The columns in Apperson 212, the largest classroom in Apperson, had been an annoyance for generations of students since 1920,
when 75% of students had trouble seeing the blackboard. Why the columns?
They support the third story, and replicate the structure that supports
the second story (as seen in the current Materials Lab).
John Peterson, professor of civil engineering (wood structures) at OSU,
orchestrated a solution: support a laminated beam by using the load bearing
wall dividing room 306 and 308.
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