Bowling Green State University - Key Yearbook (Bowling Green, OH)

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across the face of the campus Construction of the Universily Union, second-largest in Ohio, began in the fall of 1955. l

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I4 CHANGE is written in bold Planning now for an expected en- rollment of 7,500 students by 1963, Bowling Green is involved intensely in a $32 million development pro- gram. Under Pres. Ralph W. Mc- Donaldk 10-year master plan, class- room buildings will be concentrated in the inner area of the campus. Vaneifs dormitories and sorority row will exist west of the main cam- pus, with men's residence halls lo- cated to the east. Almost half of the proposed con- struction is completed, in progress, or in the architectural planning stages, according to Pres. McDonald. Six major instructional buildings are to be opened in the next six years. When the program is completed, Bowling Green will boast 64 permanent struc- tures. A plot of ground west of the Li- brary became Founders Quadrangle and a Music Bldg. this year. Construc- tion of the Home Economics Bldg. was started this spring in the same area. A new Administration Bldg. is planned lfor the west end of the Mall. A residence center for women will be- gin to take shape this summer north of sorority row, zind construction will soon begin on the proposed Arts and Sciences Bldg. Approximately one-hali 01' the de- velopments, including the $5 million University Union, is being financed through sale 01' self-liquidating bonds. No taxpayers money will be involved, stated the president. letters

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Framework of the future, the skeleton of :1 dream, the Uni- versity Union begins to take shape. Built on the site of the old Falcons Nest, the mammoth structure symbolizes :1 new era; rapid progress is replacing sleepy status quo. Work on the new Union went on day and night, in blister- ing or freezing weather; and the sound of hammering interrupted the sleep of nearby Williams Hall co-eds. I6