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Show THE HERALD, Provo. Utah 18C Page Sunday, March 7, 1971 BriahamYQuna Universit yKs&ps Growin New Buildings Exemplify Growth irftninir if "irf (- - $ the Matliematical Sciences and Four new buildings Computer Buildings, the Chemistry Sto.es, Life Sciences, and dot the Brigham Young University Activities Center campus, signifying a continued building growth for the largest private university in the U S. Just opened for the spring semester classes is the Mathematical Sciences and Computer Building. It houses the BYU Computer Research Center and the office of Institutional Research in addition to the academic departments JL Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics. The building contains 61,000 square feet of floor space in the three-stor- y structure. The Computer Center occupies 14,000 square feet of space, including the computer room of 4000 square feet, staff offices, "debugging rooms," key punch rooms, electrical terminal and storage rooms. rooms, glasshlowing room, bulk chemical storage, bulk solver t storage, gas cylinder storage, acid dispensing stockroom, electronic equipment and test workroom, optics workroom, organic and inorganic chemicals dispensing stockrooms, and glasswashing room. y The Life Sciences building includes a laboratory building that opened this past summer and was named in honor of Dr. John A. Widtsoe, epostle, scientist and president of two universities. Its three-stor- y classroom wing was named for Dr. Thomas L. Martin, BYU dean and noted agronomist and was completed one year earlier in the summer of 1969. The Martin Building, which is entirely a classroom building, includes three floor levels, one below ground and two above. These classrooms serve mainly the College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences. Earthquake Design building is located just south of the Jesse Knight Building and north of the Smith Family Living Center. The building is the first in recent years on campus to be of earthquake design. All outside walls have poured concrete at the top, integrating them into the floor above. section of the The east and Test sides of the three-storstructure have a unique stone facade using a motif of mathematical symbols. The east side of the facade forms the visual terminus of the east-wemall and is lined by Widtsoe Building The Widtsoe Building is appropriately 35 feet directly south of the Martin Building. It includes nine floor levels, two below ground and seven above. The second, third, and fourth levels are accessible from the Martin building through connecting y corridors. This building contains faculty offices and life science laboratories. There are 40,468 squarefeet of floor space on the three levels of the Martin Building, the nine floors of the Widtsoe building total 155,095 square feet. The nine-stor- Math-Comput- nine-stor- y st lampposts. The Chemistry Stores building which opened this fall, is located just south U the Eyring Physical Science Center and Sciences Center. It immediately west of the Martin-Lif- e contains 27,740 square feet of floor space on two floors and is designed specifically for the storage and dispensing of chemistry supplies and equipment serving the entire University's chemical needs. University. The buildings are heir utilized for the first time this year. THE WIDTSOE BUILDING, left, and the Martin Building comprise the Life Sciences Center at Brigham Young BYU Curriculum Completely Revised Since President Wilkinson Took Over Leadership During the administration of President Ernest L. Wilkinson at Brigham Young University, great emphasis has been placed and the on scholarship, curriculum has been completely revised. The five colleges prior to 1950 included the Colleges of Applied Science, Acts and Science, Commerce, Education, Fine Arts, and a Division of Religion and the Graduate School. Those been five colleges have expanded to 13 today with the of such areas as addition General and Technical Education, Nursing, Physical and Engineering Living, Family Industrial College, Sciences. Degree Offerings To the bachelor's and master's degrees which have been authorized since 1918 were added the associate and doctor's degrees. The school changed from the quarter system to the semester system, scholarships were expanded, and the Honors Program was established for needed in the expanding college gifted students. The associate degree is program. The Honors Program, for awarded by the University ir. the data gifted students, under study at fields of business, processing, engineering, family BYU since 1952, was put into living, genealogy, general operation in 1960 simultaneously curriculum, industrial law enforcement, nursing, piano library, technician, and photography. With