Academic buildings and halls of residence, plans and descriptions . feet, and are large enough for a gymnastic class of100 students and for indoor tennis and basket-ball. The newrunning track is six feet in width, instead of four feet as formerly,and conforms to modern requirements. The swimming tank,which is preserved from the former building, is adequately lightedthrough windows along its entire length and properly ventilated,the supply of air being changed every ten minutes. There arecloak rooms and waiting rooms of ample size. A double staircaseascends through the tower to a roof garden, 9
Academic buildings and halls of residence, plans and descriptions . feet, and are large enough for a gymnastic class of100 students and for indoor tennis and basket-ball. The newrunning track is six feet in width, instead of four feet as formerly,and conforms to modern requirements. The swimming tank,which is preserved from the former building, is adequately lightedthrough windows along its entire length and properly ventilated,the supply of air being changed every ten minutes. There arecloak rooms and waiting rooms of ample size. A double staircaseascends through the tower to a roof garden, 90 feet by 50 feet,which may be used for class suppers and other purposes. Thereare a number of exits in case of fire. In addition to the largeentrance hall and stairway, double doors open at the rear of themain room onto the back road; iron stairways connect the runningtrack and main room with the basement where there is anotherlarge doorway. The running track opens through two doorsonto the low roofs on either side of the entrance tower. (J&, fe?.
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