Seattle University - Aegis Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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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.

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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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University Day Activities Bring Visitors To Campus University Day 1967 brought prospective students and their parents to campus April 23. The program, which is designed to acquaint high school students and their parents with the University, included a full program of tours and exhibits. University and departmental displays, demonstrations and consultations acquainted the visitors with the academic program offered and provided them with an opportunity to meet individual teachers. Student organizations exhibits. ROTC demonstrations and guided tours of the campus buildings including the A. A. Lcmicux Library. Campion Tower. Marycrest and Bell-armine Halls, allowed students and parents an opportunity to sec the University facilities and experience the various phases of campus life. Parent-faculty and student-to-student discussions were included in the program, covering such topics as What do you expect your child to get out of college” to “Should I get involved in school activities my first year of college or concentrate on school work only?” Approximately 1.500 high school students and their parents attended. (Top right) Kathy Ryan, nursing student, explains the use of the Bird respirator (o visitors during University Day. (Below) Parents and high school students gather in front of the Spur display on the 11th Avenue mall. (Lower right) High school students register for University Day in the Lemieux Library.