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Show Page 2 SIGNPOST February 11, 1953 Sketch Gives Complete Campus Layout s M 3 CI IA- ) HA LEGEND 14 CURB t GUTTER IB ft O ADS IG BRIDGES ID PAFKIN j IE WATER SYSTEM IF SiDl.WALK.5 IG UTILITY EXTENTION HA EDVALSON PROPER' ' V HOME HB WILSON PROPERTY HOME ITC MILLS PROPERTY IV NEW SHOP BLDG. 2" AUDITORIUM TZT GYMNASIUM WEBER COLLEGE UPPlR CAMPUS JAN 31, 135 j This draftsman's chart of the new Weber College campus shows present construction and considerable construction to come, some of it certain and the rest problematical at present. The four classroom buildings, indicated by the rectangles lying at an angle, are in the final stages of completion. Beyond them is the completed heating plant. To the far right in the upper right hand corner is the completed stadium, except for rest rooms, parking lot, etc Adjacent to it is the proposed gymnasium, shaded in with oblique lines. Shown far to the right of the heating plant, also shaded in with oblique lines, are the proposed vocational building and auditorium. Proposed roads and walks are indicated by narrow parallel lines curving here and there over the campus. Other improvements, also property that should be acquired, are indicated by the drawing, and with study can be located, it is hoped. These places are. to be pointed out to legislators during the tour of the new facility. Campus Progress, Outlook Get Birdseye View New campus development, mainly concerned at this time with the completion of four modern classroom structures, is moving forward apace to provide the larger facilities for the opening of school next fall, reported Wallace D. Baddley, superintendent of buildings and grounds. The fate of additional construction, including such basic work as landscaping, curb and gutter, roads, awaits the granting of additional funds, he indicated. In this problematical state also is the construction of a proposed vocational building at the new campus, which w o u 1 d also house other functions besides the Technical Education Division of the school. Inspection of the upper campus by the state legislature this Wednesday may result in action either way which will affect the satisfactory completion of the work on the Mt. Ogden site, other administrative sources said. Exteriors, including the great expanses of glass window space, are now completed for all four classroom buildings, the official reported. In the number four building, the one lying to the east, the work is most advanced with partitions now installed and the work of laying the tile corridors in progress. Plastering was scheduled to be under way. After this work is completed, it is hoped the plasterers can keep moving from one building lo another until their work is done, said Mr. Baddley. Grounds around the number four building are now being shaped to the rough grade, he added. Features of the construction include steel and concrete frames, buff tan brick for the exteriors, plastered and painted walls, ac-coustical fire-proof ceilings, fireproof graveled roofs, vitreous tiled halls, special harmonious color schemes for each building, with which the tile will match. Including the heating plant, completed and lying to the north of the other buildings some distance, the floor space provided to- F 4 t-- z iT.r.r- -J-l "- i ;fc4tfftfc,ltl litis .3 - -Jtt.w- Lying in offset fashion against the wintry backdrop of Mt. Ogden are the three one-story classroom buildings and the one two-story classroom building, at rear, with the center two buildings partly concealed. The modern, spacious low-type construction and the free use of glass can still be noted. Utah has the opportunity here of continuing to build a completely new educational plant in a spacious scenic setting. tals about 89,423 square feet. Present college buildings on the downtown campus have 196,990 square feet, much of it wasted by unuse-able space. This grand total includes Gym, Moench, two Centrals, three annexes, Vocational and Nursery School. Various plans, supported by carefully worked out finances, are under consideration for adding to the new campus building facilities and disposing of, or otherwise utilizing, the old ones. School administration is strongly in favor of erecting an upper campus vocational building of 36,000 square feet, which it is estimated could be made ready by perhaps a year from now. It would house the Technical Division, maintenance shops, receiving depot, and temporarily the cafeteria and student lounge. A new gymnasium for the Mt. Ogden campus is also under consideration. This, with an auditorium and student union building, would make the transfer to the upper campus site complete or nearly so. Sports facilities on Mt. Ogden are already giving coaches and fans promise of a fine football season next fall because of the stadium and playing field, which includes track. Use of the field awaits only such final items as lighting, rest rooms and parking lot surfacing. The present seating will accommodate some 3700 persons.Olsen Construction Co., Salt Lake- City, is building the classrooms. Aikens Construction Co., Ogden, did the heating plant. LOOK - SEE Cont. from page 1 eral buildings, including possible sale, further use by the college or simply closing them up, will receive mention during the inspection.After the assembly there will be luncheon in the cafeteria for the guests. They will return to the Capitol for the afternoon session of the legislature, according to Val Lofgreen. School officials who will be present along with students when the party arrives at the Gym will be Dr. Dixon, Dr. James R. Foulger, Dr. William D. Stratford, Mrs. Clarisse Hall and Miss Mae Welling.The lower campus tour will be directed by Dr. Basil C. Hansen. |