University of Connecticut - Nutmeg Yearbook (Storrs, CT)

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PAGE 8, UPPER PICTURE: Beach Building-housing four floors of scieniific labs and 'rhe business offices. PAGE 8, LOWER PICTURE: Holcomb, Wlwirney, and Spra- gue-women's residence facing spacious lawns and cenfral campus. PAGE 9, UPPER PICTURE: Engineering-forming Ihe nor+l1 side of a green wi+I1 'flue Pharm- acy and Sludenl' Union build- ings. PAGE 9, LOWER PICTURE: Home Economics Building- home of +l1e furure dielicians, dress designers, and ins'ri'ru'rion managers.

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Funzilim' 5001108 Along T110 lfmnpus Walks Physical expansion inevirably was Jrhe lirsl slep in The program. Many line new buildings arose in Jrhe nexl years-rhe Wilbur Cross Library, a disrinclive Colonial American building lhar has become a campus landmark: an engineering building: a home economics building: men's and women's dormilories. The Alwalrer Laboralory for Jrrealmenl and research in animal diseases received a needed new wing. Old buildings were remodeled: live miles of resurfaced roads were added: miles of sidewalks and new alhlelic fields became realily. I In i939 anorher achievemenl was reached- lhe slale college became Jrhe Universily of Con- neclricur. ' ' , fslwwwf' rw ,P ,f -.wN,v,f,gfg-fapfi V : s ea-5 rf fm-sr-fm:-:.g,..,,gi. :-haf:-ez.-i:,H,,:7 Zi-:ami?ff.w'6z-,za-::., M , AP, Y f. A' A- I agus -W - 1, g t' M.-fz,'AZ if W ,G f s - ' rf -' -iwsef. gy., f- 1:-, . J f , '43 9.1 32-' ,. 'f ', .gggggwmffqw j www - if ', Q . , -cufe fg big jr. 4-5 fwfr' sw su V 1.5 My -aa. -4. 1 as W ' 1 ' ,wav -.14 gi '19, . of s a Q f r f V J A' f ' W' ' 2 YM s M? c A,f,., ,. .-vs. , as ,4-Q-ea syym. a+ -2, 'V 4: ' 4 Y, gwfff Xwin 1 96543454 1' x y e?'?'fQ0 Q ' rfist. V, pr v w-, f f Q is ' Q X- -. ,eff -V ,uf ,, ' 4

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,MQEYQ :vi ' ABOVE: Air view of 'rhe impressive Soufh Campus women s living unl'rs BELOW: Cons'rruc'rion of College of Pharmacy Building facing Engineering Building Millions of Dollars of Expansion More sludenls were allracled To lhe Univer- siry oi Conneclicul. A slale law which forbade more Jrhan live hundred sludenls lo reside on campus was repealed, making way for The plan ol sell-supporling, sell-liguidaling dormilories. As a resull, Jrwo new dormilory groups were buill-Jrhe impressively exlensive Norlh Campus dornnilories lor men, opened a year ago for Jrhe lirsl lime: and lhe lwenfy-Jrwo unil wornen's residences, Soulh Campus, which will be lully in operarion nexr fall. This year approxirnalely live Jrhousand srudenls lived on campus. The Universily of Conneclicul has one of largesl srudenl bodies living on campus among universiries in lhe Unired Slales. B