414  A  Well  Equipped  College  of  Pharmacy.  { September hia9T7" 
for  electric  light,  power,  exhaust  fans,  class  bells  and  telephones. 
The  construction  throughout  is  of  concrete,  brick,  steel  and  glass 
and  its  architectural  simplicity  presents  an  exceedingly  pleasing 
aspect. 
A  passageway  leads  directly  from  the  milling  laboratory  to  the 
commercial  pharmacognosy  laboratory  on  the  ground  floor  of  the 
main  building.  In  this  latter  laboratory  are  steel  cases  with  tightly 
fitting  covered  drawers.  These  cases,  with  about  500  drawers,  hold 
the  main  vegetable  drug  stock.  The  tops  of  the  cases  are  used  by 
the  students  for  work  in  drug  garbling  and  identification.  A 
vacuum  drier,  steam  distillation  outfit  and  other  extraction  appa- 
ratus are  located  along  the  west  side  of  the  laboratory.  Space  for 
sterilizers  and  special  apparatus  and  desk  room  for  special  students 
is  provided  along  the  south  side. 
A  suite  of  rooms  for  photographic  work  adjoins  the  commercial 
laboratory,  including  dark  room,  camera  room  and  printing  room. 
Facilities  are  also  provided  for  the  making  of  reproductions  by 
means  of  the  Edinger  drawing  apparatus.  Other  apparatus  already 
in  use  includes  a  large  plate  camera  and  a  micro-photographic 
camera.  The  dark  room  is  provided  with  all  the  facilities  necessary 
for  the  preparation  of  autochrome  negatives  showing  the  true  color 
of  medicinal  plants  or  other  objects. 
The  main  pharmacognosy  laboratory  is  situated  on  the  first  floor, 
directly  over  the  commercial  pharmacognosy  laboratory,  with  which 
it  is  connected  by  a  broad  stairway.  The  laboratory  is  furnished 
with  specially  designed  students'  desks  for  microscopical  work  and 
each  desk  is  provided  with  closets  for  simple  and  compound  micro- 
scopes, drawers,  micro-chemical  reagents,  permanent  slide  collection, 
and  collection  of  authentic  powders  in  sprinkle-top  bottles.  Both 
natural  and  artificial  light  are  available  for  use.  A  long  blackboard 
and  demonstration  desk  occupy  one  side  of  the  room  and  cases  are 
provided  for  charts,  maps,  pharmocognosy  models,  drug  specimens, 
etc.  A  part  of  the  room  is  reserved  for  herbarium  work  and  cases 
for  other  botanical  specimens.  Splash  sinks  are  located  at  con- 
venient places.  A  stock  and  preparation  room  is  located  on  the 
south  side  of  the  laboratory  for  the  preparation  of  special  micro- 
scopic mounts  and  for  storing  microscopical  accessories,  reagents, 
etc.  A  projection  lantern  for  microscopic,  opaque  and  lantern  slide 
work  has  been  installed  in  the  main  laboratory  so  that  any  difficult 
part  of  the  work  may  be  clearly  elucidated  during  laboratory  in- 
