Western Michigan University - Brown and Gold Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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Parking space has been helped consider- ably by the enlargement of the campus parking system. The unprecedented in- crease In enrollment at Western being the cause. Architectural drawing of Western ' s new million dollar classroom building, now under construction. CL ; ' ; ROOM UILDIHG

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The addition to the Administration Building will help provide more adequate teaching facilities. Much needed space for the maintenance staff is provided by the addition to the industrial Arts Building. It Is Western ' s first complete post-war building. west of where it now is. At the present time some of this proposed area is being used for the Veterans ' Trailer Camp, only temporarily to accommodate veterans and their wives. Some of the shortage will be relieved by the housing units now completed for veterans and their families, also located in this new campus area. A large addition to the Industrial Arts Building has been completed and is now In use. This addition has been anticipated for quite some time by the maintenance staff to whom this space had been assigned. Much of It Is being used for store room and supplies. Another addition is that to the administration building. The driveway on the side of the building has been filled in, and the building is being connected to the Training School. Rooms will be made from this additional space and used according to the need. Another change on the hilltop noticed at the beginning of the fall term was that of the parking lot. With a greater number of cars on campus, parking became quite a serious problem. As a remedy the lawn on the hilltop was dug up, the drive widened and converted into parking space. This year has brought to Western its largest enrollment In the history of the school. Classrooms have been crowded, an extra half-day of classes added, as well as a 10

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fuller schedule during the day in order to accommodate as many students as possible. To prevent this from happening aga in in the future, a million dollar classroom building is being built. It is located in the new section of the campus, and it is planned that such departments as art, occupational therapy, chemistry, physics, and home economics will be moved into this building. With its modern equipment and spacious room it will prove to be a great asset to the campus. The Arcadia Brook Country Club House which has already been used as a men ' s dormitory during the housing shortage is now a permanent building on Western ' s Campus. With many alterations this will become a convenient dining hall as well as a faculty club house. Those who leave the hilltop this year will remember Western as being small and with most of its buildings on the hill. However, those who are staying are in the midst of a changing college, and we are looking in the future toward the new section of campus. As always, Western is once again moving toward better and bigger things One of Western ' s new faculty apartment buildings, at present under construction at Kanley Park. ■■ W l ' lll ' i tA Wl. :