Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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f 2 L A R- - 2- -Aefff ,:--km 'XV Q:'-,,1 Q, . ..,-. ..s ... .fd by va...-5 ,.-ae, Q, sscf. ...kv Purdue's eighty years oi growth can be dis- cerned in a ten minute wallc from the South Gate to the Field l-louse. The scene varies from the ivy- covered, mid-Victorian halls, through the Func- tional, quadrangular Engineering campus, to the unhallowed scenes of post-war expansion-the quonset huts and army warehouses. Along the way are such contrasts as golden iorsythia flower- ing beside the railroad traclc, and a picture-boolc garden blooming under the shadow of the always smoldering coal pile. -1 ry mfr: , -gg. h r y Dominating the mall of the engineering campus the facade of the executive building watches over a scene where hundreds of students barely perceiving the sun lit columns, hurry to unavoidable eight o'cloclcs.

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Narrow sidewallcs are no encouragement to between class idle conversation, butsome seem obliviousto sucha handicap. Nothing has been quite so remarlcable around the University this year as the sight of roaring Cater- pillars and monstrous steam shovels digging their way across the campus, superintended by numerous wi X :Stiff - ' fav' Q r iigxiig ts t. Y' Ten minutes is iust enough time for one cigarette and, perhaps, a Few invaluable tips on a coming test. sidewallc engineers. Broken sidewallcs, hole-filled streets, and torn-up sod followed in their walce, but fortunately by the end of the year little trace could be lound of the invasion. 'vu . Q... S .-,,, RNS. The clear morning sun, rarely seen in Lafayette, casts haloes ot light around students dodging past cars and bicycles on their way to early classes. The last walk in crisp air may help some stay awalre during their next hour.