Southwestern University - Souwester Yearbook (Georgetown, TX)

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sets goals Residence halls should be modernized and I the student development program oriented around the whole person concept. The physical plant and grounds section of the master plan calls for the University to raise and expend some $35 million during the next decade. It envisions a campus organized around a central pedestrian mall replacing the existing circular vehicular drive. The central axis of the circular mall will be the walkway from the Landrum Memorial Foun- tain to the Lois Perkins Chapel. Surrounding the circular mall will be the major complex of academic buildings. These will in- clude an expanded library building about twice its present size and a Fine Arts Center with a series of modifications including a small theatre. The present Jim West Gym- nasium will be transformed into an additional fine arts structure, probably housing sculpture and the plastic arts, with compensating physical education space being added to the present Sid W. Richardson Physical Education Center. The Bishops Memorial Union will be a substantially improved and enlarged struc- ture. The Cullen Building will become primari- ly an administrative, alumni and development building, and space has been allocated for new academic buildings and residence halls if needed. One of the most striking changes in campus appearance will be the rerouting of Maple Street somewhat to the west of its existing position immediately adjacent to the Cullen Building. It will run beside the railroad tracks and be lined with trees to present a new landscaping pattern for the west side of the campus. The Cullen Building and fraternity houses will then open onto a broad lawn rather than the street. Maple Street will curve back from the railroad to join the present circle drive behind the fraternity houses and continue behind Laura Kuykendall and Kurth Halls. Campus beautification, as outlined in the plan, will see the planting of trees and or- namental bushes in many parts of the cam- pus. Parking lots will be placed on the perimeter of the campus and behind major buildings, with landscaping to make them inconspicuous. The first priority in buildings and grounds will be raising some $7 million to renovate cam- pus residence halls. President Shilling and the Board of Trustees have already been working toward accomplishment of this goal and have raised some $6.25 million. It comes from the Houston Endowment Inc. ($5million), the Mabee Foundation ($1 million), and the Moody Foundation ($250,000). 11

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