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Show PAGE 12 WEBER ACADEMY occupied by the Domestic Arts and Domestic Science departments; the second by the Library, the Study Hall, Physical Laboratory, Typewriting Room and Athletic Room. The new building is a beautiful brick structure joining the old building 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 Chemistry laboratories, the Art room and the "Acorn" office. The second floor is occupied by two class rooms, the Band room, the Orchestra room, 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. The books are accessioned and shelf-listed, according to the Dewey system, and an efficient librarian is in charge. The large study hall and reading room is furnished with individual desks sufficient to accommodate two hundred students; the department is supplied with everything that goes to make a good working library. WEBER ACADEMY PAGE 13 Equipment. Chemistry.The chemical laboratory occupies a large, well-ventilated room on the first floor of the new building, and is 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. Physics.The physical laboratory is fairly well supplied with the apparatus necessary to demonstrate the work offered in the course. The more important items are a Wimhurst electrical machine, Ruhmkorff coil, movable coils, electric motor, Wheatstone bridge, rheostat, Geissler tubes, air pump, lifting and force pumps, adjustable inclined plane, galvanometer, electromagnet, sonometer, lenses, thermometers, a variety of galvanic cells and a set of apparatus for students' use in the laboratory. Geology.There is provided for the work in geology a representative collection of specimens. The Collection includes typical specimens of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks; and samples of the more common lead, silver, gold, copper, and iron ores collected in Utah and the adjoining states. During the |