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li HEil Froidcnl F. Jay Taylor and platform j ucsts at the i routid-hrcaking exercises tor the Tower. Amonp those spadinj; ImI -n iIm -ilr of the Tower were ( mm .; ) Fresidenl Taylor, W. E. Whetstone ol Monro.. Enorh T. Nix of Bossier City, Quintin T. Hardtner of Urania, Charles Wyly Jr. of Dallas and Robert H. Curry of Shrevr- port. Mr. Whetstone. Mr. Nix and Mr. Ciirrv are rnenihers of the State Board of Education. A reception lor the ;eneral pnlilic was helil in Frescott Memorial Library fol- lowing the excavating observance.
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Tower of Learning Louisiana ' s tallest educational building, the 16- story Charles Samuel Wvlv Tower of Learning, is under way al Louisiana Tech Universit . Ground was broken on Ma 22, 1970, for ilie structure, which is scheduled for completion in November, 1972. It will contain numerous classrooms, lil rar facilities, ad- ministration offices, a computer center, space for continuing education programs and a lounge for drive-in students. The l)uilding is being erected adjacent to Prescott Library. Lomax Hall and the old A. E. Phillips L;tbo- ratory School building were torn down to make room for the Tower and jiarking space. Other than federal and stale fun(l . inoiiiN to fi- nance the Tower has come from private sources, such as donations bv Sam Wyly and his brother, Charles Jr., of Dallas, and the Heiirv E. and Quintin T. Hardtner families of Urania. The building has been named the Charles Samuel Wvlv Tower of Learning in tribute to the memorv of the grandfather of the WvK brothers, who contrib- uted subslantialK to the buildinj ' fund. Part of the crowd allending llic historic creMionii iii.irkiiig llic iicgimiiiig ol llic Wvlv Tiiui
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