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Pa i. 2 THE NEWS TEXAN Wednesday, June 20, 1062 Arlington State College Deep In Huge Expansion Program Plan to Double Of Value by 1980 Area News BY ROBERT C. STEWART The administration at Arlington State College will start a self- study program this coming year that will be designed to help the college maintain the high degree of excellence that allowed it to be admitted to the Association of Texas Colleges and Universities as a senior College the first time it tried. PLENTY POWER This metal monster stands in the middle of the incomplete power house waiting its chance to service the Ariington State College campus with heat, electricity and air TEXAN PHOTO. Ilie study also be used tne die r- will be rated for membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.

Although the college now is a member of the group as a junior colie they -411 need to graduate four classes before becoming eligible for recognition, as a senior college by the association. Thus it a ill be 1964 before the college can fie admitted to the group. 'Hie school will also be elbow deep in construction work with an eye set on a master plan that will more than double the existing physical plant of 42 structures, lollar wise, by I960, With the completion of the engineering building in I960 and the latest addition to ford Student Center in 1961, the school's physical plant is worth $9,000,000. the present, a new physical education building, located by the stadium, is set for completion in the middle of July. 'Hie $660,000 building will contain facilities to teach gym, swimming, basketball, tennis and other court sports.

structional building. Construction on Jther build- in 3 the stadium, the student center, and dormitories are self-financed. Money from gate receipts at ball ame room rent dormitories and profits from the st lent center paves die way for further expansion of these various buildings. UTILITY TUNNEL Workmen are shown here lowering a pipe into a portion of the utility tunnel under construction at the college. When it is completed it will connect the east and west parts of the campus with steam electrical service and chilled air front the new power TEXAN PHOTO.

Along with the gym, the stadium is being renovated to add more seats, better in plumbing and draining. The additional seats will boost die capacity of the stadium to over 10,000. The $240,000 project is slated for completion sept. 1. SCIENCE BUILDING Workmen are pictured working on the new science building slated for Arlington State College.

The shot, taken from the top floor of the old science building, shows a portion of the 100,000 square foot building which is slated for completion in NEWSTEXAN PHOTO. The two projects will tie pan of a program that has seen a girl's dorm built in 1957, additions to the student center in and 1961. In 1960 the $2,000,000 engineering building was completed to give die school a new building or addition every year since it became an accredited four year colleve in 1958. Projected plans are for two new dorms and a science building by 1963 and a $1,000,000 library in 1964. The 100,000 square foot science building will run $1.8 million dollars when completed and will house facilities for physical natural science studies.

It al will contain storage for radioactive materials for use in sic classes. Jack R. If, resident of the colie explained the growth and die advancement of A St this way: "The school has done better than anybody had any right to expect." "We have expanded the school without lowering the academic standards and as a result we have drawn respect from ther institutions," he explained. "But the reatest physical change in the campus should show with the completion of the new library bulletin in 1964." The school is also under- goin another -reat change. Between 1952 and 1961 the student body has increased 635 per cent or from 1,317 students in the fall of 1951 to 8,500 students in the fall of 1961.

This growth indicates that by 1970 an enrollment of 12,000 is expected. ALMOST FINISHED Pictured here is the ent ranee to the new physicial education building under construction at Arlington State College. The $660,000 building will contain facilities for all court sports as well as swimming pool. It will be ready for use by September TEXAN PHOTO. ft TO BE REPLACED This photo shows the present library at Arlington State College.

It will be replaced by a $1,000,000 library building. Projected plans set completion on the building by TEXAN PHOTO. ill ft; dim i I ENGINEERING BUILDING In 1960, this $2,000,000 building was completed. It was one of the first steps in a master plan to more than double the dollar value of the ASC campus by TEXAN PHOTO. It will also house the administration offices for the dean of the School Arts and Sciences.

Seventeen bids on the construction of a four story men's dorm which can later be expanded to seven stories and a two-story addition to a woman's dorm have been forwarded by ASC to a committee for study. Over 80 per cent of ASC's student body are commuters, living in area towns. Ben Cook, public man, said that an apparent low bid of $1,383,900 would be accepted. Bids on the new library will be accepted either late this summer or early fail with hopes of construction starting before the end of the year. Cook said that an exact cost on the building was unknown but that it would run over 1 000 000 A program of extensive remodeling and modernization will also go into effect next year with the project to run an estimated $100,000.

Also under construction at the school is a powerhouse valued at $750,000 which will be equipped to generate high pressure steam and air conditioning to various buildings on the campus. Plans are to tie each building to powerhouse via a utilities tunnel. The tunnel, which will cost a quarter million dollars, is now under construction. At the present it will connect the east and west side of the campus with electrical service, steam, and chilled water. Money for the building of instructional buildings comes from the Universlcy of Texas Permanent Fund.

It of public lands owned by the state which is set aside for providing money to various sute schools. All colleges from the University of Texas ami the Texas A andM system derive money from this source, However, this money can be used only for buildings such as classrooms, laboratories and any such in- PATTERNS Wood moldings for concrete Work on the stadium is expected to be comdiate pourings on the new additions to the Arlington by September TEXAN PHOTO State College stadium make an unusual pattern. COMING UP Rising out of what was once a the building will house big hole is the basement of the new science build- and natural TEX an rnnrn tng at Arlington State College. When completed, 4 1 HQTO,.