the authorization of the Ph. D. and Ed. D. degree on Nov. 22, 1957, the academic program at BYU was notably advanced. Between 1957 and the present approval has been given to 19 departments for programs leading to the Ph. D. degree and in 40 fields of study. Two departments offer work leading to the Ed. D. degree. Higher Standards Throughout his administration President Wilkinson has insisted upon ever higher standards of scholarship. Under his direction the curriculum has undergone extensive revision to eliminate or duplicating courses, to strengthen existing courses, and to add courses technology, with the semester system. The Honors Program is now made up of 850 students who are discussion-oriente- d offered small sections of regular and general departmental education courses and a special, general education in professional program, Master's in Program Business Adminstration, a program to train businessmen for decisionmaking, was started in Sept. The 1961. of Institute Government Service, established with the 1961-6- 2 school year, is designed to train students who plan careers in fields such as budget and fiscal work, management, city organization and methods, works public personnel, Honors sequence. administration and foreign service. Other Improvements Also established at BYU in Many other improvements in the BYU curriculum have 1961 was the Institute of Mormon President Studies which is primarily a since thrived Wilkinson's arrival on the research organization, campus, including the Army and concerned with the unique, Air Force ROTC, the weekly contributions of Mormo'nism. Forum series, Lyceum concerts, The Asian Studies Program is Indian Education Program, designed to prepare students for of Business careers ana advanced study in Master Administration program, the specialized field of Asia just Institute of Government Service, as the Studies Institute of Mormon Studies, Program is designed to meet the Asian Studies and Latin professional and cultural goals American Studies. of persons especially interested A new in Latin America. revolutionary Latin-Americ- - il ; HUGE DECORATIVE STONE PANEL characterizes the new Mathematics-Compute- r Science Building at Brigham Young University. It is located Just south of the Jesse Knight mill tittti BYU Tours Audition for World Another of BYU's popular overseas touring groups is the BYU International Folkdancers, who, under the direction of Mrs. Mary Bee Jensen, have made d five European tours in the past decade. This spring they will return to Europe. They have been featured on national TV in every western country in Europe, with around the world. Swedish National TV featuring the group in an hour show in Variety Shows color. In October with the Jane Thompson started Ballroom Dance Team they danced in New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. In 1956 Mrs. Jensen organized fourteen students to dance at a church dinner. Today the Folk Dancers number 400 members. , Important to The Concert Series, which attracts some of the most talented performers in the music world, scheduled 11 concerts for this season. The series, which is held in the de Jong Concert Hall, included appearances by such performers as George Zukerman, Department concert schedule includes by programs organizations such as The Male Chorus, Mixed Chorus, Women's Chorus, University Chorale, Oratorio Choir, A Cappella Choir, BYU Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Chamber Orchestra, and numerous ensembles, student and faculty recitals. This year the organizations presented over 75 musical programs, all held in the various theaters of the Fine Arts Center. Ten theater productions were scheduled for this season, including several world premiere productions by local authors, a popular Broadway hit, a suspense thriller, and a Greek political satire. The BYU Opera Workshop produced "L'Euxir d' Amore," and The Touiing Repertory Theater presented one of the leading bassoon another three productions soloists in the world; Flor during their third season. Belgian Peeters, Art Exhibits organist, Los Indios Tabcjaras, Approximately 100 different guitarists; the Krsmanovich art exhibits are shown every Choir from Yugoslavia; mezzo-soprayear in the Fine Arts Center with Mildred Miller; and the more than 20,000 persons a Utah Symphony with Princess month viewing the exhibits. The Irene and Gina Bachauer. exhibits are acquired from Concert Schedule several sources, including Evjry year the BYU Music BYU's art collection; alumni, world-famo- I 1 I student, and faculty artists; exhibits from other museums; exhibits by nationally prominent artists, foreign works on loan through the governmental agencies, corporation collections. They are usually on display a month or less. Broadcast Services