Asbury Theological Seminary - Seminarian Yearbook (Wilmore, KY)

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The Present Seminary Building. Hit oll Directly across the street from the Seminary is Asbury College, the institution that fostered the birth and early beginning of Asbury Theological Seminary. The two institutions have many common interests and activities that prove to be of large advantage to both. Lard — i”

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A hod t Our professors come to us with good scholastic standing from a number of different universities. Such schools as the following are represented among the places in which they have pursued gradu- ate studies: Harvard, Drew, University of Kentucky, University of Southern California, Princeton, Biblical Seminary in New York, New York University. Second only to the faculty in importance for the scholastic preparation of a student body is the library. Our Seminary library is probably the most rapidly growing part of the whole institution. We now have more than 15,000 volumes on hand: this is an increase of 300% in less than three years. Many others are on order. Bound volumes of back periodicals are being secured. Those important. ones not available will be secured in micro film. The new library building, now under construction, will have a capacity of 50,000 volumes. It will be well-equipped with modern facilities such as carrels in the stacks, audio-visual aids, and typewriter and conference rooms. Two new full-time librarians have been added to the staff this year, and a third will be added very soon. Next year the staff will offer a course in the use of the library, bibliography, and the building of a personal library. } acully B. JOSEPH MARTIN Th.M., Ph.D. Professor of Christian Education GAILE J. MORRIS M.A., B.D. Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament OLLIE MAE WILLIAMS A.B. i n L.S. Library Cataloguer

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He OE MENA ERORORKeS ie Acme EVA. D Due to the rapid growth of Asbury Theological Seminary our present facilities have become inade- quate . The administration has planned to erect not less than four new buildings, the three buildings of the Morrison quadrangle, including the administration building, a library, and a chapel, and also the ‘Aunt Bettie'’ Morrison Hall as an apartment building for married students. The new Morrison Memorial Ad- ministration Building is now under construction and will be completed the early part of 1947. The archi- tect and engineer say that this will be one of the most modern school buildings in the state of Ken- tucky. Construction has also begun on the library and the apartment building. The library will have a capacity of 50,000 volumes with room for future expansion. The apartment building will have thirty units, each containing a living room, bedroom, kitch- enette, and bath, with up-to-date furnishings. Artist's Sketch of Morrison Memorial Quadrangle.