Georgia Institute of Technology - Blueprint Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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GEORGIA TECH TODAY AND TOMORROW I he Georgia liistituti ' of Iccliiiology is today the largest and most outstanding engineering, seicntilic, and arcliitectural edueational and research institution in the South. Since its establishment seventy years ago Georgia Tech. through its graduates, has been instrumental in building up the industrial |)otential of the region until today it is foremost in the countr in growth and opportunities. Ten ears ago there was a full-time erirolliiu-nl (d 2. ' )(l. ) undergraduate and () gratluate students. Studies by administration and faculty indicated that in icw of the industrial growth of the South and the Nation, the buildings, facilities, and equi])mcnt of the Institute should be expanded to take care of a student body of .1.(100. of wliicli number .lOO would be graduate stu- dents. Some of the existing buildings, such as those utilized for textile, architecture, library, general stu- dies, electrical engineering, R.O.T.C, and infirmary purposes were found to be totally inadequate and out- lated for their required functions. A development plan of the campus was prepared, showing present and proposed future buildings and facilities to accommodate a student bod of 5.000. At that time, many of the proposed building- were located outside of the ' . ' i acres owned by Georgia Tech. We have extended our boundaries through purchases of adjacent land so that today we have one large campus of more than 13.5 acres, extending from below North Avenue to above Tenth Street and from the Express- way on the east to Hemphill Avenue and Atlantic Dri e on the west. Xew buildings conijjleted include 84.000.000 of residence halls and apartment houses. Sl.OOO.OOO Hijihtower Textile linililing, SLIOO.OOO Architecture Building. S500.0I);) addition to Research Building, $2.00(3.000 Price Gilbert Library, §750,000 west stands at Grant Field. Sl.OOO.OOO new Power Plant, and S50().(I0() land improvements. For the 195.) fiscal year, the full-time student body had increased to 1.27. ' -i undergraduates and . 2i graduates, a total of 1.601. The June 1 ' ).5:) graduating class of almost 1.000 had held 25,000 individual interviews with 7.000 in- dustrial and governmental agencies wing for their services. Your administration and facult lielic e in the slogan of Georgia Tech. F ' rogress and Service. and as a result we are always planning for tomorrow. As a result, the initial de clo]imcnt plan of the campus is in its elexenth revision. Research activities have jumped from S50.000 in 1911 to more than .§2.000.000 in 1951. Plans and specifications have been complctctl for the .S.IOOO.OOO Classroom Building. .S. ' iOOO.OOO .Alexander Memorial Building and §200,000 { hcmistry .• imex. Oilier constrU( lion |)lanncd to cost .SI 1. 000.000 includes Klectrical F.ngincering. Chemical F.ngineer- ing. R.O.T.C. Armory. Inlirmarv. Student Activities. RcM-arch laboratories, Administration, and (ptlicr buildings. The coming dynamic atomic age of tomorrow will find (jcorgia Tech at the forefront not only in llic South but also in the nation. BLAKE R. VAN LEER President THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

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COL BLAKE R. VAN LEER

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ADMINISTRATION CHERRY L. EMERSON, Vice President PHIL B. NARMORE, Executive Dean 22