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FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, IMS
Rapid expansion to bring new
beautifications and building
The rapid expansion and growth
rate of West Georgia College has
necessitated a long range look
ahead in the use of land, and to
this end officials here at the col
lege have been very busy laying
plans.
Mr. R. Troy Holcombe, graduate
of the College of Agriculture,
University of Georgia, a former
county agent and official in the
dairy field, is now on the col
lege staff and is working with
a grounds planning and develop
ment program. Also a landscape
architectural firm lias been em
ployed to give technical guidance,
along with a landscape archi
tectural specialist employed by
the Regents to assist all colleges
in the state.
According to Mr. Holcombe, all
phases of landscaping and campus
development are being planned
and worked on intensively. New
street planning, parking areas,
athletic playing fields, and addi
tional buildings, both academic
and living quarters, are under
way and more are being planned
for materialization as early as
possible.
Athletic playing fields north of
Foster Street across from the
Physical Educational building
should be completed this spring.
Completely new fields for base
ball, soccer, etc., should be un
der construction this year in an
area west of the new men’s dor
mitory which is now under con
struction.
Tennis courts are planned to be
constructed where the dairy
barns and house are now located.
Handball courts are planned ad
jacent to the new electric power
sub-station presently being con
structed west of the Physical Ed
ucation building.
An enlarged lake is envisioned
in the present campus area. The
impounding dam would be locat
ed approximately adjacent to the
dairy barn and would cross the
stream to the west, well below
the new men’s dormitory, pres
ently under construction.
The level of this lake would be
the same as the present lake and
would form a leg between Row
Hall and the new men's dormi
tory.
A bridgeway for foot traffic
would be constructed across this
part of the lake for easy ac
cess from the new dormitory,
Strozier Hall, etc., to the new
Student Center and Academic
area.
A long range planning program
calls for placement of more
buildings such as a fine arts
center and auditorium, another
food center, and dormitories for
adequate housing for both men
and women students.
Construction of underground fa
cilities for electrical and tele
phone service is proceeding rap
idly. As the overall expansion
of the college continues, so will
the development of this type of
service so that unsightly over
head lines, poles and cables will
not be in evidence. This will
greatly enhance the beauty of the
campus.
The beautification phase of land
scaping is now proceeding as rap
idly as possible. Many older foun
dation plantings have become un
sightly with age. Some are being
removed and replaced. The hedge
row on the front campus has been
removed, because of its generally
poor condition, and so that prop
er grading and shaping of the
lawn may be accomplished.
The rock wall along Maple Street
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SNOW HINDERS CRANE ON ITS PROGRESS of the new
three-story student center which includes a cafeteria, student
lounge, and student recreation rooms.
is being straightened and unsight
ly wild vines and weeds are being
cleared. Ivey vines are being
planted to give a solid cover to
the wall.
Many sidewalk and step areas
are in plan. This is particularly
true of the inner campus, mall
area tliroughout its length and
breadth. More hard surfaces
is under consideration for areas
of general congestion such as the
front of the old gym.
Much of the landscape work must
necessarily wait upon the com
pletion of construction. This is
particularly true of the beautifi-
THE WEST GEORGIAN
cation phase. However, the land
use phase such as building
placement, streets, athletic
fields, etc. is moving ahead.
Meanwhile, Mr. Holcombe says
“We should be mindful that fac
ulty, staff and students all have
a responsibility to help attain a
fully developed and beautifully
landscaped campus, with ade
quate facilities to accommodate
all who wish to come. We should
strive together to keep a place
of beauty and culture that will
be attractive and so that those
who do come will have a pleasant
stay."
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IMMEDIATELY
Campus calendar
Friday: Debate Tournament, Here, 3:00; Girl’s Basket
ball-Piedmont, Here, 6:00; Swimming Meet—Ga. Tech, Here,
7.30; Frosh Fmanuel College, Here, 8:tl0.
Saturday: Debate Tournament, 8:<MF3:00; Girls’ Basket
ball—Tift, Here, 5:00; W. G. C. vs. Georgia State, Gym, 8:00;
Dance—APO, Old Gym, 8:00.
Tuesday, Ernest Vandiver, Old Gym, 7:30.
Wednesday, Girls’ Basketball—Berry, Here, 4:30; New
man Club, Chapel, 5:30; Mutual Concert, Old Gym, 6:00.
Tanksley presents
gubernatorial issues
One gubernatorial candidate is
willing to see the state legisla
ture gain more power at the ex
pense of the Governor’s office.
Judge Jeptha P. Tanksley,
speaking to an audience of West
Georgia College faculty and stu
dents here, said that the Gov
ernor’s office is too powerful.
The first gubernatorial candi
date to speak here in the current
political series, Judge Tanksley
said that if elected, he would def
initely be willing to delegate some
of his authority to the legisla
ture.
“I want to help the legislature
find its real place in the govern
mental scheme.”
CLEAN SLATE
Another area of the state gov
ernment in which Tanksley would
favor change is the state high
way department. The department,
Tanksley declared, has been run
on a political basis. It would be
his intention, he said, to start
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with “a clean slate.’’
Among his proposals were:
establishment of a special de
partment of municipal and coun
ty aid and development, institu
tion of a mandatory program of
driver training in secondary
schools, provision of supervised
activities for children in con
gested urban areas, and institu
tion of special remedial reading
courses in elementary schools,
and more four-lane thorough
fares.
NOT ONLY ANSWER
Consolidation, urged by Patter
son, is not the only answer to
the education issue, Tanksley
said.
He predicted that Georgia is en
tering upon a great era of im
provement.
The SGS and history and politi
cal science club are co-sponsor
ing the series titled “Politics,
1966.”