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History of Campus Plan portantand should be as consistently and uniformly studied as the matter of the placing of the buildings on the Campus. Furthermore, they began to realize that this meant more than the mere choice or adoption of a style, but that the situation was one which called for the development of a distinctive and appropriate architectural expression that would set forth the highest ideals of the University and the State which it represents, and that it should be a style capable of being expanded logically and indefinitely to provide for the growing needs of the institution in the years to come. Such was the situation at the time the New Agriculture Building came up for final consideration. Since this building was the first large new unit to be located in the new Campus area to the south of the Auditorium, and also because it would be some distance from the old Campus area, it was, in the opinion of the University officials, a logical place to begin a development of a new style of architecture that would be appropriate for all future buildings on the Campus. The style of this building was to be the point of departure from the old, and since its style would affect the entire future architectural expression of the University, it became a matter of grave concern, and naturally was worthy of the most careful study. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees held on October 12, 1921, this matter was given special consideration, and the Campus Plan Commission requested President Noble of the Board to appoint a Committee of three members to recommend an architect for the New Agriculture Building. This Special Committee was formed, and at the next meeting of the Board, in November, Mr. Abbott, Chairman of the Committee, made a report and presented a selected list of names of prominent architects of the country whose qualifications were favorably known. By a vote of the Board, the Committee was authorized to engage an architect from the list of names presented, if satisfactory arrangements could be made. The Committee made further investigations of the work of the architects whose names were recommended to them. They