Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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excellence, Boston College has undergone continuous transformation. One of the most obvious indications of this has been, of course, the expansion of its physical plant. The University has recently added a faculty center, a science center, three dormitories, expanded library fa- cilities, and has begun construction of a social sciences center. The new biology and physics center, Higgins Hall, has been referred to by Reverend Michael P. Walsh as the building that will enable the University to move toward greater accomplishments and fuller participation in the dramatic expansion of scientific knowledge and research in our present day society. In addition to the usual assortment of classroom, offi- ces, and seminar rooms, the building also contains spe- cial animal rooms, constant temperature rooms, a green- house, and a closed circuit television system. The new Carney Faculty Center provides long needed office space for the University ' s ever increasing faculty. Departmental personnel are now gathered under one n:ziirjji., . imniii 22

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tion of the University just as much as it has contributed to his formation. Critical analysis, questioning, and in- dividual judgment have replaced passive acceptance of material in the classroom. There is a more meaningful dialogue between the student and the professor. Creativ- ity and freedom of scholarship is encouraged. The stu- dent is more vocal and his voice is heard and, with ever increasing frequency, heeded. We have witnessed a great academic revolution at B.C., but the effects of this change will not be totally felt during our lifetime. These effects will radiate from the Heights to be absorbed and appreciated by all those who have any contact with Boston College, either the Univer- sity, the students, or the graduates. The last four years have not seen an end to the academic problems of the University, or even of each individual college, but a be- ginning has been made. We have witnessed a dynamic transformation whose products will long outlive the proc- esses which made them. In keeping with its ever constant drive for strength in 21

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convenient roof — a tremendous improvement over pre- vious, decentralized, haphazard facilities. Its functional design which includes well lighted, air conditioned class- rooms and offices make for an atmosphere most condu- cive to study and work and are greatly appreciated by students and faculty alike The center serves as a memorial to Andrew Carney, the man who helped to make the University possible more than one hundred years ago by providing Reverend John Bapst, S.J. with half the funds required for com- mencing the opera tion of the college. The expansion of the University ' s library facilities is perhaps the most important factor of all for students and faculty specifically and for B.C. academic reputation in general. The quality of the University library system is reflected by the large proportion of B.C. students who continue their studies on the graduate level. Containing more than 650,000 volumes, the system is constantly increasing in size. This year alone it acquired 28,000 new volumes. 23