
enameled  steel,  fitted  wtih  clusters  of  four  tungsten  lamps  of  sixty- 
watts  each,  affording  a  very  brilliant  illumination  on  dark  days  or 
late  afternoons  during  the  winter  months.  The  day  lighting  of 
this  laboratory  is  excellent.  The  wall  windows  are  numerous  and 
large  and  in  addition  there  is  a  very  large  ceiling  skylight  admitting 
a  flood  of  light.  The  frosted  glass  in  the  ceiling  skylight  prevents 
the  glare  of  direct  sunshine,  which  however  rarely  strikes  this  ceil- 
Fig.  4.  Medicinal  Plant  Laboratory,  College  of  Pharmacy,  University 
of  Minnesota,  interior  view,  showing  arrangement  of  plant  benches  and 
aquatic  pool. 
ing  skylight  directly  since  the  light  must  first  pass  through  the 
roof  skylight.  On  this  account  there  is  for  the  most  part  a  soft 
diffused  light  in  the  room.  This  and  all  other  laboratories  are  con- 
nected by  an  intercommunicating  telephone  system  with  the  Dean's 
office.  One  of  the  nine  electric  clocks  provided  for  the  building 
is  located  in  this  laboratory.  The  laboratory  is  entered  from  the 
central  hall  by  three  doors  affording  ample  ingress  and  egress.  It 
is  ventilated  through  the  skylight,  two  special  devices  affording  easy 
means  for  the  opening  of  the  three  large  copper  ventilators  in  the 
