Assumption High School - Crusader Purple Raider Yearbook (Windsor, Ontario Canada)

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out an extended period of time. The architec- lnral planning is already in procens and the first of the new building . the Memorial Science Building, it nearing completion. This building will he dedicated to the memory of the more than 200 former Assumption students who gave their lives in World War II. But tin- construe- lion of the other buildings planned has heyn made contingent Upon tile assurance of the nec¬ essary funds for each building before ground is broken. I lie development plan shows the proposed building expansion and landscape changes. Be¬ fore setting out on the program of expansion it w as derided that it was desirable to rctuin as far as possible all that was established and familiar both in architecture and landscape. Accordingly the buildings along Huron Line will he pre¬ served intact and present and future expansion will he projected in a northerly and easterly direction. The park-like character of the front¬ age on the Detroit River and the fact that Lon¬ don St. is one of the chief thoroughfares through the- city determined the importance of the main entrance to the campus at this point. When the new buildings are erected this driveway from London St. will lead into an inner campus around which all college activities will centre. New drives and walks through this enclosed quadrangular area will he created as the need arises, and tlu- planting of trees and shrubs will bring hack tlu- park-like character it enjoyed in past decades. As one enters the inner campus from the north along the driveway from London St., on the right-hand side stands historic Assumption Church first erected in 1702 replacing at that time the Huron Indian Mission Church which tood on the shore of the river. Vt the head of the main driveway and screening from view the central heating plant, will be erected a new administration bui lding. To the east is the new Science Building which will house the depart¬ ment of Physics, Chemistry, Biology. Psychology ami Mathematics. North of this building will he tlu- new Library wtih stack capacity for 65,00(1 volumes, ami containing ulso clussrooin facilities lor the humanities ami tlu- social sciences. On tile corner of London St. and Patricia Road will he a theatre-auditorium, which as an auditorium will have a seating capacity of 1500, and will be designed that its rapacity may be reduced to half that ntimber for the presentation of plays. Ibis building will house also a little theatre and music rooms, classrooms, dll brooms, etc. As planned the theatre-auditorium will serve as a social union building and will he one of the most attractive features of the campus. Its accessibility ami location at the main entrance to the college will insure it? use by both college students and the public for social activities. A eafeteria for the use of college students will he provided in this building. group of dormitories for 200 or more resident college students is also being planned. To the south of the group of buildings is the athletic and recreational field providing facili¬ ties for football, baseball, tennis, etc. New hand- hull courts llii e been erected ami the g mnasiiim has been doubled in size. Additional property near the campus has been purchased and is available for tlu varsity sports, ami the erection of a field home ami stadium is being planned by the Dad’s Club of the College. KOOK STORE Twenty-Jin '

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Assumption (allege Development Plan 0 Tin; sot i n sttORK of the Detroit River, in tin residential district of the village of Sandwich, Ontario I part of the city of indsor. since 1935) Assumption College is located on land donated to the Church by the Huron Indians who occupied this territory when the missionaries first arrived. Beginning as a High School in 1857, in a build¬ ing which now forms the south wing of the group of buildings along Huron Line. Assump¬ tion College became a eollege in faet as well as in name in 1870. when the Bnsilian Fathers ar¬ rived to conduct the College courses. The enrol¬ ment that first year was 29. In the intervening years it has grown steadily until today there are over 600 students enrolled in the College De¬ partment. and this year Inis seen the largest graduating class in the history of the college when 120 young men received their B. degrees. There are, moreover, about 900 students attend¬ ing Assumption High School, and over 300 adults enrolled in Night School classes in both College and High School subjects.) Dormitory facilities, once more than sufficient for all hoarding students, both High School and College, are now limited to the accommodation of about 300 High School student only. All out- of-town College students must seek lodging and hoard in tin homes of the community. I he oldest building. South Hall, a simple building of classic design erected in 1855-57. now houses the departments of Mush and tin Manual •Vrts on the first floor and provides some dormi¬ tory accommodation on the second and third. Centre Hall dating from 1875 and possessing good architectural proportions is the most ex¬ tensive building on the campus and contains the administrative offices and the faculty residential quarters. An east wing to this building was erected in 1881 as Dining Hall and Infirmary. I he Gothic Chapel erected in 1907 forms a north wing. St. Michael ' s Hall erected in 1912. is a dor¬ mitory building for High School students. St. Denis Hall, the gymnasium, constructed in 1915. and enlarged during the present year, contains exercise rooms, lockers, showers and swimming pool, and when remodelled will provide space for athletic offices, two basketball floors, and an indoor field 105 120 feet. The Recitation build¬ ing erected in 1927 am] at that time providing sufficient accommodation for classrooms and library facilities for both the High School and College Departments, now is completely occu¬ pied by the High School alone. The existing buildings are served by a central heating plant which in 1915 was equipped with two new boil¬ ers and space allowed for the addition of a third should the need arise. W hen. in 1915, it became necessary to increase the capacity of the institution to a minimum of 500 College students, and to improve and en¬ large the physical plant, the college authorities selected an architect and directed the prepara¬ tion of a general development plan to control the necessary growth and expansion. At the same time a financial program was adopted which contemplated the solicitation of funds l s r I —jjL $ MJCKW- J S ww ' OQRMircm I ii W J $ r% j m m 9J Q J J il d A A £0 ' JX 1 -d -d fdi.4 4 V - Fd E3 , , 51 j - “ «A — ' -J 4 4 ■J J J Jl J v Jj » j. vj s tj J u, 4 .$ 4- v. 1 , Ci -Hj 4 4 - J ■ , r 3 9TVI I a O so. ro y. £ y. 5 r p o iji tit” j v i 1 i 4 v 5 $ XI J? Q: a ti, J? T. Q »| •rifu-u ■ r=| V 4 ■ ■ 4 u a , j V a 34 W 4 ■ ' j, suwhidh ms 4.7 5 t| j jj t »• ?»»f «- « » || 1 . JRjC ii: Ira! - It ♦ r v Jk . -k mk ' Jk

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