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Several areas on campus
undergoing construction
The Red and Black, Wednesday, September 18, 1874
Page 3C
By CAROLYN TATUM
Assistant state editor
A new student union will be
built “someday” but it will
probably be built in stages,
according to William Hudson,
director of campus planning.
“If the University really gets
behind the idea of building the
center in stages and wants a
3,000-5,000 seat auditorium cos
ting in the range of $3 million
as the first stage, I think it
might be a real possibility,"
Hudson said.
“There has been much dis
cussion of the need for a new
sizeable auditorium for the
campus and I think it is the
best way to get the new
student union center started. I
can’t see all the building being
built at one time, but the
situation may change,” he
added.
“The University usually has
between $15 and $20 million
worth of construction going on
at any given time, and the
construction on the average
lasts about three to four years.
A union center would cost a
great deal of money and would
prevent building a lot of other
needed buildings,” he said.
Several places on campus
are currently undergoing ma
jor construction or renovation.
Connor Hall, the administra
tive offices of the College of
Agriculture, are currently go
ing through complete renova
tion at a cost of over $2.5
million.
“The construction workers
are completely rebuilding the
inside and leaving the outside
walls intact,” Sam Burgess,
editor, agriculture experiment
station and resident instructor
said.
“We are doing this because
of the tradition this building
has in agriculture in Georgia
and 1 understand it has some
very good brick work,” Bur
gess added.
“When the building, which
was built before 1920, opens up
in August of next year, it will
house the office of the Dean of
the College of Agriculture, and
other administrators,” he said.
Although the Physical Plant
does not usually handle jobs
involving more than $20,000,
they are handling the renova
tion of Joe Brown. The job of
changing the former men’s
dorm into a suitable home for
the music department is cost
ing around $150,000.
“It has required accoustical
treatment, rewiring, painting,
new floor coverings and gener
al rearrangement of the walls
to make if more suitable for
the department,” Vance L.
Cecil, Physical Plant adminis
trator, said.
The Physical Plant is also
handling the change of the
men’s dorm. Tucker, to a
building in the School of Social
Work, although it is costing
much less to transform.
“It will be used only as a
seminar room, and thus there
will not be any major knocking
down of the walls. Only paint
ing and air-conditioning are
necessary,” Cecil said.
“Changing the purpose of the
building is much cheaper than
even thinking about a new
building. It often means the
buildings waste things, such as
all the showers in Tucker Hall
won’t be needed by the social
work department, but it is
cheaper than building,” Cecil
said.
The fine arts building is
being renovated for about $1
million. The job is being done
in three phases, so that the
project can be stopped if
necessary before completion
without leaving the place in
disarray.
“The Fine Arts building is
obsolete, but a new building is
financially impossible,” accor
ding to Paul Camp, professor
of drama who has worked
closely with the renovation
project.
The majority of the changes
in phase one of the Fine Arts
renovation will be in the audi
torium. The accoustics and
air-conditioning, lighting and
seating will be changed.
The second phase will include
the remodeling of the balcony
and orchestra annex into two
separate drama laboratories or
workshops.
Phase three will involve the
remodeling of all three floors
in the north wing as music
moves to its proposed home in
Joe Brown.
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FINE ARTS RENOVATED IN THREE STAGES
New building financially impossible
Residence halls receive
renovation this summer
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$20 million worth going on at any one time
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requirement studied
student government
By THOMAS R. FRANKLIN
Assistant news editor
A study of the University’s
six-quarter physical education
requirement directed toward
reduction or elimination of the
requirement is being conduct
ed by members of student
government and at least one
member of the University
Council.
The current requirement has
been termed “unreasonable”
by University Council member
Terry Wehunt, who said he
would like to see it "dropped to
something more realistic like
three quarters.”
Student Government Associ
ation President J Rivers Walsh
has also indicated an interest
in elimination of the require
inent and has "brought it up
before President Davison and
Dean Me Bee . "
Walsh said, however, that he
has not yet compiled enough
information to begin a drive
for elimination and his work so
far has been "kind of laying
the groundwork "
Some research into physical
education requirements at
other institutions has already
been conducted
A report compiled by Mike
Ingram, an undergraduate in
agriculture, shows that from a
survey ol 32 land grant col
leges throughout the country
three schools list two years of
physical education as a requi
site to graduation. These
schools are University of Ar
kansas. Cornell University and
the University.
From the remainder of
schools sampled 44 per cent
have no physical education
courses, and three schools, or
18 per cent, have provisions for
substituting courses for the
fulfillment of P.E. require
ments.
Ingram said the list of
schools includes most land
grant institutions with college
catalogs available in the li
brary. with a focus on the
larger schools.
"I didn't do a complete
study. I just looked at land
grant colleges because they’re
comparable." Ingram said.
The study was completed
during spring quarter as sup
porting evidence for a petition
by Ingram calling.for substitu
tion of military courses in
place of P.E. courses.
Ingram pointed out that
many schools on the list excell
academically and athletically
and have good intramural pro
grams without *be two year
P.E. requirement that is neces
sary here.
Wehunt said he will probably
bring the issue before the
University to have the require
ment eliminated or reduced to
one year following more re
search.
However. Wehunt believe®
that it will take some time
before any action is taken.
"I can’t see the P.E. require
ment dropped down to three
quarters this year, just know
ing the way things are here,”
he said "I can see it happen
ing. It’s just going to take,
you ."he added.
By ALLYN ROLAND
Copy editor
It was a race against time
last week as workmen from
the Physical Plant and those
on contract labored to complete
renovations in dormitories on
campus.
Extensive repairs and remo
deling have been done in
Milledge and Payne during the
summer. Both dorms have
been completely repainted and
the halls carpeted. In Milledge,
complete rewiring was done
and a women's bathroom was
installed. The lobby in Milledge
was enlarged and redecorated
with Payne’s lobby undergoing
redecorating also.
The work this summer is
part of a program under
Housing’s supervision which
was begun in Reed last sum
mer, according to Dr. Dwight
Douglas, director of housing.
In this program, students were
used for the painting in what is
called the Student Paint Pro
gram. This enables Housing to
obtain cheaper labor at a
convenient time, when students
are away. The money saved by
employing students, Douglas
said, can be used for more
improvements in the dorms.
The program, according to
Douglas, also had the advant
age of providing jobs for
students during the summer.
THE TIMETABLE for the
improvement program includ
ed the repainting of Brumby
and Russell on a contract basis
this past winter and the com
plete repainting of Boggs.
Church, Hill. Mell, Libscomb
and part of Clark Howell this
summer.
Housing plans to institute
similar renovations next sum
mer in Myers, Rutherford and
possibly Creswell, according to
Douglas.
Although this summer s work
will not be complete at the
time of the dorms’ opening.
Douglas said, he hoped that
students would understand. He
said that they have had pro
blems with getting supplies
and that has held them up in
finishing the work.
Douglas estimated that Hou
sing has spent over $1 million
in dorm improvements over
the past two years, but that
they are ahead of themselves
because the estimated cycle
for improvements is six or
seven years and they will have
completed the program in three
years.
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