Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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TEMPLE FURTHERS CREATIVE ART ACQUISITION of the $1,000,000 Tyler estate in Elkins Park, and establish' ment of the Stella Elkins Tyler School of Fine Arts is the most recent milestone in Temple's steady progress in the arts Temple's School of Music has Icing been deservedly famous. In the Extension Division of the College of Liberal Arts, students are offered courses in such varied fields as the dance, photography, painting and sculpture. The Tyler School revives certain valuable principles of art education as practiced in past centuries, and combines them with the advantages of a democratic society and modern education. The first two or three years of students lives arc years of variety and experimentation in order that they may acquire facility in all possible media and materials. In conjunction with work in the plastic arts, students acquaint themselves with music and the dance, learning to express themselves through these media of sound and rhythm. These courses are supplemented with academic subjects offered in the Teachers College. ART SCHOOL students, such as Miss Anne Don nelly, find the East Terrace an attractive work spot. THE ART MUSEUM, on the Parkway, with it-priceless collections, affords inspiration to all students. THE A' CAPELLA CHOIR, of the Music Education Dc partment, is one of the University's widely known music groups.

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THE FREE LIBRARY, with .1 book capacity of about 1,500,000, is one of the largest such structures in the world It contains unusual collections of rare hooks on the arts, history of law, and orchestral music. It is headquarters for ?l branches. IN A CITY OF CULTURE- | N graceful structures along the magnificent Parkway arc housed collections and exhibits unexcelled anywhere in the world, with centuries of achievement in literature, art, and science, available for a stroll of a few hours. Temple Seniors voted the Free Library most popular, with the Franklin Institute next preferred. Other notable edifices along this broad highway extending from City Hall to the Art Museum, are the Rodin Museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences, the Cathedral, and the Board of Education building. The famed Zoological Gardens, and other museums and exhibits throughout the city, afford unusual cultural opportunities. THE RODIN MUSEUM (right), contains many originals and many recasts of the work of the noted French sculptor. The porch of the Museum is a reproduction of the famous Mu sec at Meudon, in which a similar Rodin collection is housed

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8,485 UNDERGADUATES USE THE NEW LIBRARY NyjEWEST of the I Jniversity's buildings, the Sullivan Memorial Library fulfills one of Temple’s greatest needs. Radiating from the impressive Reference Room, on the second floor (shown below), are many other rooms planned to provide for the ever-growing book collection, and to make these books accessible to students with a minimum of delay The building is in the English collegiate Gothic style of architecture, with walls of Chestnut Hill field stone matching those of Mitten Hall. It contains three stories and a base merit, with the book stacks arranged in seven tiers. Air conditioning and sound-proofing enable students to work m greatest comfort. At left is shown a glimpse of the Business Research Library, which, with the Reserve Book Room, affords additional reading facilities. Unusual in any library is the beautifully furnished Browsing Room, where students arc invited to read for pleasure alone. 24