University of Maryland College Park - Terrapin / Reveille Yearbook (College Park, MD)

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nrBni,. F IJMnUi ' i i.; ri IN OCTOBER, YELLOW STEEL SKELETON, SOARING UP FROM MALL MUD HOLE. FRAMES ALMOST COMPLETED JOURNALISM BUILDING. IN MARCH, WITH THREE FLOORS UP. BRICKLAYERS START IN ON TOP FLOOR. BY END OF MONTH ROOF WAS WELL UNDER WAY. ' ? «?!£-i;f y ' •i ... ; .

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LOOKING OVER NEW LIBRARY PLANS ARE OLDEST EMPLOYEE WHITE. BOOKMOBILES KNIGHTS, DIRECTOR ROVELSTAD. CSCS ' s KLEIN. New Library Soars Above Skyline One thing every Marylander was sure to notice this year was construction progress on the Univer- sity ' s new million-volume Library, right smack in the middle of the mall. It was something every student watched with pride, whether he would be here to see it finished or not, for the new Library represented a new kind of Maryland. Work began in the spring of 1956 and was sched- uled for completion by June 1957. However, the steel strike and inclement weather postponed open- ing of the $21 2 million book center until next fall. ■4 SUPERB VIEW OF BOTANY BUILDING AND ENGINEERING CEN- TER GRADUALLY DISAPPEARS AS TOP FLOOR WALL GOES UP.

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:S . siJit:«t. nrvr ' iiisyi. Z. ! ' . ' ' «Sitaeu: CONSTRUCTION ELEVATOR towers over scaffolded stack walls facing Annie A. A-