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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1950
With the advent of the official
opening of new Ferguson Hall this
fall, another step will have been
accomplished in the university's
ten-year building program.
The program which was initi
ated in 1948 and planned by a
University building committee, is
based on two basic guides in de
termining the priority of needs.
First, the existing conditions of
housing for each department were
considered. Secondly, consider
ation was given to the conclusions
of the Board of Regents and the
Chancellor as to which colleges
and departments were in greatest
need of strengthening.
when the committees had
finished its plans, they were then
put into the hands of the Board
of Regents and the 1949 legis
lature.
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FERGUSON HALL Shown as construction was nearing an end this
summer- is the new Electrical Engineering building. It is the most
recent of the proposed new buildings in the University's ten -year
building program. Engineering students will attend classes in Fergu
lon hall for the first time this fall.
New Engineering Building
To Open for Fall Classes
You've heard about it for two
years.
You've seen the old building
die and the new building grow
into a proud campus structure.
But when you arrive at Ne
braska this fall, you'll see the
finished product of the new Elec
trical Engineering building -Ferguson
hall.
Although the last workman may
not have left with his mortar
board by the time classes begin
in September, engineering stu-
Structures
Left Out of
10-Year Plan
A number of new buildings
that could be replaced or added
to on the University campus
have been put on a list "for
future planning."
The priority list of the pro
posed ne 'juildings in the ten-
?'ear building program could not
nclude everything necessary to
improve the campus, so those not
so pressing were put back for
later consideration.
Some of the buildings which
were kept off the priority list by
lack of funds include:
1, A new building for Ne
braska's College of Engi
neering. 2. Replacement of present
quarters of the Conservation
and Survey division.
3. Building for Engineering
Mechanics.
4. An Engineering Experiment
station.
5. Building for School of Music.
6. Building for Fine Arts, in
cluding gallery.
7. Library for College of Medi
cine. 8. Auditorium College of Medi
cine. 9. Medical College classroom
laboratory building.
10. City Campus Service building.
dents will begin classes in the new
building on schedule.
FERGUSON HALL stands on
the site of old University hall just
behind Grant Memorial hall. The
building was named after O. J.
Ferguson, dean of engineering col
lege for 25 years.
Its modern architecture, con
structed of red brick with lime
stone trim, brightens up the sec
tion of the old campus upon
which it is being built. The front
door of Ferguson hall faces R
street between 11th and 12th. The
east wing is three -stories, and
will contain all the large, modern
classrooms. The two-story north
wing will contain one large lab
oratory which will house the
larger equipment needed for elec
trical engineering research.
ON FIRST FLOOR, four class
rooms and a large lecture room
which will accommodate about
200 persons will be located. The
second floor will house three
classrooms, and the third will be
used for communications labora
tories. As for the "communications lab
oratories," this group of rooms
will be used for radio, television
and basic electronic research.
During the past few years, much
of this research has been carried
on in too-limited quarters.
Not only will electrical engi
neering classes be held in this new
building, but the astronomy de
partment also will have a section
of the roof for constellation study.
THE UNIVERSITY'S large tele
scope, now located on Ag campus,
will be moved to Ferguson hall.
One classroom and one room for
storage of equipment will be
available for astronomy study.
When the classrooms are not in
use by electrical engineering stu
dents, they will be available for
use by other departments. The
large lecture room on first floor
will be open at all times for other
classes.
In the past few years, while
the new building has been in the
process of erection, electrical en
gineering classes have been held
in temporary headquarters.
lines of a building program, this
one was already a reality. The
necessary tax funds for much of
the construction were coming in
under the special building fund
levy enacted by the 1947 legisla
ture and, more important, much
of the building is already under'
way.
The plan submitted by the
building committee set for
construction schedule which can
give the university S6 new build
ing units, including new structures
and additions. The program began
with the enactment of the special
building tax late m 1947.
A fourth out of every $1 that
comes in under that levy is now
ear-marked for the university.
The levy is sot to run for ten
years. If it remains as enacted, it
will provide the university with
about $900,000 a year for building
purposes.
One of the first buildings to be
constructed under the plan was
Burnett Hall, locaied on .city
campus. The two-story structure
was first put into use in the fall
of 1948. It houses the departments
of history .foreign language and
philosophy and journalism.
OTHER evidences of the plan
have been seen on the city campus
during the last year. Several
structures east of 14th street
have been raled, and clearance
of many more buildings will take
place this fall.
Some of the older classroom
buildings, such as University hall,
have been torn down or will be
torn down. These buildings are
either worn out beyond economic
reconditions or are completely un
suited to possible future use.
Others which eventually will
have to be removed include: Ne
braska Hall, the Geography build
ing (former museum), Pharmacy
Hall, the old Electrical Engineer
ing building (partly razed), the
Observatory, the city campus
Greenhouse, Ellen Smith Hall, and
the old power plant (highway
testing lab).
On the college of agriculture
campus these buildings should be
removed: Home Economics annex,
the Poultry building, the Exten
sion annex and several outlying
sheds.
AS IT now stands, this is the
committee's priority list for con
struction in the remaining eight
years of the ten years covered
by the plan:
1950
Demonstration High School,
city campus.
1951
Laboratory -Administration
buildings at each North Platte and
Mitchell Experiment stations:
Major Addition, Teachers college,
city campus.
1952
Laboratory and Classroom build
ing, College of Agriculture, Re
condition Mechanical Arts build
ing, Addition, Brace Laboratory
(for physics research). Addition,
College of Law (for library), city
campus.
1953
Addition, Conkling Hall (nurses
residence), College of Medicine;
Agricultural Chemistry and Che
murgy, College of Agriculture; ,
Pharmacy-Bacteriology building,
city campus.
1954
Major Addition, Unit II to Uni
versity Hospital, College of Medi
cine; Garage-Service building.
College of Agriculture.
1955
Auditorium (1,000 seating ca
pacity) and Speech department,
city campuc.
1956
Administration-Library build-
ing, College of Agriculture.
1957
Women's Physical Education
building, city campus.
The whole program is guided by
the following men": Dr. Carl Borg
man, dean of the faculties, chair
man; John K. Sclleck, business
manager; Dr. Robert W. Goss,
graduate dean; Dr. Earl S. Full
brook; dean of the college of
business administration; Marvel
L. Baker, associate director of
the Agricultural experiment sta
tion; Linus Burr Smith, chairman
of Architecture and architectural
engineering, and Charles F. Fow
ler, Director of the Division of
Building and Grounds.
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