Hinds Community College - Eagle Yearbook (Raymond, MS)

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The passing of a landmark — the old power plant is demolished. Era Of Expansion The Progressive Years The scenes pictured on these pages have long since vanished, and a new Hinds Junior College has emerged that does not resemble the old. In the past decade Hinds has grown to become one of the leading junior colleges in the nation. President McLendon has the college now engaged in a major two-stage building program. A new science building was dedicated in the spring of 1958. New Administrative and Academic buildings have been constructed along with a new college cafeteria and grill, President ' s home, music building, home economics model home, and new vocational facilities. A new physical education plant for women was dedi- cated in 1959. Two new dormitories for men and two for women have been completed. In January of this year, the new 40,000 volume Hinds library was opened for student use. The campus now contains more than thirty buildings. Under construction at present is a new science depart- ment annex complete with an astronomy observatory. A new faculty housing subdivision is under construction that will contain two and three bedroom homes and apart- ments. Hinds is rapidly moving forward. A room in one of the original girls ' dormitories. Football became an early favorite at Hinds. A parlor room where boys met girls in the original girls ' dormitory. . i «BW( ww WW««r- »M.- ' --- : S s0 g -

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j ? - W W M«aS. g §; ...... . V,., , ... ... The original secretarial science department a Hind9. A fashionably dressed choir in the early 1930 ' s. A pictoral potpourri of favorite campus pastimes that now seem a million years gone by. One of the first Hinds dramatic groups producing a play named The Submerged. 12

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THE NEW LIBRARY The new Hinds Junior College library, officially opened Jan- uary 3, 1962, is one of the most modern and complete junior college facilities in the nation. Built with the future in mind, the 40,000 volume building can be expanded to accommodate a student body of 4,000. At present, the two levels of the building contain 23,512 square feet of floor space. i The new library represents the forward look on the Hinds campus. The panels on the new science building annex will match those of the library. New and modern buildings fan out from the library, which is planned to be the eventual hub of the campus. With the completion of projected new facilities, the Hinds campus will represent a bold step forward in modern college design.