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Page 26 text:
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A gaze in nearly every direction from the center of the campus is bound to settle on construction of some sort. Truclcs roll in an endless progression to all corners of Southern. Loaded with steel, lumber, cable, briclcs, and concrete, they carry the mal4e-up for Southern's new lace. Molding graceful curves with lengthy steel arches, worlc- men slowly raise the PE dome. Late in the night, lights shine from the top of Morris Library and the sounds of building brealc the silence. Southern's face is changing. The bit turns, and wood Fibers give way to man's ingenuity with tools. L. Qi. 'lr 'HY I X jg Once a baseball field the Education Building site has been surveyed, staked, and carved by man and machine to form an angular earthen canyon soon to be filled with and overshadowed by a structure of wood, concrete, steel, and glass. ii , zfviiifi' gn.-. :e.5...., sw egg, -sie. M ,mf Q55
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A workman atop Morris Library made some preliminary studies before the addition of a new tower was begun. While construction continued on the upper three stories ol Morris Library, Final approval was given to the plans ot the College of Education Building and worlc was be- gun on it late in 1962. The Physical Education and Mili- tary Training Building plans left the drawing board, and its huge dome no longer appears to be just a dream. Building at Thompson provided Five new dormitories: three for women and two for men. Southern l-lills was able to oFler to married students additional housing for more than one-hundrecl and forty-lour families. Ready-mixed concrete was poured to Form the foundation for the Education Building. When completed, the Education Building will replace several barracks that house the college's various departmental offices and classes. 19
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New Buildings Convert SIU Campus Scene A row ol pipes, cr basic ingredient of construction or an artist's composition? Nature surrenders in endless progression her natural beauty to man's necessary task of improving his environment. I Q t A y 4 l. . ' f i ,U '. The Physical Education and Military Training Building assumes a distinct Form against the southern Illinois sky that brought bad weather to slow down the building construction pace.
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