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A SALUTARY INFLUENCE the institution was well-equipped for science instruction. The two biology laboratories had "all the appliances necessary" for the department's work. The chemistry laboratories were "amply equipped with all the conveniences and apparatus and supplies that are desirable" for introductory and advanced courses. The four main physics rooms were "equipped with modern and carefully selected apparatus for both elementary and advanced work." A year later, as the engineering programs began operating, the catalogue reader was informed that their equipment was "modern and adequate and is being augmented as necessity demands." What remained unwritten at this time was an account of the inability of both presidents Hefelbower and Granville to secure funds for a science building and of the latter to obtain needed additional space for engineering. The addition made to the chemistry building in 1916 was nothing more than a measure for the short run. The average annual amount which the College spent on equipment and supplies for these four departments between 1910 and 1917 is yet another indicator of the limits which the available financial resources continued to place upon it: $130 for biology, $1,890 for chemistry, $600 for engineering, and $795 for physics. In a letter which appeared in the Gettysburgian for June 14, 1922, Professor Parsons complained about "the very inadequate, cramped, and unhealthful quarters the physics department has been compelled to occupy." Whenever there was no steam heat the basement of Glatfelter Hall was damp, and sometimes green mold formed on the walls. Parsons attributed the rheumatism from which most of his staff suffered to these conditions. He thought that the chemistry department had "ridiculously inadequate" quarters and even greater need for better ones than physics. The U.L.C.A. survey team vVhich visited the campus in 1926-1927 used the words crowded and inadequate to describe the conditions of the science laboratories.241 The completion and equipping of Breidenbaugh Hall in 1927-1928, like the construction of the library soon thereafter, was an important achievement in the history of the College. Chemistry and physics professors were largely responsible for the interior design of the first truly up-to-date science building which the College ever had. From 1929 until 1940 Breidenbaugh also housed the biology department. When engineering instruction ceased, the biologists moved to new quarters on the third floor and in the basement of Glatfelter Hall. Annual expenditures for supplies and equipment for the three science departments from 1936 to 1943 averaged $1,100 for biology (they tripled after 1939), $2,065 for chemistry, and $270 for physics. 241U.L.C.A. Survey, 1:415. 58