University of Wisconsin River Falls - Meletean Yearbook (River Falls, WI)

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Chalmer Davee Library Books and Learning The college library, when you come to think about it, also has many “convertible” features. Other than books— our library still uses them — there are other sorts of records available here. One mustn’t forget our Twentieth Century method of storing information and experience: the phonograph record, the motion picture film, and the microfilm. The record library is an admirable one. (It’s still amazing to think that our civilization has been able to compress a full-sized symphony orchestra into those grooves on that wafer-thin disk.) And, if we need additional films for instruction or for entertainment, the rental services of the world are happy to oblige. For “living” records, there’s the Little Theatre on the lower floor of this building. The drama department produces its plays here and the works come from all periods and areas of the world.

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Sports and Speeches But, to counterfeit a phrase, all mental play and no work-out would make Jack, or any student for that matter, a dull one. You can get the work-out at the new, huge Karges gym. The building isn’t quite large enough to contain Ramer Field, so we probably will continue to play our football games outside for a while yet. But it is large enough to hold three full-sized basketball courts (with spectator space), exercise rooms, an Olympic-sized swimming pool (with spectator space) and showers, lockers, coaches offices, etc., etc., etc. If you favor individual sports, in addition to swimming there are always wrestling and volleyball and badminton and, work-out of all work-outs, handball. The main gym also proves useful as an auditorium for those large gatherings (such as the Faculty Frolics we had this year), commencement, and for some of the outstanding personalities who visit the campus. The group shown at the right is listening to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. R. A. Karges Physical Education and Recreation Center