Georgia Southern University - Reflector Yearbook (Statesboro, GA)

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THE YEAR 1932-1933 ON THE CAMPUS AS THE 1932-33 session of the South Georgia Teachers College comes to a close l a number of changes are noted on the campus. During the school year there have been many physical changes. The highway from Statesboro to the college and through the grounds lias Keen paved. A side- walk lias been paved part of the way from the city to the college, and shrubbery has been planted along the way- Four new tennis courts have been completed during the year with plans for four more underway. Much new shrubbery has been added on the campus and the new open air theatre stage has been completed on the lakeside. Lake Wells which was completed last spring, now has a much larger lake as a companion. There have keen improvements in the dormitories, in the gymnasium, and in the administration building. The library has keen enlarged to take care of the main new hooks added during the year including the three thousand volumes do- nated by Dr. Lucian Lamar Knight. There have also keen new equipment added in the (lining hall and kitchen and much new furniture has keen put in the place of the older furniture in the administration building and the dormitories. As this hook goes to press a new building is under construction on the campus. This new building, to he a training school, is located just behind East Dormitory, between the dormitory and the president ' s home. The building is of brick, has six large rooms and four half size rooms. There are also four office and conference rooms. The style of the building is similar to that of other buildings on the cam- pus, this style architecture being known as Georgian style. ( n the second floor of the building there will be two large rooms for the per- manent homes of the two societies, the glethorpe, and the Stephens. When the building is completed it will he the first unit of a larger building which is to be constructed later in the form of the letter 1 I.