September hia9T7  }  A  Well  Equipped  College  of  Pharmacy.  4^5 
struction.  The  special  equipment  includes :  polariscopes,  micro- 
spectroscopes,  a  large  sliding  microtome,  centrifuges,  extraction  ap- 
paratus, apparatus  for  physiological  work,  balopticon,  etc. 
Library. 
Reference  books  and  journals  are  absolutely  indispensable  in  a 
teaching  institution.  Fortunately  the  conditions  at  the  University 
of  Minnesota  are  such  that  each  department  has  its  own  library.  In 
the  College  of  Pharmacy  it  occupies  the  greater  part  of  the  east 
half  of  the  first  floor  of  the  building  and  includes  a  floor  space  ap- 
proximating 1,600  square  feet.  The  library  is  admirably  situated, 
so  far  as  lighting  is  concerned,  since  it  has  a  southern  exposure  of 
44  feet  with  four  very  large  windows  and  an  eastern  exposure  of  37 
feet  also  well  lighted  by  four  large  windows,  each  measuring  5x7 
feet.  The  windows  are  supplied  with  shades  almost  exactly  match- 
ing the  very  light  brownish  yellow  painted  walls,  giving  a  very  pleas- 
ing lighting  effect,  which  is  calculated  to  relieve  the  eyes  as  much  as 
possible  from  strain  from  library  work.  The  shades  are  of  an  im- 
ported material  made  at  Lancaster,  England,  and  are  washable  on 
both  sides. 
The  steel  library  stacks  which  are  so  placed  that  the  light  from 
the  spacious  windows  can  be  most  fully  utilized,  are  of  the  very 
latest  construction,  thoroughly  braced  in  the  center  and  on  the  top, 
thus  affording  a  very  rigid  and  substantial  fixture.  The  shelves  are 
adjustable.  The  width  of  the  double  stacks  is  16  inches  and  of  the 
two  large  double  stacks  for  journals  and  large  volumes  is  21  inches, 
all  of  a  height  of  7  feet,  6  inches.  The  stacks  afford  1,680  running 
feet  of  shelving,  nj^  inches  in  height.  Since  most  books  are  less 
than  nine  inches  in  height  and  as  the  shelves  are  adjustable,  the 
total  number  of  running  feet  for  all  sizes  of  books  approximates 
2,000.  The  stacks  are  of  a  heavy  gauge  steel  with  curved  corners,  a 
substantial  base  and  an  ornamental  cornice  of  olive  green,  baked-on, 
rubbed-down,  enamel  finish.  The  passageway  between  the  stacks 
approximates  3  feet,  with  two  substantial  equidistant  electric  lights 
in  the  center  to  facilitate  book  work  at  night.  In  addition  to  this 
direct  lighting  between  the  stacks,  there  is  abundant  provision  for 
the  indirect  illumination  of  the  entire  room  from  the  ceiling.  The 
floor  of  this  room  is  of  cement,  covered  with  a  special  cement  paint. 
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