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The  New  Building  of  the  College. 
/Am  Jour.  Pharm- 
I      March,  1893. 
The  fifth  floor  will  be  fitted  up  with  seats  and  desks  for  an  exami- 
nation room.  The  sixth  floor  is  used  for  storage.  The  basement  is 
furnished  with  upright  ventilated  lockers  for  the  use  of  the  students. 
Each  of  the  lecture  rooms  has  been  remodelled,  with  folding- 
chairs and  tablet-desks ;  the  seats  are  arranged  in  amphitheatre 
form  and  they  are  a  great  improvement  over  the  old  benches.  The 
side  yard,  which  formerly  connected  the  chemical  laboratory  with 
the  front  building,  has  been  converted  into  an  arcade,  by  enclosing 
it  with  a  wall  and  a  glass  roof.  This  feature,  which  is  believed  to 
be  new,  furnishes  a  large,  well-heated  and  lighted  space  in  which 
the  students  may  congregate  before  the  lectures. 
An  additional  building  to  the  north  of  the  laboratories  provides 
substantial  additions  to  both  chemical  and  pharmaceutical  labora- 
tories ;  the  basement  of  the  new  building  being  used  for  a  boiler 
room,  two  large  boilers  furnish  steam  for  heating  the  air,  and  driv- 
ing a  large  fan,  which  sends  into  each  room  the  proper  amount  of 
heated  air,  being  conveyed  by  a  shaft  from  the  roof  of  the  building. 
Fire  escapes  and  rapid  means  of  egress  from  each  room,  in  case 
of  fire,  are  provided.  Every  part  of  the  building  may  be  well 
lighted  by  daylight,  or  by  both  electric  light  and  gas  light  at  night. 
With  these  improvements,  it  is  believed  that  the  Philadelphia  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  has  the  best  equipment  for  pharmaceutical  instruc- 
tion that  is  possible.  The  additions  and  improvements  have  pro- 
gressed as  the  necessity  for  them  was  made  clear. 
The  following  figures,  taken  from  the  records,  showing  the  number 
of  students  in  attendance  for  the  last  thirty  years,  will  convey  to  the 
minds  of  all.  in  the  most  practical  manner,  the  reasons  which  influ- 
enced the  Board  of  Trustees  in  deciding  to  enlarge  and  improve  the 
accommodations \ 
Year. 
Number  of 
students. 
Year. 
Number  of 
students. 
Year. 
Number  of 
students. 
I863> 
1864, 
1865, 
1866, 
1867, 
1868, 
i869: 
1870, 
1871, 
1872, 
74 
93 
104 
133 
154 
152 
179 
197 
198 
237 
i873, 
1874, 
1875, 
1876, 
1877, 
1878, 
1879- 
1880, 
1881, 
1882, 
•  293 
•  251 
.  270 
•  294 
•  265 
•  316 
•  334 
•  332 
•  367 
•  37o 
883,  .  . 
884,  .  . 
885,  • 
886,  .  . 
887,  .  . 
888,  .  . 
889,  .  . 
443 
543 
560 
59i 
54i 
576 
594 
577 
636 
652 
890,  .  . 
:89i,  .  . 
892,  .  . 
