Western Michigan University - Brown and Gold Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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The addition to the Administration Building will help provide more adequate teaching facilities. Much needed space for the maintenance staff is provided by the addition to the industrial Arts Building. It Is Western ' s first complete post-war building. west of where it now is. At the present time some of this proposed area is being used for the Veterans ' Trailer Camp, only temporarily to accommodate veterans and their wives. Some of the shortage will be relieved by the housing units now completed for veterans and their families, also located in this new campus area. A large addition to the Industrial Arts Building has been completed and is now In use. This addition has been anticipated for quite some time by the maintenance staff to whom this space had been assigned. Much of It Is being used for store room and supplies. Another addition is that to the administration building. The driveway on the side of the building has been filled in, and the building is being connected to the Training School. Rooms will be made from this additional space and used according to the need. Another change on the hilltop noticed at the beginning of the fall term was that of the parking lot. With a greater number of cars on campus, parking became quite a serious problem. As a remedy the lawn on the hilltop was dug up, the drive widened and converted into parking space. This year has brought to Western its largest enrollment In the history of the school. Classrooms have been crowded, an extra half-day of classes added, as well as a 10

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' 0 7 Je tefut IKcc O m ' Kanley Park. Home of future Western At the close of another school year at Western we unfold the pages of the year ' s events. They have been recorded with the hope of bringing back to memory some of the highlights that have made 1947 a memorable year, of the friends and acquaintances you have met, as well as the experiences you have shared in the spirit of Western. Western is experiencing a period of unprecedented growth. While stressing its primary purpose, the professional preparation of teachers, it also provides increasing oppor- tunities for those students who desire training for other vocations or professions. Along with this personnel change, we also see a physical change in view for Western. The first aerial view gives the approximate location of the proposed campus, expanding

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Parking space has been helped consider- ably by the enlargement of the campus parking system. The unprecedented in- crease In enrollment at Western being the cause. Architectural drawing of Western ' s new million dollar classroom building, now under construction. CL ; ' ; ROOM UILDIHG