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Caption: Booklets - Facts for Freshmen (1914)
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FA< rS FOR FRESH Mi S f 93 freedom. In the main entry of almost all of the buildings there is a directory of the offices and rooms. In order that the readers of this book may fully understand the campus plan we shall start at the north end of the campus and explain matters as we go south. The M E N ' S GYMNASIUM ( i ) and the OLD ARMORY (2) are located at the north end of the campus and front on Springfield Avenue. The first and second floors of the Gymnasium are given over to locker rooms, team rooms, and offices. On the second floor, immediately to the right of the entrance hall, is the office of the Director of Athletics and of the various coaches. Back of this office are the 'Varsity team rooms. To the left of the entrance hall are the office of the Director of the Gymnasium, the Gymnasium Supply Store, and the general lockers. The swimming pool is directly back of the entrance hall. On the third floor is the gymnasium exercise room, occupying the entire floor and surrounded by the running track. The general lockers, the swimming pool, and the exercise floor are open to all members of the University. Permits for lockers are obtained from the Bursar's office, and lockers are assigned by the Gymnasium custodian. The OLD ARMORY, so-called to distinguish it from the new armory now under construction, contains the assembly hall of the University regiment, a single large room with gun racks along the walls. This building is used for all of the University dances and class social gatherings; in the winter it is used for basketball games and for indoor baseball practice. The administrative offices of the University regiment are in Engineering Hall. Just south of the Armory and fronting on Burrill \ve- nue are the WOOD SHOP(3), FOUNDRY(4), Ml IA1 S H O P ( S ) , and FORGE S H O P ( 6 ) , In these shops is carried on the beginning shop practice for engineering stu lents. The off! e of the Director t Shop I ihoratories i in the Metal Shop building. The ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY ( I I ) is j u t out 1 of the Metal Shop, fl uting UuvwW 1 \\c
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