are housed Radio studios in the Fine Arts Center. The television operation consist of three TV studios along with two studio The FM control rooms. operation consists of one studio and two control rooms, one of which is used for broadcasting. The other, houses the production facilities for in the Hinckley ir Students BYU Fine Arts Productions at XY' Make Provo One of Cultural Capitals in the Nation The large number cf tine arts centered at productions Brigham Young University makes Provo one of the cultural capitals of the nation. Finest artists and musical organizations of the world arc brought by the Concert Association; leading speakers in all fields appear weekly in forums and in many dozens and conferences; dramatic productions and scores of musical events are open to the public; art exhibits are always on view; and dance events are frequent. USO Troupes "Blithe Spirt" to the Pacific in A number of BYU alumni are 1960, "The Man Who Came To involved in professional enDinner" to the Orient in 1962, The tertainment. popular vocal and the musical "Bye Bye Birdie" to Europe in 1967. Since group, "The Lettermen," has the formation of the BYU nearly always included one Bureau member. Sandi and Salli of "The Lawrence Welk 1968, more extensive tours are Show" and Heather Young of 's "Land of the Giants" now being made within the UJ5. sang together as a trio on The A Cappella Choir, under Program Bureau tours to the1 the baton of Dr. Ralph Wood- Orient and Europe. ward, toured Europe for the second time this past summer. WORLD ALMANAC While in Paris on their FACTS tour, they were invited to give a concert in the famous Notre Dame Cathedral. During their 1968 tour, they won the first place award for mixed choirs at the National Eisteddfod (Arts Festival) in Wales. They have also appeared at three Music ConEducators National ferences. Touring Repertory Theater in ABC-TV- Ballroom team The Ballroom Dance team originated in 1960. Today they are under the direction of Roy and June Mavor, famous names in the dance world. The team has toured throughout the U.S. and Canada. This past fall the 50 dancers carried off a major share of the trophies at the Western U.S. Championships at the California Star Ball in Hollywood and appeared in Lincoln Center with the The Department of Speech and The Young Dramatic Arts has sent out three Brigham Academy, forerunner of the touring productions for the USO. Brigham Young University, was Dr. Harold I. Hansen took founded in 1875 by the president of the LDS Church, Brigham late Dr. Franklin S. Harris, who Young. The academy was the served longer than any other first such LDS academy established by the church. president of the university and In 1931, under the leadership of of Fine the College organized Franklin Stewart Harris, men Arts in 1925. The Fine Arts Center president of the University, a of religious resembles a gigantic "H" for- department at Brigham Young Enrollment med by four wings connected by education was established at the a new record this year reached University time Since that a "grand gallery" which is more university. with 25,021 students in regular daytime than 250 feet long and three-stori- competent scholars in the field classes during the autumn semester. of religion have been added to high. As well as ser-,in- g These students come from every state in BYU the as foyer for the entire the faculty, making the nation and from more than 60 foreign the within institution building and a lobby for the leading countries. They represent every race, the for Church theaters, the central gallery LDS color, and minority group and many of instruction, religious serves also as a special denominations, although more religious inexhibition area with a series of dissemination of religious than 95 percent of the students are struction. art panels forming an enclosed members of the LDS Church. gallery. Enrollment will likely stay at this level Devotional for de the exercises, Two major theaters, the Board of Trustees has set a because one-hawhich of semester credit Jong Concert Hall which seats is 25,000 limit on enrollment. semester, are given Mardi Gras, the French name for Shrove Tuesday, is the last day before the fasting season of Lent. The World Almanac says that in various countries the day is celebrated by spec- tacular parades, street dancing and masked balls. The most colorful carnivals are held in New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro, Cologne and Nice. Reaches Record Enrollment This Year With 25,021 Students XY' es There are various ways of figuring enrollment. On any one day, for example, there are 25,021 students on campus. However, during the year some students leave and others enter, and this is called cumulative enrollment, an indication of the total