Arlington State College - Reveille Yearbook (Arlington, TX)

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Q -in .4SC's completed auditorium will seat 2,800 persons and will be used for large stage productions and intercollegiate basketball games. Construction Costs Exceed S3 Million if f,..n.grufArjon began in mid-July. 1964. on the largest expansion program in torium, a health center, an Olympic-size swimming pool, a theater, an thi- hi-t--ry of Arlington State College. Contracts totaling S3,007,068.40 were addition to the student center, and a Utilities System extension. Also, more .ipprow-d by the Texas A851 Board of Directors. parking area was provided, increasing the car capacity to 3,200. l,f'flP'ls infludr-rl in the expansion program were u multi-purpose audi- Tlte 'lllfllfflflilllll uill he .lrlingmnfs mllest building the equivalent ol seven stories. 5 get r 11

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Four-Floor Addition Set for New Library Building CHECK All Navi wtf CASES OVEN ,og msvscnowa BOOKS HERE! After four moxes in about 50 yt-ar-. the library ha- tiniliy I-fun-i i g.-'r:..s:.-et built expressly for it. Since the spring of 1904. the library ha- iw'-rt iwu--fi ir. 4 location on Yates Street behind Preston Hall. ln November the ASM Board of Reg'-nts .tppr--wfl a 52.1 ntiili'-ti i addition to be added beginning this year in order to tue'-t the d'-:n.ind- -r' , enrollments. In addition to air conditioning, more floor space, and more r- 1-rn for 1 library is now able to offer new, improved serxice-. Among these services is the coin-operated Xerox machine in the i-4-1-ni'-nf. Pr five cents a page, the copier can reproduce almost any printed nut-,-tial in J rrzsttr-r of seconds. Also located in the basement is the audio-xisual aids department. Here -tum-nu can listen to language, music, poetry. drama. shorthand. and hist--ri-iii tapes. Smoking areas and lounges in which to read current peril-di-ral-. new-pap--'ra ,xii browsing books are other innovations to be found in the library. A relatively new offering of the library is goxernment documents. situated -n Zh-3 first floor. Because ASC was named a depository for the dtcum-ni-. the iirrai- receives a majority of items published by the federal got-ernment. Because of the large number of technical b-5-flks. the library now holds and anticipates adding in the iuture. a new, more expandable classification system has been adopted. All new books are being classified by the Library of Congress letter method. As time all-Jws. -'-lder books will be changed to fit in with the new designa- tions. bse of the library facilities has increased. perhaps as a result of the more and the additional serviws as well as of the development of .1 more studious carnpm. Circulation has doubled. and .1 count shows that about 3.000 persons use the library on a weekday and about 300 on the weekend.

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:www The theater will seat 500 in air-conditioned comfort. Features of the new theater include a 46-by-88-foot stage and orchestra pit. . 0 t 5 . S '1 Ag E sf t 6, Q KFC. ' ! s if ' 14 .xg iii-Q