University of Montana Western - Chinook Yearbook (Dillon, MT)

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Currently under construction and scheduled for occupancy in the spring is the $540,000 Library and Administration building. The building, which is located between the Student Union and the old Gymnasium, will house, in addition to the library, business and registrar's departments, president's and other administrative offices. The present library reading room will be renovated and converted to classrooms and offices immediately upon transfer of the library to its new quarters. Now in planning stages is a $1-million Classroom and Faculty Office Building, which will house physics, chemistry, and biology departments, complete with associated laboratories and classrooms. The building should be ready for occupancy by Fall Quarter of 1970. Completion of the Classroom and Faculty Office Building will almost double the college's capital investment, which prior to 1967 was listed at approximately $2 V2-million. (top) WMC's new library as it should look after the third floor has been added and the grounds have been landscaped. (Center) This kind of equipment shows WMC’s movement toward modernization. (Below) Student listening to recordings. 12

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Indicative of Western’s growth is the $3,200,000 building program for the 1967-69 biennium, which includes an attractive, highly-func-tional Physical Education Complex, new Library-Administration Building, and a Classroom-Faculty Office Building. The P-E Complex was completed in December, and dedication ceremonies took place February 14-15. This spacious new structure, measuring 150x400 feet and constructed at a cost of $950,000, contains three general areas—the gymnasium with seating for over 2,000, the central three-story portion for offices, classrooms and specialized physical education programs, and a dirt floor arena, which will afford an all-weather facility for P-E activities and classes. (Top) Western's new P-E Complex as it should appear after landscaping. (Middle) One of the many new activities which Western's new PE Complex makes possible. (Bottom) If is easy for athletes to keep in shape with facilities like the new weight room. 1 1

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 With a 1968 autumn quarter enrollment of 962 (an all-time high) and with a projected enrollment of 1230 by 1975, in mind, WMC President James E. Short and a campus development committee, headed by Professor Henry Stish, have prepared a long range building program, extending through the 1975-1977 biennium. Among projects to be given top priority for the 1969-71 period are building renovations, acquisition of 11 acres adjoining the southwest area of the campus, and a .third floor addition to the new library. Replacement of the present swimming pool, extension of the campus food service, and construction of a women's residence hall are projected for 1971-73. The ten year program will total over $2y2-million, with approximately 75 per cent of the projects self-liquidating through fees and rental receipts. (Topi A small sample of the equipment that will be made possible by the new Classroom Faculty Office Building. (Middle) Delving into man’s past will become easier with the modern equipment in the new Classroom, Faculty Office Building. (Bottom) Architect’s draw.ng of the new Classroom Faculty Offico Building. 13