Arkansas State University - Indian Yearbook (Jonesboro, AR)

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The large, new gymnasium, a by-product of last year's storm damage, was finished just in time for the start of the basketball season.

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The new dorm for women, under construction all year, gave promise of increased housing space for the future, Physical Education facilities took on a new look as the result of an almost complete remodeling program. -1' 1 fi i ff HIS was a year of definite growth to our school as is evidenced by the immense building program launched and continued throughout the year. This pro- gram was highlighted by the construction of a spacious, new gymnasium, affording a much needed increase in seating capacity and a vast improvement in facilities for players and team officials. The long hoped for Post Office finally became a reality and hastened to put an end to the r edless delay of the long mail lines. The added b-Lx space and the stream-lined facilities proved a definite boost to mail-handling techniques and thus provided vastly improved postal service. Added dorm space was provided for the women with the completion of the mammoth new dorm. and work on a new men's dormitory, a twin to the new dorm for women, was begun with strong hopes for its conclusion prior to the start of the coming school year. Final new looks were added by the almost total revamping of the Physical Education building, and the construction of a larger, more functional press box . . . far reach- ing testimonials of our vear's growth toward eventual University status. A-State mail service was given a definite boost with the tompletion of the modernistic PUSI office building, fl . ':'1:,:...-1.24. 441. ft ,tacos--r t - -ew ug-. . , ..,,. -,.,-. h..- ,gag-.1-.,--tr, y