University of South Carolina Columbia - Garnet and Black Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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Ml oi tlic iifw slriictiiic ' s will liave a(l(i|n.ilr Ihating because of the recent expansion of the physical facilities. The old makes way for the new as Carolina ' s exciting program of growth readies all corners of the campus. Painter works in solitude to complete the renovation of Leiber College, one small part of USCs new look.

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r P i 11 P 11 P g 11 g P 11 11 p p 11 g 11 ii p ii 11 The annex to the En iiutring College, the Engineers ' machine shop, and the Physics ' neutron generator are shown. Kendall Room Contains Historical Collection NE of the outstanding and beautiful places is the Kendall Room in the Caroliniana Li- brary. The A. P. Kendall Estates of Camden donated a most valuable collection of documents, maps, and other historical items. The two new men ' s residence halls will be exact replicas of the present H and J buildings. Seven stories high, with room to accommodate three hundred and fifty students each, these buildings will help relieve some of the problems of housing. Two additional men ' s residence halls are planned to be built adjacent to H and J and the present buildings under construction. The addition to Currell College this year will include twenty offices for English and History professors and a lecture hall. The College of Engineering addition which extended the building to encompass the entire south side of the block between Sumter and Main Streets was completed in the Fall of 1961. This addition includes a large classroom, laboratories, and faculty offices. Another small addition houses additional offices for civil and electrical engineer- ing faculty, a 150-seat lecture hall, and a meeting ro om for the student engineering society. The H. P. Kendall Room in the Carolinian; many valuable documents pertaining to S. Library has C. ' s History.

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Renovation Of Buildings Is Initiated At USC The iiround breaking lor tlif Episcopal Cihurch on tlu ' Canipns was a step forward for a greater University. A MAJOR building rcnovrttion program was - - undertaken in the Fall of 1961. Preston and Burney College (a men ' s dorm), the entire Horse- shoe, and the gymnasium, received a green-gray coat of paint in part of a $167,000 spruce up job. Renoxations for 1962 will include expansion of the Political Science Department in Harper Col- lege, expansion of the Foreign Language Depart- ment in DeSaussure College, expansion of the De- partments of Chemistry and Geology-Geography and relocation of the Physical Plant (maintenance) Department. The Wesley Foundation composed of Method- ist students at USC occupied their new building in the Fall of 1961. Episcopal students will occupy their new chapel in the summer of 1962, and the Lutheran students have purchased a new house on Pendleton Street. The expansion of the re- ligious centers mark a mile stone in religious work on the Carolina campus in theological education. The completion of the Wesley Foundation this Fall marked a new development in relitjions acti iti( ' s at (Carolina. .