number served during the year. In the 19G3-7- 0 school year the cumulative enrollment at BYU was 32,568, which is about five times the number served 20 years ago, when President Ernest L Wilkinson took over the University's reins. lf per 1500 and the Pardoe Drama just audio production. one of many religious offerings Theater which has a Hub of this activity is the capacity, are located in the Fine open to students at the Harris Fine Arts Center, the Arts Center. There is also a most complete buildings in the Nelke experimental The departments within the nation devoted to the fine and theater, a Margetts education field have religious 450 seat and a creative arts. The Arena theater, increased and competent structure covers about two acres Madsen recital hall. are now available in of land and contains more than a nearly every field, from the quarter million square feet of scriptures to Biblical languages. floor space. It houses the departments of speech, art, One of the principal functions music and dramatic arts, as well of the BYU program in religious as a complete radio, television education is the training of Progress '71 and journalism center. seminary teachers who are Named In Honor called all over the world for service. It was namqd in honor of the 600-se- 300-se- at 125-se- at five-lev- widely-acclaime- Religious Ed Building. K houses the Computer Research Center and all academic departments for Computer Science, mathematics and statistics. completion next fall. The capacity of 22,000 Is more than that of Madison Square Garden, THE ACTIVITIES CENTER at Brigham Young University is a "giant" of a buildiag that will seat some 22,000 people for all types of sports and other activities. It Is scheduled for personnel. Since the first Oriental tour for the Defense Department in 1960, Program Bureau producer Jane Thompson has taken five more to the Orient, three to Europe, three to Eastern Canada and the Arctic Zone, and one each to the Caribbean and the Middle East. In 1965 "Curtain Time USA" toured for the State Department - Multi-colore- Many Facilities The building contains liquid nitrogen generation and storage On an entrance to Brigham producing variety shows at BYU Young University is inscribed, in 1952. Between 1952 and 1966 "The World Is Our Campus." she produced 2,463 shows and Supporting this slogan is the fact after spending three years in that numerous BYU singers, New York, resumed her work at dancers, musicians, comedians BYU in 1959. and novelty acts have spread the Last spring The Young lively, friendly image of BYU around the world. In addition to Ambassadors" traveled to the the foreign tours, the BYU en- Orint along with the "Sounds of tertainment groups have given T.eedom," a patriotic singing hundreds of shows on tours group which appeared on the Ed Sullivan TV show in 1967 and at throughout the United States. the HemisFair in San Antonio, The BYU Program Bureau Texas. Together they appeared has sent out 14 overseas touring at Expo '70 in Osala, Japan. shows to entertain U.S. service bbN- Still under construction is the Activities Center, which is scheduled for completion in the fall. The center, with a seating capacity estimated at 22,000, will surpass the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City. The structure will have a quarter million square feet of floor space and will enclose over eight million cubic feet. Overall the center, in the shape of a rectangle, will be bigger than two football fields placed side by side. d buff bricks that harmonize with the rest of the campus buildings are now being laid on the north side of the Activities Center.! Largest Full-Tim- e Currently, however, BYU ranks as the largest private university in United States e on a basis of students, according to a study released by University of Cincinnati. BYU, which ranks number 21 in the Cincinnati study, is the only private university on the list of the "Big 30" e enrollment. universities based on All of the other schools on the list are large full-tim- full-tim- the area, except University of Colorado, which is number 20. However, in the list of "Big 30" for total state universities outside enrollment, BYU is not included. Largest Groups This year 25 states are represented by more than 100 students at BYU. The largest groups come from Utah with 8,543; California, 5,061; Idaho 2,559; Arizona, 967; Washington, 899; Oregon, 579; Nevada, 493; Colorado, 485; Wyoming, 351; Texas, 319; New Mexico, 285; New York, 243; Illinois, 226; Montana, 211; Virginia, 192. On campus this year also are 7,335 returned missionaries of the LDS Church, who have served in scores of missions all over the world. Tuition recently was raised from $500 to $600 for Church members and from $750 to $900 for nonmembers of the Church. |