Western Connecticut State University - Pahquioque Yearbook (Danbury, CT)

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THE PROPOSED CLASSROOM GYMNASIUM-AUDITORIUM BUILDING In the very near future, you, the underclassmen, and we, the Alumni, may return to see the new classroom-gymnasium-auditorium building which is going to be built near Higgins Hall on the Osborne Street side of the old field. We would like to give you an extensive tour of this long-needed addition to the campus. As you enter the building from Seventh Avenue you will see many classrooms beautifully equipped and well lighted. From the classrooms you will proceed to the Health and Physical Education unit where you will find the gymnasium, 90' x lO5', which may be used as one large area or as two separate teaching or playing stations. The small gymnasia, 90' x.52', are divided by a large partition, powered by electricity. When used in full size, the space holds a varsity men's bas- ketball court surrounded by more than regulation out-of-bounds space. Bleachers will seat at least 500 spectators and are constructed to recess when not in use. One section of a small gymnasium may be used in the adapted or atypical program. Mirrors, ladders, and other special equip- ment are in this section. The mirrors, which are also used in the dance, are well protected by sliding panels. The other small gymnasium houses any special apparatus used in a well-rounded program. Ample storage rooms lie adjacent to the gymnasia making additional equipment pos- sible. Storage for outdoor equipment is in a separate place. For the first time, locker rooms for men and for women provide shower, dressing and locker accommodations more nearly adequate to a college program. The same holds true for staff accommodations. There is a separate office for each staff member, with appropriate shower, dressing, and storage facilities. A new health unit shows desirable innovations. The nurse's of- fice gives access to small dressing rooms which, in turn, connect with a well-situated examining room. This area replaces the dormitory in- firmary as the center for all medical and physical examinations. Emer- gency rest rooms for men and women, long a need of the college with its growing commuter population, make up the space remaining in the suite. Facilities in our new building make possible a richer and more extensive program for all in Health and Physical Education. .Leaving the Health and Physical Education unit you will find the Music Department which now has adequate provision for rehearsals, practice rooms, studios for private teaching, and other necessary facili- 94

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ties. We now have rooms particularly suited for music. The orc hestra band, large chorus and glee clubs, as well as the large classes in mugig for the elementary education teachers, will have a room large sound , - proofed and acoustically correct for rehearsal and study. There are nine small cubicles for individual practice and two studios f teaching and rehearsals of small ensembles. Or private We will then be able to have our concerts in our own auditorium which includes a stage large enough for our proposed symphony Or- chestra as well as the college chorus and band. Ample storage space for instruments and music library has been provided. Leaving the Music Department you will want to visit the audi- torium unit. You will enter a spacious lobby with a box office, cloak rooms, and rest rooms adjacent. The Auditorium itself is up-to-date in every particular, splendidly equipped, artistically decorated, and capable of seating 600 persons. You will be able to see the stage from all corners of the audience for the Auditorium has a slanting floor and staggered seating arrangement. Mr. Sunderland, the architect, has worked out an excellent lighting system-subtle, indirect lighting for the Auditorium itself and an effective system for the stage, controlled from the projection room in the balcony. Behind the stage, you will see the stage workshop which is large enough to allow for construction and storing of stage sets, dressing rooms with running water g and wardrobes for costumes and properties. Danbury State Teachers College will be happy at last to have an auditorium large enough to accommodate the student body for assem- blies, concerts, plays, commencement, and all other activities which are such an integral part of college life. The second floor above the entrance of the Auditorium houses the Speech Department. The new quarters contain two classrooms, a projection booth and an office for the speech faculty. One of the out- standing features of this group of rooms is the several different func- tions they will perform. One of the classrooms is equipped for use as a studio for weekly radio rehearsals and broadcasts. The rooms are con- structed so that it is possible to have a very well equipped laboratotl' for all of our students, including those needing speech diagnOS1S, clinical help and audiometic testing. The projection lDOOfh houses the stage lighting panel and the broadcasting console. You have now completed a tour of the major units of our new building. We know you will rejoice with us knowing the college W111 have the facilities to do better those activities which were begun when we were at Danbury Teachers College. I 95