Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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CITY AND SUBURBS SEND 7,348 DAILY A BOVE and below ground, in automobiles, trains and trolleys, and on bicycles, conic the thousands ot students whose homes are near the University, and who commute daily Modern transportation methods are a far cry from those of 1SS-4, when Temple was founded, eight years before the city's first trolley cars were operated. The Broad Street subway, which speeded transportation from North, South, and West Philadelphia, was placed in operation in 1928. Curiously, as shown in the second photograph. Temple students get off the subway at Columbia, hut Columbia students do nut. The wide streets surrounding the University provide ample parking accommodations for students who drive to classes. Unlike some colleges. Temple does not forbid use of motor ears. 15

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UNIVERSITY NERVI- CENTER Conwell H.ill (front), ami Cornell Hall (rear), house administrative offices as well as class rooms, laboratories, and special facilities. Conwdl Hall was erected in 1924 as part of a plan to have an entire block of six-story structures. In 1926, the Temple of Learning (see p. 28) was planned. Subsequently, ('unwell Hall got another ll»x r. an.d Carncll Hall was opened for use in 1929. The next unit will be the thirty-story central tower. 14

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3,152 STUDENTS LIVE 'ON CAMPUS' p?ROM forty-one states, four territories, and seven foreign countries come the students who make up Temple's cosmopolitan population. Leading state is. of course, Pennsylvania, followed m order hy New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Connecticut. Maryland. Massachusetts, and North Carolina. Panama contributes five students, the Philippine Islands and Puerto Rico, four each: Canada two. China, Honduras. Italy, the British West Indies and Hawa.i one each Although Temple has no men’s dormitories, the recently remodeled woman’s dorms.” with their attractive baby campus, provide such interesting settings as that shown at left. Beautiful Mitten Hall, the “indoor campus” provides students with reading rooms, and rest and recreational facilities, amid luxury like that of an exclusive club. The photograph below shows Christmas decorations in the Great Court.