Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Greater efforts are required however, as each and every still frustrated student will vouch. As a result, a part of its gigantic development program will include the construc- tion of a new campus library to help solve the problem. The new library will be a consolidated library which will be completely accessible to all members of the University community and adequate to meet the needs of students on all levels. In addition, three new men ' s dormitories also contrib- ute to B.C. ' s new look. These dormitories provide in- creased recreational facilities which include pool tables. ping pong tables, T.V. sets and weightlifting equipment. The students ' rooms also have larger desk areas and bet- ter lighting and heating. This increase in on campus housing functions as a source of unity by allowing the male student to become a more involved member in the B.C. community. Similar accommodations are still merely a dream for B.C. ' s women students. While senior women students may now live in approved apartments, the rest of the women residents are forced to continue under less than ideal conditions. 24

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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

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The aim of Jesuit higher education is the development of the well- rounded individual, physically as well as intellectually. In accordance with this goal, Boston College annually participates in numerous intercollegiate athletic activities and conducts a comprehensive intramural program. The schedules for both include all those sports normally classified as major and a large number of minor ones too. 25