10 WEBER ACADEMY CATALOGUE ments; the second, by the Library, the Study hall, Reading room, Physical Laboratory, Typewriting room and Athletic room. The new building is a beautiful brick structure joining the old buildings on the west. It is seventy-six feet wide by one hundred five feet in length, with two stories and a basement. On the first floor is located the principal's office, waiting room, commercial department, and six class rooms, the largest of which is twenty-eight by forty feet and the smallest eighteen by twenty-two. The basement contains the Manual Training rooms and the. Zoology, Botany and Chemical laboratories, the Band room, and the "Acorn" room. The second floor is occupied by three class rooms, and the large lecture hall with a seating capacity of fifteen hundred. Library The library is a neatly furnished and well-lighted room adjoining the large study hall and reading room. The shelves contain valuable books on theology, literature, science, history, mathematics, pedagogy, physiology and some rare books on American archaeology. Recently many excellent additions have been made, both by contribution and purchase. During the past year all the books have been newly accessioned and shelf-listed, according to the Dewey system, and student librarians have been placed in charge. The large study hall and reading room is furnished with tables sufficient to accommodate two hundred students; the department is supplied with everything that goes to make a good working library. EquipmentLaboratories The Academy is fairly well equipped with physical apparatus to illustrate the prescribed courses. The more important items are a Wimhurst electrical machine, a Becker analytical balance with weights of precision, WEBER ACADEMY CATALOGUE 11 Ruhmkorff coil, movable coils, electric motor, Wheat-stone bridge, rheostat, Geissler tubes, lifting and force pumps, adjustable inclined plane, galvanometer, electromagnet, sonometer, lenses, chemical thermometers, a variety of primary batteries, and a set of apparatus for students' use in the laboratory. The Chemical laboratory is being thoroughly equipped for experimental work in general chemistry. Large double desks are provided, each of which has adequate drawer and shelf space, and an entire set of apparatus and reagent bottles. One gas connection with a Bunsen burner is conveniently arranged for the use of each student at his desk. Sinks and water connections are also supplied. Two chemical balances with weights of precision are among the more costly apparatus. The department has at its disposal a stock of glass tubing, beakers, test tubes, porcelain ware, laboratory hardware, and a complete supply of chemicals. Any broken apparatus can be replaced at once on written application, so that all delay on account of breakage is avoided. A cabinet containing a representative collection of lead, silver, gold and copper ores, and concentrates from the mines and mills of Utah and adjoining states; a variety of igneous rocks from Central and Southern Utah; specimens of the more common minerals and metamorphic and sedimentary rocks; a number of cretacious and tertiary fossils; a number of Utah stuffed birds and mammals; and a representative collection of land and marine invertebrates preserved in fluids, is at the disposal of students in science. Domestic Science and ArtsThe Domestic Science department occupies the south half of the first floor of the old building, and consists of a large cooking laboratory and cooking room, dining room, and pantry. The furnishings are new and of the best practical material. The cooking laboratory contains four large coal ranges; specially prepared student desks furnished with utensils; cabinets, sinks, and tables.