Seattle University - Aegis Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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Library Dedication Honors Fr. A. A. Lemieux, S.J. The A. A. Lemieux Library, named in honor of the Very Rev. Albert A. Lemieux, S.J., University president from 1948 to 1965, was dedicated April 21 and marked the high point in the Seventy-fifth Diamond Jubilee Celebration. The Lemieux Library provides seating for 1,100 students and at the present time holds 114,000 volumes in open stacks. The working capacity is now 200,000 volumes and the ultimate storage capacity is 500,000 volumes. First floor facilities include the general reading room, the receiving room, the 104-seat auditorium, the exhibition room, the faculty room and four seminar rooms. The second floor has the main reference service area, charging desk, reserve book desk, librarians’ offices, technical processing area, recreational reading room and three study rooms. The third floor contains open stack areas, periodical stacks and reading lounge, private study carrells, typing carrells, the rare books area, the Wilson Room, housing the “Mary. Queen of Scots” collection and three study rooms. The fourth floor is devoted mainly to stack space but also has private study carrells and five study rooms. The contemporary American Gothic design of the library has an exterior of black and white marble. It appropriately dominates the central campus from its site between 10th and 11th Avenues and Cherry and Columbia. 24

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Parents Weekend Attracts Students And Parents In conjunction with the Lemieux Library dedication. University students and their parents participated in Parents’ Weekend. April 22. The event, an official part of the University’s Seventy-fifth Diamond Jubilee, was designed to acquaint parents with university life and the campus facilities. The weekend opened with registration and a brunch in Bellarminc Hall. A welcome was extended by the Very Rev. John A. Fitterer, S.J.. University president: Tom Hamilton, ASSU president: and Kathy Vanderzicht. AWS president. Parents of daughters attended discussion sessions on college life in the A. A. Lemieux Library. Parents of sons attended orientation sessions in the Thomas J. Bannan Building auditorium. An afternoon tour of Underground Seattle was included in the itinerary. Those parents who did not take the tour visited the residence halls, which held open house. A semi-formal dance for parents and students in Bellarmine Hall concluded the Weekend. (Above) Pat Inman, S.J., Larry Inman, ASSU first vice president: and their parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. Inman, discuss campus life during Parents' Weekend. (Right) Parents and students take advantage of the Spring weather for a stroll dov n the mall during Parents' Weekend. (Belov ) Fr. President extends warm greetings fo parents of Seattle University student Mary Ann Frushour.

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(Left) The architect’s sketch of the new A. A. Lemieux Library shows the 11th Avenue entrance of the contemporary American Gothic structure. (Bottom) The colorful Laigo Mural illustrates the artist’s conception of reality as filled with an essential dynamic energy, which surges toward its Creator with ever increasing vitality. (Below) Fr. Albert A. Lemieux, S.J., thanks students and friends during the Library dedication.