Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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there will be a recreation center tentatively to include 10 to 12 bowling alleys, 5 squash courts, 5 hand ball courts, a restaurant, lounge facilities, and all athletic offices. All these are designed to meet the primary needs of Brown in the area of athletics and recreation: required freshman physical educa- tion, intramural competition, unorganized rec- reation, and inter-collegiate athletics. Again, the emphasis is on student growth and develop- ment with facilities provided for competition and activity at all levels.

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MEEHAN AUDITORIUM is an example of Brown's interest beyond the purely academic. The new hockey rink has been part of the reason for the development of a first-rate col- lege hockey team, making hockey one of the leading sports at Brown. The student body has been brought closer together in backing a win- ning team of good players, while everyone has benefited from the recreational opportunities afforded by the rink, with skating parties, physical education classes, and informal skat- ing being held at the rink regularly. As a further step in the direction of expand- ing its athletic facilities, and thereby increasing opportunitiesforstudentdevelopment, Brown now plans a new recreation-athletic complex at Aldrich-Dexter field. There will be five intercon- nected buildings, including a swimming pool, a varsity basketball court, an all-purpose cage, a student union, intramural sports facilities, and the athletic department offices. The swimming pool will be in use nineteen hours a day and will probably be 75 meters long and 25 yards wide. Movable walls will block off the large pool in three regulation-size pools, allowing three swimming activities to be held at one time. The basketball court will have a seating capacity of 5000-70C3. It will be of the most modern design and a great improvement over present facilities. The cage will be a large enclosed area in which football, basketball, track, tennis, baseball, and rained-out intra- mural activities may take place. In addition,

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ON THE GRADUATE LEVEL the University is also expanding its offerings. The number of graduate students is growing rapidly, a fact reflected in the planning for a graduate student center at Brown, probably to be begun in September, 1965. This will include dormitories, seminar rooms, study areas, lounges, possibly living quarters for married couples, and other facilities for education and living. The graduate student body will thus be allowed to develop some overall unity and to take greater advantage of the educational and social opportunities at Brown. This expansion of the graduate program will, of course, aid undergraduates becatse of the expansion of departmental facili- ties and course offerings, and will per- haps provide more reasons for good instructors to come to Brown.