Kent State University - Chestnut Burr Yearbook (Kent, OH)

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K , ll- W! Ii alized Van Deusen Hall. Across Terrace Drive, parking lots and sidewalks, architectural elo- quence is embodied in the Business Administration Building with rose-col- ored panels, unique ultra-modern matchbox, hidden stairways and open glass offices. Sattertield, across Por- tage Drive, two connected rectangles form an L, leading on one side to parking and more parking, on another Summit Road and towards the middle of campus, Bowman Hall. Long rectangle, holds classrooms, offices, lecture halls, Bowman Hall, on whose middle campus side lies run- down and ragged, beautiful, aged and decrepit Stopher Hall. Unevenly matched with Lake-Olson and john- son, they form an odd quad. East of Lake-Olson, memorable Memorial Gym is a matchbox, also. A hill in the middle of campus, with trees, pagoda, metal sculptures sur- round Taylor Hall lights gleaming into the night, forever. Glass top, matchbox bottom, two types of beauty together in campus middle. Out the front doors, east across baseball fields and tennis courts, gravel parking lot and open field, Tri- Towers, cracked and peeling paint lend style to the landscape. Through the trees on its north side, Music and Speech, theaters, antennas, music and radio towers. Moving west, Photo ra hy U1 infants- Jagv Darrell VVh1te, middle Tuotnc ':lkim- li P ll l rup, lop lhis p.-igr lm- 'Stn-nger, top left, bottom rlghl Thom Vtfarrvn. top right Dau' Shaffer, bottom left

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H 'Q:Qf'- A'LQ'p. 1 Structure , ,N The buildings ' 'H S' ,'.- , M 'li MINISTRATI u . V-1 'f' Q' V Jfllf'mf l .iv H , x An incredible lack of identity is conjured up as the confusing mass of brick, glass, cement and grass pass the eye of the objective beholder. Lifeless minds meet to form lifeless structures which house lifeless volumes of knowledge. Rockwell Hall library, newly remo- deled dwelling of KSU's adminis- trators rises out of the swamplands of front campus. Circling Rockwell, Franklin, Mcflilvery, on top of the hill, Kent, ti Lowry, down the hill, Moulton, Mer- rill and a stoplight, Main St. Right at the next light, Terrace Drive, old front campus gives way to glass jutting wings and L-shapes of Terrace, Verder, Dunbar and Prentice dormitories. On the left a shrub and tree surrounded hill - plopped in the middle - the Presidents cottage. Up Terrace Drive antique Engleman Hall, ivy-covered, courtyard en- hanced, facing the commons and circl- ing back to connect itself to itself and make the Old Student Union New Black Student Union houses In- stitute for African American Affairs. Down closer to Main St. - match- box drab efficiency of the Education Building tWhite Halll. parking, ramps, stairs and car paths. Looking toward the middle of campus past the heating plant, mag- nificance of expressions, lines and angles and blue-white glass ceilings house KSU art and lie next to an art building of a different kind, industri-

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if 1 rl' mxk .j gv l -Y ll P. ,A 4, ,elf-V . if-f'f'-714' . , . Nixson Hall, a box of light brown brick stands alone. Southeast through parking lots, trees, fields stands Eastway fBroad- wayj, a city in itself, billiards, bowling ... recreation ... snack bar, dormitory rooms and next door - Korb Hall hotel, counseling, accommodations, in- formation and old girls' dormitory. Across a parking lot to the east, Twin Towers, eight story skyscraping dorm, suites and halls, further east across a field is Loop Road. tl Before Loop Road on Eastway Drive, DSU Health Center, miniature hospital, complete with ambulance, pharmacy, wards, and forms to fill out and waiting. Between hospital and Loop Road, Ice Arena, two connected stone boxes, entertainment, recreation and food warmed by a fireplace. Two small groupings, dorms, a new concept in living, open space, plazas, surrounding fields, parking sub- urbs across Rhodes Road is v v campus. Further out a monstrous field, en- circled by seats, the stadium, plenty of parking, shuttle to campus. Reaching to the south stretches of campus, apartments, married students, Aller- ton. Inexpensive bedrooms, kitchen, bath, living is for families attending KSU. From Rhodes Road a long sidewalk like a stairway leads past tennis courts, through a clump of trees, park- ing to Smith, Williams, Cunningham. Lb:--'