McGilvrey Hall at Kent State University C. F. RUMOLD Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
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F T H E five state universities in Ohio, Kent State University . is ' the unit for the northeastern section of the
state. McGilvrey Hall is its new science building, constructed as a joint state and federal project hegnn late in 1939 and completed by November, 1940, a t a cost of $1,153,386. The building has four floors and is in the shape of an L. It is placed on the northerly slope of the glacial terminal moraine in such position that ground entrance is made to each of the first three floors. It is supported throughout by a heavy continuous steel skeleton entirely concealed within the masonry. The waIIs are of building brick and tile, faced on the outside with brownish-white glazed brick. The trimming is of native sandstone. The corridor walk+ have their lower two fifths faced with brownish glazed tile brick. The walls and ceilings are of acoustic plaster, and thefloors are of heavy concrete base surfaced with composition slab tiles. McGilvrey Hall has two wings, A and B. The ceiling-floor distance throughout each is 12 feet. Except in the end moms, the room depth is 24 feet, and the corridors are 10
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feet wide. The room partitions are of removable tile or light wood and plaster t o admit of ready changes. Wing A is 236 feet long and has end parts 74 feet wide amd mid-bays 65 feet wide. It is used by the Chemistry and Physics Department. The easterly end is connected by a tunnel t o Kent HaU t o give access to all the main buildings of the university. Over the tunnel is a promenade giving openair communication to the same buildings. Wing B, 180 feet long and 65 feet wide, is used by the Departments of Biology and Geography. A connecting passage bridges over the ground floor at the north end and provides communication a t each level between the second, third, and fourth floors. The ground space under the bridge affords access for vehicles from Lincoln Avenue to the loading platfosms in the angle made by the back walls of the two wings. All the plumbing, piping, and conduits are exposed and are carried in stirrups suspended 2 feet under the ceilings within the rooms. The heating and ventilating system is of the univent-in-outer-wall type, operated in conjunction with a
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>?'*tern of exhaust and blower fans located in a penthouse on the roof. Heat is supplied by steam from the university's central power plant. The lighting is on a liberal scale and is provided by an indirect system of lamps in lyhite globes, using alternating current a t 115 volts. ELECTRICPOWER.Both alternating and direct current is distributed to all parts of the building. The alternating current is provided by a set of transformers taking energy from the outside commercial high-tension line and delivering it a t 220 And 115 volts to a main panel which distributes current to unit distributing panels. The main distribution panel is of
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the enclosed safety type which permits accesb to any separate circuit only after it has been disconnected from its current source. Each circuit in the system is protected by an automatic cutout. High-tension alternating current may be drawn at the main distributing panel and is led to the electrochemistry laboratory and to the advanced physics laboratory. The direct current is furnished by two storage batteries of the lead accumulator type charged by a motor generator set. One battery delivers a maximum voltage of 220 volts and the other a maximum voltage of 110 volts. Each battery delivers current to the same common distribution panel, from which any desired voltages can be delivered to unit panels in the different
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rooms, permitting wide ranges of voltages and currents to the terminals on desks and work tables. DISTILLED WATER. Distilled water is furnished by two completely automatic Barnstead stills, operated iyith either steam or gas, which have capacities of 5 gallons per hour for wing A and 2 gallons per hour for wing B. These stills are located in penthouses. The distilled wat'er is distributed by gravity through aluminum pipes to one point in each laboratory. HYDROGEN SULFIDE. Hydrogen sulfide is delivered from ft gasometer in the penthouse on the roof of wing A to each hood compartment in the two freshman chemistry laboratories and in the qualitative chemistry laboratory through rubber-fabric pipes. The gasometer is charged from commercial cylinders. ELEVATOR.The elevator, located in wing A, is an Otis automatic electric type. Access t o the carriage is had from the corridor and from the storage room on each floor. GENERALFACILITIES. Alternating and direct current, gas, air pressure at 15 pounds, vacuum, and hot and cold water are provided at each lecture table, student's work table, and hood, and at one or more places along the walls of each laboratory and lecture room. These facilities are liberal in each of the research rooms. The compressed air pump and the vacuum pump are operated by electricity and are completely automatic. The vacuum pump is protected by a filter against solids and corrosive liquids and gases. Wing A has in its central part a Focault pendulum shaft which permits of a suspension of 80 feet in the clear. The striking features of the building are the liberality of the lighting, the large ventilating capacity, the large number of electrical outlets and of gas cocks, and the easy accessibility to hot and cold water, and each laboratory and recitation room has a t least one commodious research room and an ample storage room attached to it and leading directly off from it.
