This was called "the Ship Room", a room that existed in Bomberger Memorial Hall. It was called the Ship Room because of the porthole windows that were included as a part of the design of the space.
This photograph, taken sometime between 1900 and 1903, shoes Professor C. Ernest Dechant (Mathematics) and a room full of students busily working. The Physics lab was located in Bomberger room number 15.
Before the science buildings (Thomas Hall and…