Loyola University of Los Angeles - Lair Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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The Malone Memorial Student Center, built in 1959, became the next step in the development program. The Center provides the student with stores, food services, offices, lounges, recreation rooms, and other facilities necessary for a more full univer- sity life. For those students desiring to live on campus, a network of residence halls is being built. Huesman Hall and Sullivan Hall were the first on campus. As part of Project 70, Desmond Hall was completed in 1959, followed two years later by Rosecrans Hall. To meet further needs, a fifth dormitory is yet to be constructed. Malone Sludezzz Cenler

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Cbarler Von Der Abe Libm1'y Shortly thereafter, Father Charles S. Casassa, SJ., the current President of the University, initiated another plan to cope with a generation that will increase enrollment, that Will require greater facilities, an increased faculty, and technological progress. To meet this challenge to higher education, Project 70 was created. This vast master plan calls for new dormitories, library, Student Center, Science Building, Administration Building, and Communication Arts Center to be completed by 1970. In 1929, the original library was assigned to the main floor of a classroom building, St. Robert's Hall. But as the school grew, so did its heart. By 1957 the growth of the University had caused such an increase in attendance that a new library was needed. Wih the- backing of the Von's Foundation, the Charles Von Der Ahe Library was completed in 1959. 1 All ,

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Dexmond Hall 5 The structures most recently completed under Project 70 are the Foley Communi- cation Arts Building, which houses the Strub Memorial Theater, and the Seaver Science Hall. Their modern architecture is indicative of the foresight necessary to a mid- twentieth century university. This foresight will keep Loyola University abreast, if not ahead, of a period in history that places primary emphasis on the fields of science and communication. Project 70 and Loyola University of today are exemplary of the Jesuit educational goal. In order to perfect the complete man the university must be based upon truths fundamental to man and at the same time be able to outfit him for progress. In a sense, Loyola University of today is the culmination of a growing period which started in 1914g in another sense it is only the beginning. For when is the journey of progress completed? When should a man cease to grow in wisdom and in grace? If the student grows as he should at Loyola University, then he will be well prepared to deal with both the spiritual and temporal aspects of life.