Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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GEORGIAN TERRACE, former estate of Mr and Mrs. George F. Tyler, houses the Art School. ART SCHOOL AND SCENE IN PARK PHILADELPHIA’S park system, one of 1 the finest in the world, gives added reerr at ion space to Temple students Fairmount Park, two miles from the University, con tains 3,500 acres of natural rolling country, enhanced by man's art Memorial Hall and Horticultural Hall offer rare collections of art and plant life. History may be learned by inspection of the several mansions dat ing to Revolutionary Days. The nearby Zoological Gardens contains unexcelled ani mal collections. And for the romantically inclined, it is said that the moon over Fair mount is as inspirational as the balladcer's favorite “moon over Miami. ALONG T HE WISSAIIICKON The pic turesque creek (right), in the northerly part of Fairmount Park, is highly renowned for its beauty.

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YES, THERE IS A TEMPLE CAMPUS! [EXPANSION in recent years has pro vided the University with more open space than is generally realized by those who jibe about the “concrete campus ' At the Oak Lane Country Day School alone. Temple has thirty acres of ground, more than the total acreage of many colleges. The Tyler Art School and its grounds add another nine acres. The tendency has been to make greater use of these divisions for undergraduate teaching The Oak Lane School is a valuable adjunct to the Teachers College, not only for observation teach mg, but also for the X-group The foot-ball squad practices on the grounds. THE FIRST SNOW on the ground brings new beauties to the surroundings of the Art School. I HE OAK LANE SCHOOL, with its covering of ivy, set amid thirty acre of ground just beyond the City Line, is a real beauty spot.

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FUTURE? | N an institution v. h m- prog 1 ross has been so rapid, who can predict for the future? (Completion of the Temple of Learning, either as shown in the design at left or in some other form, seem assured, but what beyond that’ How long before such a splendid plant seems as inadequate to the un Jergraduale needs as doe- the present College Hall, once re garded as the ultimate in Tern f«le achievement? What about the professional schools? What new schools will be added to the University's scope? Will tin University ever move its headquarters to its acreage in the north city, with the present buildings regarded only a- the downtown branch ? Such questions can be better answered when the 1937 graduate turns these pages reverently for his own grandson, saying: This was the Temple that I knew! TEMPLE OF LEARNING A thirty story tower i the central feature of the proposed undergraduate school buildings, of which Carnell and Cnnwcll Halls, shown at light in above picture, arc already completed BUILDING MODEL Bruce Fable studies the plaster model of the Temple of Learning in Conwell Hall. Made in 1926, for the Sesqui'Ccntcniml Exposition, the model lacks some of the more modern touches of the later design shown at the topi of page 2S