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io8 ippendix B should be in a separate building. Dean Townsend would add some other departments and suggests that a building the size of the present Agricultural group would be needed for the Medical instruction. Professor Rolfe estimates that the Department of Geology will need double its present space in five years. No material increase in the Geological Survey is anticipated. Double the present space will doubtless be required for mathematics. For astronomy the present building will be adequate for some time, but plans should be made for a building two or three times the size at some distance from other buildings. College of Law: Dean Harker reports that no new space will be required if the Department is given the exclusive use of the present building, and the basement is remodelled. Military Department: A new armory at least 600x150 feet in area, and preferably 700x100 feet is suggested, together with drill grounds comprising at least 25 acres. Athletic Department: The present field should be retained for exhibition contests and a 13A general playground of about sixty acres provided, A special practice football field is needed, so the regular field can always be kept in good condition. The present forty acre golf course 50.6A should be doubled in size. More room will be required for gymnasium purposes, which would be satisfactorily provided if the present armory could be used as an annex. An indoor athletic building, 200 x 300 feet is suggested. In order to give a definite idea of what compliance with all of the requests made in the accompanying reports would mean, I submit herewith a plan which, with the modifications suggested, would about meet the requirements: The present campus is divided into three rectangles—the Athletic Field, of approximately thirteen acres; the area between Springfield
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