University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Yearbook (Oxford, MS)

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1 E 14 S The Williams Family at Home GOOD PLANNING IS A WISE INVESTMENT Among other things, a modern state university is a big business. Its purpose and function is to deliver the most extensive educational service to the people of the state with the money made available. A, in any other business where production is a consideration, the efficiency of the plant is one of the principal elements in the cost of operation. With these things in mind the University Nanning Com- mittee has developed during the last three years what has become known as the Twenty-five Year Plan. Many meetings and many minds have been necessary to bring the plan to its present state of near completion. The Planning Committee is made up of members of the University faculty and staff who have shown unusual interest and ability in this kind of work. Without the encouragement and assistance of the Board of Trustees for Institutions of Higher Learning and the Alumni Association the work of the Committee would have been futile. At the beginning the Committee decided to call in the best consultants to be found to advise the Committee on the overall campus plan and the specific problems that arose as the plan developed. As a result of this far-reaching decision, the members of the Committee and others who have participated in the planning are convinced that the plan when completed will provide Mississippi with one of the nation ' s most beautiful and efficient university plants. A maximum of the income of the University can then go directly into research and teaching because operational costs will be at a minimum. The plan has three major advantages: (I) The basic traditions, the general pattern, and the beauty of the campus not only will be retained but will be emphasized; (2) Automobile traffic will move on the periphery of the building areas where much mo,e space can be provided rather than moving, as at present, through the center of the campus where there is heavy pedestrian traffic; (3) Activities of related function will be located together. Men ' s housing, women ' s housing, feeding facilities, student health service, laundry, playgrounds, and student activities are in one general area of the campus. The classrooms, laboratories, library, and administrative units are in another. Fac- ulty housing is in another area, and the service departments such as warehouses, receiving department, maintenance shops, heating and power plant are in still another. The stadium, field house, and athletic fields are in an area with easy access and with relatively abundant parking space. To acquaint Mississippians with its importance the plan is being circulated throughout the State. When it is understood and accepted by a substantial group of persons interested in the University, there will be less opportunity for special and temporary considerations to cause unwise building and waste. The University and is carrying an impossible overload at the present time. In a plant built for 1,600 students, 3,500 have enrolled this year. Temporary frame buildings have made this possible. Dormitories, classrooms, and laboratories should be built immediately to provide adequate facilities for the present student body. Facilities should be built before 1965 to meet the demand that is certain to be made on the University at that time as a result of the increased birth rate during and after the war. A good question to ask ourselves is, Will the University be better prepared for your own sons and daughters than it was for you? The estimated cost of the completed plan is $25,000,000. Mississippi cannot afford to invest less than $3,000,000 each biennium in capital expenditures at the University. The future of Mississippi will be measured by the quality of its leadership and the quality of its leadership depends in a large part on the University. 0 A 11 F MRS JANIE RICE TAYLOR Jackson MRS. HAZEL PEERY LEE Eupora MR. R. D. MORROW .. Brandon MR. H .G. CARPENTER Rolling Fork MR. J. W. BACKSTROM Leakesville MR. R. W. REED Tupelo MR. REECE D. McLENDON Poplarville 20