University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Chemistry and Geology Building Two of the four structures which will be completed when the University occupies its new site in February, 1929, will be the Physics and Chemistry buildings. Included in the former will be the biology department, while geology offices and classes will be temporarily located in the Chem- istry structure, pending the erection of individual buildings. Contracts were let early in Feb- ruary, actual construction beginning later in the semester. Adequate equipment for complete re- search work in the four scientific fields will be installed immediately, and provision made for the expansion of departments now hindered by cramped conditions on the Vermont avenue cam- pus. Immediately upon the completion of the buildings, landscaping of the quadrangle will begin, and an attempt made to rival the present campus in beauty. The total cost of the two buildings, mcluded m a bond issue of $3,000,000, will be $638,875.