Taylor University - Ilium / Gem Yearbook (Upland, IN)

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There is a tendency of the scholarly to discredit the athletic. This is a fallacy because an integral part of becoming a balanced individual is to exercise not only the mind, but the body. Taylor has 15 organized sports and 1 1 intramural sports. This year 265 stu- dents participated in intercollegiate sports and over % of the student body was involved with some form of intra- murals. Although men ' s and women ' s tennis, wrestling, golf and field were discontin- ued from the athletic schedule, wom- en ' s cross country was added. We are striving for excellence and high visibil- ity. said Coach Joe Romine, co-ordin- ator of athletics. By dropping the events with low visi- bility, low student participation and low crowd involvement we will be able to improve our other teams. With so many students involved in sports, they are seen as not only pro- moting physical growth but spiritual growth. The teams not only play to- gether, they pray together, Romine said. We encourage Bible studies and prayer meetings . . . when students are competing in an intense situation they can learn to deal with frustrations and situations that they would face out in the world. That is one of the most posi- tive aspects of athletics Romine said. 12

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Taylor ' s campus, covering 240 acres of land, continues to expand. The Her- manson Music Center, with 14 classes and numerous practices held daily in the seven lecture rooms, 26 practice rooms, 14 offices and the 250 person capacity recital hall, was opened. The music department has grown 200% since 1981, according to Dr. Timothy Sharp, chairman of the music department. This is not totally attrib- uted to having new facilities but the nice atmosphere and conveniences im- proved attitudes, and hence, perfor- mances, said Sharp. Plans for the new computerized li- brary were finalized in February. The 61, 000 foot library was scheduled to be built at the center of campus on the highest point of ground; between the music building and the science building. Construction will begin in June and will take 18 months so by December of 1985 we should be moving in, said Da- vid Dickey, the library director. The library will be flexible and hospitable to change. There will be conduits placed every 10 feet on a grid in all the floors so that computer terminals can be put anywhere, for example, said Dickey. The $5.5 million library will have three levels with private lecture rooms, offices and study cubicles on every floor. We will have so much that we have wanted and needed for years, said Dickey. Now, with only 19,000 feet of s pace, we don ' t have nearly enough room for all our books ... we are very excited about it! 14