University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Z!!! ill ll FI U! rl: ll rr ff, University Library Five thousand people can make a town. And to its more than 5,000 students the Uni- versity of Arizona is a town - their town for the vears of their college life. But these 5.000 inhabitants must be served. entertained and taken care of, as well as educated - providing a full-time job for five University buildings which remain daily at your service. ..+g F121 M--- 7:3 in ,,.. .Mx mn. , ...1.- .M 4 . .. A ,I ,: ' ..,.+. ff ' p f -' 1 I University Auditorium ' L., .. .. al... .i,.. i..1.a.Q.,m..0..A .mes-W .mamaaius-M ' ' ' - X V ff ..- -. Inside the main gate stands the two-story red brick library. not only the repository for 230,000 volumes. but also a center of student life as well. iiMeet me at the libraryu becomes a common phrase dur- ing final week each semester. The audi- torium, across the street from the library, draws audiences from students and townspeople alike. Sunday Evening Forums, Artist Series presentations and campus and local programs present top personalities before the auditorium foot- lights.

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Old Main and the Student Union - both are University of Arizona landmarks. But a period of 60 years stands between these two buildings which so well re ure- sent the old and the new. Back in 1891 when the University first openecl its doors to students, Old Main was the University. To those first students there was no campus of modern buildings and palm-lined drives - just Old Main, located way out in the desert, several miles from the city of Tucson. The school grew up in the next half century, as did Tucson itself. Now in the midst of the Old Pueblois sprawling settlement, the University boasts 55 buildings on its campus of S5 acres. As the fountain in front of Old Main stands as a memorial to the dead of World WVar 1, so stands the Student Union building, dedicated in 1951 to the Arizona dead of 1rVorld W7ar II. The bell from the U.S.S. Arizona, sunk at Pearl Harbor, rings from the Union tower which dominates the campus. The million-dollar building, sleek and modern, serves as brick-and-mortar proof of the Universityis progress since the days when Old Main was new. K Student Union

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Steward Observatory Arizona State Museum Students can see stars at Arizona all right, and see them better than they could at almost any other university. Large. white- domed Steward Observatory houses a 36-inch reflecting tele- scope, one of the largest on any campus. The largest telescope is primarily for research with two smaller telescopes used for instruction and public demonstration. Arizona history is on display daily at the University in the Arizona State Nluseunr. Located at the Third Street entrance. the Museum specialized in exhibits from the pre-Spanish period of Southwest history. Every ailment from sniffles to broken bones is treated at the University Infirmary. To maintain the health of its student body. the school maintains the 20-bed clinic. open daily and staffed by physicians and graduate nurses. University Infirmary at your ervice . .. 1 -15- 1 il