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The  large  and  annually  increasing  classes  in  the  College  have 
rendered  it  necessary  to  erect  a  more  commodious  building  for 
the  lectures,  and  for  the  proper  arrangement  and  display  of  the 
library,  apparatus  and  several  cabinets  of  specimens. 
The  Hall  is  situated  on  a  lot  of  about  70  by  85  feet,  in  the 
vicinity  of  Tenth  and  Cherry  streets,  the  main  entrance  being 
at  No.  145  N.  Tenth  street,  where  the  Janitor  resides,  to  facili- 
tate the  entrance  of  visitors  when  the  front  door  is  closed,  and. 
to  give  information  to  strangers. 
In  the  second  and  third  stories  are  two  large  lecture  rooms, 
each  50  by  43  feet,  with  seats  so  arranged  and  elevated  as  to 
command  an  unobstructed  view  of  the  specimens,  diagrams  and 
other  illustrations  used  in  the  lectures.  Professors  rooms,  to 
contain  their  private  cabinets  and  apparatus  for  illustration,  and 
a  society  room,  for  the  use  of  the  advanced  classes,  adjoin  these 
lecture  rooms. 
On  the  first  floor  are  rooms  for  the  library,  the  College  cabi- 
nets, herbarium  and  microscope,  and  for  the  meetings  of  the 
College  and  Trustees,  also  for  the  laboratory  for  practical  in- 
struction in  chemistry  and  pharmacy. 
The  ceilings  throughout  the  building  are  high  ;  it  is  lighted 
from  all  sides  (the  laboratory  by  sky-lights),  and  being  situated 
back  from  the  street  all  the  rooms  are  remarkably  quiet  and 
well  adapted  to  the  purposes  for  which  they  are  designed. 
The  Alumni  of  the  College  have  recently  subscribed  a  fund 
for  the  establishment  of  a  practical  laboratory,  and  a  room  has 
been  appropriated  to  this  in  the  new  Hall.  It  is  the  intention 
of  the  College  to  open  such  a  department,  as  part  of  the  scheme 
of  instruction,  as  soon  as  the  necessary  arrangements  can  be 
