Southern Polytechnic State University - Log Yearbook (Marietta, GA)

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... LRADITIONS LAST FOREVER 1. Old classroom building. 2. S.C.T.’s first classroom build- ings were barracks. 3. Students socializing in front of the academic building. 4. Classrooms have come a long way in its forty year existence. 10. Opening De % Pa + 3 t = ee S 5 Pl = =

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Hy if (i : i es Ze ik A SR ne RT OR RE | Abd | The classroom buildings at Southern Tech have come a long way from the barracks on the SCT campus at the Atlanta Naval Air Station in Chamb- lee, Georgia. As mentioned earlier, the campus was moved from Chamblee to Marietta in 1960 and eight original buildings were constructed. There were four classroom buildings providing more than adequate space for the growing Southern Tech population. Over the next thirty years, however, the enrollment of SCT increased dramatically and finally in 1983, the administration decided that the construction of a new classroom building was needed. In the spring of 1984, construction of the new academic building began. The architectural firm of Sizemore and Floyd was chosen to design the new classroom building. But due to slow process and other problems, the school decided to change con- tractors. The academic building was completed and opened in September of 1986. David Sosnin David Sosnin Opening ¢ 9

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Southern Tech began the job of building its solid tradition forty years ago on January 2, 1948. It was on this date that five faculty and staff members opened offices in building 24 of the Naval Atlanta Air Station in Chamblee, Georgia. At this time there were no classroom buildings, no administration building, no student center, and no library. Instead, there were only open barracks which in time would serve the purposes of the building mentioned above. Mr. L. V. Johnson, the man that first conceived the idea of a two-year technical school would become the school’s first director. As Southern Tech’s enrollment grew, it became necessary to find a new location with adequate room for growth. A spot was found in Marietta, Georgia, that suited this purpose, and on December 17, 1958, a ground breaking ceremony was held to start the ‘construction of the present day campus. The new campus was to consist of eight buildings on a 188 acre track of land. The first of Southern Tech’s new dormitories was completed in the latter part of De- cember of 1964. The building provided living facili- ty. — 2 ——— mal - | | | | | — “wy ening 11 Opening