Physics Laboratories The freshman, second year, and advanced physics laboratories are located on the ground floor of wing A. Each student work table is equipped with 8 alternating current 115-volt outlets, 8 direct current outlets, 16 gas cocks, 8 vacuum cocks, 8 pressure cocks, and a central sink Tvith 4 cold and 2 hot water faucets. Each laboratory has wall work tables equipped with the same number of each kind of service as the main tables. The freshman physics laboratory and the advanced physics laboratory each has a darkroom attached and all three have large apparatus rooms attached. A fully equipped photography room is attached to the darkroom of the freshman physics laboratory. The magnetism laboratory is on the second floor of wing A. It has four work desks of solid masonry without metal, 4 by 6 feet, with Alberene tops 4 inches thick. Electric current is available from a n independent outlet rising from the floor alongside each table. These nonmagnetic tables are built u p from the firm ground under the floor. Each student table in this laboratory is equipped with 2 alternating current 220-voltJ 2 alternating current 115-volt, 2 direct current outlets, and 2 gas cocks.
General Science Laboratory The general science laboratory is located on the second floor of wing A. The student work tables are equipped on each side with 6 alternating current 115-volt and 6 direct current outlets, 6 gas cocks, and a central sink with hot and cold water. A research laboratory and an apparatus storage room are attached.
Chemistry Laboratories Each laboratory has liberal hood facilities along the inner walls and on the work tables. All hoods are provided with
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liberal connections for alternating and direct current, gas, hydrogen sulfide, distilled water, and hot and cold water, and with sinks between the hood compartments. One or two showers in each laboratory are conveniently located for use in case of accidental catching fire of clothing. The lighting in the laboratories is on a n unusually liberal scale and is brilliant, one 200-watt 115-volt Mazda lamp per 83 square feet of floor surface, approximately throughout. All drawers and lockers have a master-keyed system of locks for use by t h e department when the places are not assigned to students; also hasps for student use with locks of their own purchase. Each student table in the two freshman laboratories and in the qualitative chemistry laboratory has on each side 40 drawers for equiprent, giving 960 rvork places fcr students in freshman chemistry and 480 in qualitative chemistry. These tables are further equipped on each side with 5 alternating current 115-volt and 5 direct current outlets, 5 pressure outlets, 5 cold water taps, 10 gas cocks, and 3 down-draft fume hoods. A balance room accommodating 52 balances on 13 tables is located between the two freshman chemistry laboratories. The lighting here is brilliant, there being eight 200-watt Mazda lamps over the 840 square feet of floor surface. I n the organic, quantitative, physical chemistry, biochemistry, and pharmacy laboratories each student work table has on each side 9 drawers with a locker under each for student equipment, giving 126 places for students in organic chemistry, 162 places in quantitative analysis, 72 places in biochemistry, 36 places in pharmacy, and 72 places in physical chemistry. Each work table in the organic, quantitative, physical, biochemistry, and pharmacy laboratories is supplied on each side with 3 alternating current 115-volt, 3 direct current outlets, 3 vacuum taps, 3 pressure taps, 3 cold water taps, 3 steam taps, 6 gas cocks, and 3 down-draft fume hoods. An ample research room and a storage room are connected with each of these laboratories. The physical chemistry room has in addition a darkroom and a large direct current distributing panel. The balance room between the two quantitative laboratories accommodates 24 balances on 6 tables. The lighting in this room is supplied by four 200-watt Mazda lamps.
Wing B Wing B has laboratories and recitation rooms for physiology, comparative anatomy, ecology, general zoology, general botany, bacteriology, pathology, plant physiology, geology, and geography. Each laboratory has liberal space for side-wall cupboards, storage rooms, and research rooms. The comparative anatomy, ecology, general zoology, general botany, and general biology laboratories are equipped with student work tables designed to have work space on one side only, to permit all students to face the same direction for instructional purposes. Each work table is equipped with 24 drawers for student equipment and 6 alternating current 115volt outlets. Hot and cold water are available a t end sinks. Additional sinks and work-table spaces are provided along the walls. I n the physiology laboratory each student table is provided on each side TT-itli 12 lockers and 12 drawers, alternating current 115-volt and 3 direct current outlets, 12 gas cocks, and 12 pressure taps. Hot and cold water are available a t t h e end sinks. This laboratory also has a large fume hood and a large direct current distribution panel. Each student work table in the bacteriology laboratory has 24 drawers on each side, 8 gas cocks, 4 cold water taps, and 4 electrical outlets. Hot and cold water are available at the end sinks.
