Weber State University - Acorn Yearbook (Ogden, UT)

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I I In 1938 the Vocational Building was erected at a cost of $145,760. In it ore the shops, laboratories and facili- ties for classes in business, trades, and industry, and the office of the division of technical education and on-the-job training. $65,592 was paid by the federal government for the cost of this building, and since the war the govern- ment has granted $174,397 for tools and equipment; it has also donated much equipment, particularly in the form of airplanes and airplane parts. Eight I

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♦.■ In 1923 the gymnasium building was completed, a project that was chiefly brought about by the efforts of Weber ' s president at that time, Aaron W. Tracy. This building cost $300,000; in it ore found the ballroom, a playing floor with a balcony of 1500 capacity, four hand- ball courts, tiled swimming pool, shower and steam rooms, the ladies ' lounge, the college bookstore, the administrative offices, offices of the President, Registrar, Treasurer, Dean of Student Personnel, Dean of Women, Dean of Men, and Director of Gymnasium. I

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The Central Building was purchased from Ogden City Board of Education in 1938. This purchase was author- ized by Governor Henry H. Blood and was encouraged by the State Board of Education. In it ore the Art Depart- ment, Social Science Department, office of the Summer Session and Evening Schools, Veteran ' s Guidance Center, cafeteria and home economics department, a gymnasium and lecture rooms. •; J Nine