Idaho State University - Wickiup Yearbook (Pocatello, ID)

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S N' 'fx Coeds can look forward to living in this four-unit dormitory complex. Each building will have eight stories and the entire structure is estimated to cost 51.25 million. It will be ready for occupancy in the fall of 1966. Future ISU Buildings : .Q-..1,kz, ,, 5- ff M .. .- s From army barracks to spacious auditoriums th1s IS the hope of the Speech and Hearing Clinic. Since the departments birth all classes and clinical sessions have been held 1n Lemhi Hall, a remodeled army barracks The above buildmg is planned for the new center

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.l THE FUTURE Plans for :sus Growth By Bill Hall Idaho State Alumnus Idaho State 'University will one day be a good-sized city within a city with a population of more than 10,000 stu- dents and a large campus dotted with dozens of buildings. The university, now listing an en- rollment of more than 3,500 students, is currently taking a long-range look at how many buildings it will need and where to put them by the time that 10,000th student enrolls. From the tentative study now being made it appears that: -The area behind Red Hill, which is now a bare hillside, may become the location of domitories and recreational facilities, including possibly a field- house and playing fields. -Bicycles could become more com- mon on the campus than cars. -Multi-story buildings will be used to some degree to conserve space. Con- struction may start this year on an eight-story women's dormitory. -The institution may seek city co- operation in encouraging a public transit system to keep the campus from becoming a giant parking lot. The Education Building Complex is designed for future expansion at Idaho State Ml v....-..au- Ill -The entire 317-acre Campus, and probably more land besides, will be dotted with buildings. -The present area known as the lower campus and including such buildings as Liberal Arts, Administra- tion and the Library will be covered with buildings, as it nearly is now. -The area currently known as the upper campus, which is the location of the gymnasium, the College of Edu- cation and several men's dormitories, will be the next scene of construction activity. Li' It's all part of a long-range study to see how ISU can best use its land. John Korbis, director of the physical plant at Idaho State, explains that the study is aimed at determining broad needs only. Specific planning is worthless, said Korbis, because it is always out- dated. But general planning works. Our current investigation is a zonal study to determine what will be required in terms of classrooms, dormi- tories and other facilities. This study has no time limit set on it. It is in the line of planning for 8,500 to 10,000 students. Whether it goes to 10,000 in five years or 50 makes no difference. We are trying to determine the needs for that enrollment, not when they will be needed. And We are pick- ing spots on campus where some of the buildings might go. It has led us to the conclusion, Korbis said, that we're fast running out of land for buildings. We have assumed that we might some day have to buy land, and we will also have to acquire some land that belongs to the state of Idaho. That's in the works now. The study allows the trustees, the administration, the legislature and the whole institution to take a good look at where we are going, Korbis said. In line with flexible planning, Korbis said the institution is trying to make the plant as it exists today more flexible. The buildings we put up 25 to 30 years ago are becoming obsolete in view of our present needs. For the past Hve years we have been trying to put up buildings that will convert in- expensively to many uses. We try to build a sturdy exterior shell and basic physical structures with easily moved partitions and easy access to wiring and plumbing. We have to realize that the class- room we build today might be con- verted later to a laboratory or a larger classroom, Korbis explained. A major headache in the university's planning is parking and student travel. Korbis said that ISU and Pocatello need to develop jointly somehow the climate by which we could get the public transit system started. It would relieve much of our parking problem. New buildings, bicycle paths and transportation-all will have to be worked out before student number 10,000 arrives. And when will that be? It will probably seem like the day after tomorrow, said Dr. Donald E. Walker, ISU president. It's highly speculative, of course, but the conservative estimates of the Stanford Research Report say Idaho State's enrollment will more than double by 1975. That would lead us to expect ISU enrollment to reach the 10,000 mark in 15 to 20 years from now,,' Walker said.

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