University of Akron - Tel Buch Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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Campus life on the Hilltop consists of many ajairs, events, happenings, places, and things. The place one is most apt to find the hub of all the activity is the STUDENT MHLDUNIE. Here, the Hilltoppers gather around the tables in the cafeteria for snacks and chats all day long. The lounge is also open for those students with leisure time between classes. Here, the social activities of the campus are held, such as cojee clutches, afternoon teas, tea dances, plus a multitude of various other activities provided to the students. An added feature to campus lije which gath- ers around the Student Building is that of the open air patio adjoining the build- ing. It is the custom of man.y University students to gather here or on the nearby lawn at noon for their lunch. Also a com- mon sight in the spring time is the meet- ing of classes on the lawn.

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V o 'Wwmf S Ex, m The newest of the finished structures on the Hill- top campus is that of KOLBE HALL, The structure received its name from the first president of Akron University, Parke R. Kolbe. This 81,100,000 structure is the new home of the Buchtel College of Liberal Arts. The outstanding feature in its design is that of its colonnade lead- ing from Buchtel Avenue to Memorial Hall. The colonnade not only gives to the building, architectural design and originality but provides the students with a place to sit and study, or a place to stop between buildings in cases of a downpour. The benches here provide facilities to pass away an afternoon of studying in the shade of the colonnade. The colonnade acts as a gate- way to Memorial Hall, especially for crowds leaving the field house after a basketball game or one of the University presentations such as the Town and Gown Series. However, during the school day and evening, Kolbe Hall acts as a place of business. Classes start at Kolbe at 8 o'cloclc in the morning and continue until 10 o'cloclc at night. The building houses along with the University Theatre and the fine arts divisions which are in the east wing, a biology center with biological laboratories and classrooms on the top floor, classrooms on the second floor, with the Dean's ojice and the ojices for the Liberal Arts College on the ground floor. 5 ii v '1 FHQ if ll

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KNIGHT HALL, home of the Chemistry De- partment, houses the ojices of the depart- ment, plus modern classrooms and up-to- date laboratories. Included in the labora- tories are those of rubber chemistry, with all the modern equipment set up for ea- perimentation in this field. Knight Hall was completed in 1950 and is a four story yellow brick building. Although within its walls is all serious thought, surrounding the modern equipment and its use, the outside to the east of the build- ing is the main campus where the stu- dents in good weather may sit and study or just pass the time away between classes. nga-g Q ul 4 W' Nfl! .,pl To engineers and mathematic students, AYER HALL is like home, to them it is their student center. Ayer Hall is the building housing the College of Engineering and .if'5 . , -4 the Department of M athematics: In Ayer the engineers utilize laboratory and class- room facilities and enjoy a private lounge. Someone with a slide rule or surveying equipment can always be seen leaving or entering Ayer. The building functions the year around, with the engineers on the co-op plan, summer school is just another school session.