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

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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. .

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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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' • »--«.u Lni ersit students il llic- Aikin (Joimt) Branch enjoy an elegant former winter estate as their new campus. Professor Ray M. NN ' ilson, Ucsiikiit I ' roles.sor lectures while liis Political Science class busily takes notes. Rebelaire, USCA newspaper, edited by Nancy Hester, reports student news with candid camjius iihotot raphs. Students enjoy relaxing in the student lounge where the en(ling machines offer refreshments between classes.