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New Science Building At California Is ReadyBy S. M. HOUSeAlthough some finishing touches remain to be done to the now Science BIdg. at the California State College, President Michael Duda ordered (ho new building to be placed in service at the opening of the final semester of the current school year this week.Originally it was planned to have the building completed next April, but work progressed so auspiciously that jt was decided to place the much-needed structure in service months ahead of the original plan.The new building is a welcome addition to the campus. It contains 10 classrooms, io laboratories, 10 offices, a radio room, a room for the teaching of mechanical subjects, an animal room, a dark room to he used in connection with classes in photography and a variety of s t o r a g e rooms.Ultra-modern In design, much of the exterior wall space is glassed in, affording an extraordinary amount, of natural lighting.Unusual interior features include an elevated physics lecture room, gracefully designed aluminum entrance doors and modish fluorescent lighting.It is planned eventually to have quarters atop Ihe building in which to house a telescope for useof classes In astronomy and kindred subjects.Interior decoration has been carried out not alone for beauty but also wilh consideration for the psychological values of adornment. Green is the basic interior color, although liberal sprinklings of yellow, orange and pink are evident in the various rooms.The walls are plaster with texture d sand finish. Both ceramic and acoustic tile have been used in the main hallway to muffle the customary din of class changes.The spaciousness of the new Science hall is Indicated by the fact that it is expected to accomodate some 25 per cent of the school population which Is nowcrowding the 2.000 mark.With the advent of spring, landscaping of the campus around the new building is planned with the work in charge of a student committee soon to be chosen by the Student Congress. John Lewis, professor of botany and biology, has been designated as faculty advisor for the committee.With the completion of the Science Building, those advocating further expansion of the school’s facilities propose the erection ol a special education hall to be built as a wing to the Noss Laboratory School, and the building of a new library building to di«-rate’#-.••mwtiir.r-.;aNEW BUILDING—This is the flew Science BIdg. it California State College, going into service for the second semester of the current year.place the present outmoded library.Test holes have already been drilled at the proposed site for the library in front of the administration building to determine the typeof foundation necessary for thestructure.An average of 59.000 people were admitted to hospitals each day In the United States in 1958.EagAt IVAdm. JNavy retl for the prccialior A at Mo tiroenshi Sixty poiisors cttc Coi will be Annov was ms council Adm. leghen; at the After en lisle appoin demy Navy. durin{ servic The found the ( nava the ’ one live day.TT ran he of i Ihe Ne aw
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Uniontown Evening Standard
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Jan 30, 1960
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