Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Bugle Yearbook (Blacksburg, VA)

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standing in the doorway of the gymnasium looking toward Burruss Hall. You will see, in the future, on the left of Burruss Hall the applied science group including Davidson Hall and the Academic Science Building. At the far left, radiating from the oval, will be living quarters and the extended agricultural group. On the right of Burruss Hall will be Patton Hall, McBryde Hall, and the com- pleted Mineral Industries Building comprising the engineering group. At the far right on the major axis of the oval will be the memorial On rising ground behind the memorial you will see the Graphic Arts Building. To the right of the mall will be the new library in the same location as the - 7 ' v Agricultural Unit Number Four will connect the General Science Building and the Agricultural Engineering Building 2M if j|- p.-- ii-i|l ; mJt ' « - 1 1 1 sbBi .iist ' isis ■ ' in ' . I oaaS ' USiK ' ' . ! f. m -,ii|: iw ft! h i I w ■ m r. ' Above is shown the Building which will connect the New Agriculturol Hall and the General Science Building present structure. Beyond the old quadrangle there will be new dormitories and the necessary dining facilities. As V. P. I. is a state institution the proposed buildings must be financed through the State Budgetary System, Thus, plans can be adopted and buildings designed but nothing may be erected until appropriations have been made by the Gen- eral Assembly Prior to 1948 partial appropriations have been made for the completion of the agri- cultural group and engineering laboratory, addi- tions to the infirmary, and erection of an academic science building. The money for the other develop- ments has been requested but as yet has not been approved. The expansion of Virginia Tech ' s physical facilities will not change the institution ' s primary aim; rath- er it will strengthen her position and increase her usefulness. V. P. I. will continue to serve the stu- dents, the state, and the nation in the fields of teaching, research, and extension Virginia Tech will continue to operate as a tech- nical professional college serving Virginians first . ' ., ' ,.! ' ■ Irtri 1 ' « The Soils Laboratories will be housed in the Agronomy Lab, shown above

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m B - f ii Approach to the World War II Memorial from the Mall World War II, was forced on the consideration of the Administration. During the period between wars there was a steady increase in the enrollment at V. P. I. A study of this steady increase reveals it would have been sufficient to bring the student body to its present size even if there had not been a war resulting in educational benefits for the vet- erans The Administration, after studying this in- crease in enrollment and surveying the potential college students in the state, concluded that V P I. must expand sufficiently to accommodate 6000 students by 1955. As a result of its findings, the Board of Visitors, in 1946, engaged Alfred Hopkins and Associates to study and report on a plan for growth. The Hop- kins Plan, which calls for further development of the oval scheme, has not been approved in its entirety, but its basic suggestions have been adopt- ed and will be used in future developments. One feature of the plan which transcends all others is the erection of the War Memorial at the campus terminus of the Memorial Hall. Another firm of architects working with the alumni on the memorial also selected this focal point as the logical loca- tion of the monument. The Hopkins Plan divides itself naturally and prop- erly into groups located so as to provide facilities as conveniently as possible Imagine yourself

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and predominately. The work at V. P. I. will be so arranged as not to encroach on the areas of the other state institutions. The Agricultural and Engineering Experiment Stations and the Agri- cultural Extension Service will intensify their in- vestigations of current problems arising in indus- try and disseminate the information uncovered to the persons and agencies that will benefit by it The Agricultural Experiment Station which has been conducting research in the field of agri- culture since 1887 will continue experiments to find better farming methods. However, added emphasis will be placed on its study of the mani- fold problems of distribution, marketing, and social activities in order to make suggestions toward a better community life for the families in the rural sections of Virginia The facts learned through this research are distributed to the farmers and their families by the staff of the Agricultural Ex- tension Service. The Extension Service, serving as the connecting link between the Experiment Sta- tion and the rural families, now plays an integral part, and in the future will play an even greater part, in the life of every Virginian At present we do not have an extension service in the field of engineering, but we do have an experi- Our artist ' s conception of a portion of the new hospital as seen from the Mall The East Gate will connect Patton Hall and the new Engineering Hall ment station which is conducting some worthwhile research, which in most cases is connected with some phase of Virginia ' s industries. Virginia Tech has engineering branches in four of the leading industrial centers of the state: Richmond, Norfolk, Bluefield, and Danville. The Engineering Divisions, operating in cooperation with other educational institutions, offer the equivalent of six quarters instruction in any engineering curriculum taught at Blacksburg. The curricula taught at V. P. I. will continue to cover the fields of engineering, agriculture, and commerce, with added stress being placed on the preparation for positions in Virginia ' s industry. Al- though no additions are planned for the immediate future, the curricula will be kept abreast of cur- rent developments and trends with courses and departments being added if the need for them arises. The functions of resident instruction, research, and extension work are so closely related that each aids and strengthens the other. Since the experi-