Illinois State Normal University - Index Yearbook (Normal, IL)

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BUILDINGS -OLD AND NEW- Since iTs founding in 1857, ISNU has employed The services of Old Main, The TirsT building on campus, Through The years adding building afTer building as The school expanded in boTh curricula and physical size. Today, afTer nearly a cen- Tury of progress, The campus has grown To a poinT where TwenTy buildings are used six days a week in order To Train Teachers. WiTh an eye casT Toward The fuTure, adminis- TraTors of The building pro- gram will realize an impor- TanT mark wiTh The opening of Two new residence halls in SepTember. Til ,llama 'fr f , 44 me iffw N new 1 ,sg ,gf as HZ QQ ' ,4 mtl- A -Y' 1 ,A...,-. H g , fs, 1, r' 4 . ., . T . IA 'fb , - , - '7l'6igI'f -ig. A4 '+-,iff . . V , T., .v , , s. T A x ,. --- ' I ' 'ia -' ' ix' 111 , ' ' ' ' ...,. . ...J .,...,,..,.if5, ,A-11.-45 .......n. .. .. .,.,4..., - - - T A wavy La- s L 6-J 1 - - -- x. --f L ' 'ff-Q .g:F' . 1 Wg! 4.3 ' ,. ' lf -' K' . f 'igf.i'?'ij l ' A f rs I 1 id, -TLQ - ,4,,. y WIA , kg , fxh., .V .fl .55 ,. ,c V ., ,LL T F , -ft' 1 ' 1 ,Sgr 3:21 L - ,, . in ' i ,l13.' A -' - l. '51-lg,-17.1 it ' ' ' 'rw -ff f if . 4-u any , ff '- -' - 1 ' . if 1 :Ti f .. 'r -. f, 'nr' ' . .. , 3,71 . ' ' ug- -H' '34 'Hb' u,g.:--,.,r-- iv, ' I- gf A, -.4 202. 'is ,Q l I al?

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' f2.W.4 l l With plans being drawn for new build- ings, contracts being let for others, still others under construction, and some hav- ing been dedicated during the current school year, it would seem that the INDEX stat? has made an excellent and a logical decision in having our i951 yearbook centered around a building theme. One becomes quite building conscious by being on the campus of lllinois State Normal University for even a very short period of time and those here throughout the year have adapted themselves to movement around the campus in conformity with construction activities. Even the necessity of dodging grading operations and earth moving equipment and using temporary walks while others are being constructed has become a common ex- perience of students and faculty. Although of necessity there has been great emphasis upon the planning and construction of buildings, the con- clusion should not be drawn that the materialistic aspect is representative ot the teacher education program at l.S.N.U. lt is very true that the greatest single handicap in the progress of Illinois State Normal University has been and still is the great shortage of housing for students in the community, as well as a limited physical plant to provide tor carrying on classroom, laboratory, and similar activities of the instructional program. lt has always been possible to get staft and equipment and to attract students but where to put people and materials has constituted a major problem. Even though the current building program has involved an expenditure, under the high cost of construction, of S6,500,000.00, there remain many actual building needs for a satisfactory furtherance of the work at l.S.N.U. The construction of new elementary and high school buildings, 6 the completion of the west wing of the Special Education Building, the building of a much-needed auditorium that will not only meet present demands but will permit con- struction of additional quarters for the art and home eco- nomics departments where the present auditorium is lo- cated, the building ofthe long-proposed music and speech buildings in the area of the present Administration Build- ing, the expansion of the physical education plant in the nature of a new gymnasium and field house in the area now occupied by the veterans' housing, a new building for business education, and an enlargement of the industrial arts building, all constitute early needs for new buildings. Possibly the one greatest need that would make a decided change in the life of the University is the construction of the student center or student union. lt is hoped that this may be undertaken as a self-liquidating activity similar to that being carried out in the construction of new residence halls, a type of building that will be carried further as demands indicate. Yes, Illinois State Normal University is expanding now in its physical plant to meet the great demands for teachers and building construction will be one constant theme of the University for some time to come. R. W. Fairchild