Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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Those who seek knowledge find it in many places T' Anyone can find information on sub- jects from atomic energy to zoology in the reference rooms of the Library. The 14,000 full-time students are increasingly made aware of the outstanding accommodations Purdue has to offer. There are 267 classrooms available and 265 Well-equipped laboratories. The library facilities are greatly enhanced by the 450,000 volumes now housed in the new Memorial Center Building. These students find that even studying for a test can be fun when it's done on the lawn on a spring-like afternoon. 26 Opened in the fall, the new Library is a delightful place to study with its bright interior and comfortable chairs.

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One disadvantage of being a town girl is that one must learn to resist tele- vision and other comforts of home. These are the special people who live off-campus-commuters, townspeople, married students and apartment-dwellers. They have made their homes in the many comfortable and convenient West Lafayette and Lafayette residences. Purdue has aided married students by building 908 apartment units, 112 of which are completely furnished. 'I A student living off-campus exhibits his independence as he acquires the techniques of cleaning his own room. With representatives of fifty-tive countries from Afghanistan to Venezuela, Purdue's foreign student enrollment totals 362. 25

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i 6 ' Frequent field trips afforded to forestry students by the nature of their subject offer enjoyable breaks from routine plus the chance to apply classroom teachings. Blackboards covered with jottings and straight-back wooden chairs-these are standard items in any classroom. I