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Show T Expansion Plans !! i A capital building and expansion program totalling more than $4 million on The Church College of Hawaii campus has been announced by Dr. Stephen L. Brower, college president. Announcement of the new building and improvement program came only days after the dedication of the new CCH Aloha Center, an impressive building complex designed for extensive campus and community use. The building program is scheduled to begin this spring and should be completed within three years, according to Dr. Brower. About 75 percent of the cost of the project will be paid by the church. The remaining 25 percent will be raised through the volunteer development committee. Included in the plans is a $1,800,000 addition to nearly double the capacity of the colleges Ralph Woolley Library, presently the third largest library in the state and a major source of genealogy information for Hawaii and the Pacific area. 53,000-square-fo- col--leg- Married student housing totalling 96 units and costing an estimated $1,950,000 is a major part of the three-yea- r building program. these units to the present living facilities will be of particular value as increasing numbers of talented teachers and counselors from the Pacific Basin area come to CCH campus for additional teacher training and related studies," said Pres. Brower. The addition of Major modernization of existing classrooms to bet- ter serve present and future students, an expanded childhood cafeteria, and an innovative parent-earl- y education center are also listed in the building plans announced at the college. n The dollar expansion is the most extensive new construction program on the CCH campus since the schools original classroom-dormitor- y complex was completed in 1958. multi-millio- 4 4 . it The original campus was conceived by the late President David O. McKay to serve the people of Hawaii, Polynesia, and the nations of the Far East. It was built between 1955 and 1958 with funds supplied by the church and mostly unpaid labor supplied by I.DS volunteers from Hawaii and Polynesia. The need for expanding our services to the community of Hawaii and the peoples of Polynesia and the Asian Rim has been evident for some time, noted Dr. Brower, and we feel fortunate to have tue backing of the financial resources of the church and the interest of many members of Hawaiis business community who are concerned with the quality of higher education in Hawaii and the Pacific. Our emphasis on education for reality to enable students to move immediately into jobs of relevance and responsibility after graduation will be greatly enhanced by this major building and expansion program, added the CCH president. A Trip To The Temple BY J M. HESLOP Church News Editor CHALCO, MEXICO Mrs. Maria Del Rosario de Ramirez was baptized with the promise that if she and her husband would keep the commandments, they would grow in the church and be with each other through eternity. The promise was made nearly 11 years ago. It took this humble couple 10 years to save enough money to go to the temple at Mesa, Ariz. We were a poor family and never had enough money to go to the tempie. We always wanted to go and Pres. Benja-ma- n Pirra never forgot to encourage us, Mrs. Ramirez said. Though they worked hard, Mr. Ramirez at a factory and his wife, Maria, at home raising chickens and pigs in their small yard, they still could only save a very small amount. Last year we sold all our chickens and pigs and with our savings still did not have enough money, so the members helped us," Mrs. Ramirez said. We were so happy to know that we were going to the temple, but then we couldnt find our papers to cross the border. Five days before we were to leave we had no papers, two days and still no papers. Pres. Harold Brown (Mexico City Stake) talked with the immigration officials and we were able to go, she said. It was a happy occasion for the entire branch when the Ramirez family boarded the bus for the long trip to the Arizona Temple. It was a beautiful experience, such a beautiful thing, and we were so happy that aH our children were with us. We have three children, one is adopted. While her husband works at a factory, Mrs. Maria Del Rosario de Ramirez and her children care for chapel. We got our patriarchal blessings while we were there. This is something else I will never forget. It said I had a gift for being a teacher in the church. I 'have been a teacher since the 3rd day .f after I was baptized. I was asked to be a e said. Primary teacher Besides teaching, she is flifst counselor 4 SMI shy- Z," i . s v ' ' yt 4 S - Mrs. Rosario de Ramirez enjoys visit from Elders Monty W. Brown, Robyn Pearson. in the MIA and Relief Society presidencies of her branch. Mr. Ramirez is first counselor in the Chaleo Branch presidency. Together they care for the small chapel. We are so proud of our chapel, Mrs. Ramirez said. Some of the first members of the church in this town bought the land. That was in 1925, and they paid 450 pesos (about $4) for the land. We built the chapel as we could, each member helping to build. Most of the members still live here. The church has changed my life," she said. I have learned a lot. I know I am a better person and our family is a better ifamily. I have learned to teach my family. I have learned to speak better. Before I joined the church I could not speak so many words. My husband has also progressed greatly.' Even in his. work he has been helped, He has been: promoted to forerrian.of the workers in his company. He has Earned to give 'speeches at church meetings. Oh, the gospel has changed our lives. We are.so ffse.ipembers tne WEEK ENDING' PE8RUWRV' 24t 1973 . . 1 v J CHURCH r--, 7;; IK |