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Caption: Book - 30 Year Master Plan (Tilton & O'Donnell)
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CHAPTER XI THE PLATT PLAN BEGINS TO SHOW RESULTS (1923-1924) projects were under consideration and JL\ several buildings were actually under construction, the rate of development was not keeping pace with the rapid increase in student enrollment, and there was some evidence that the increase would continue. By July, 1922, the indications were that the situation would soon become very serious, and that it would be imperative that provisions be made at once for additional buildings. As a result, the proposed building program, prepared by the University authorities for submission in the 1923-25 budget to the Legislature, contained requests for five unusually large building items, including a new Library, a new Gymnasium for men, a new Commerce Building, a Woman's Residence Hall, and a large item for additional Agriculture Buildings, together with the necessary equipment for each of the structures. The long-delayed and much-needed Library was again at the head of the list. Although denied an appropriation for this building in 1921, the University officials did not relax in their effort to secure it. In making recommendations to the Board, President Kinley said: ALTHOUGH MANY No building is more emphatically needed than a new Library. Every department of the University is suffering because of the crowded condition of our Library. Educational progress is retarded. I feel that the importance of this matter cannot be over-emphasized. Whatever else is done, it is imperative that this building be secured. Thus, again, the necessity of making provision for a new Library unit was brought most forcibly before the Board, by the University, and it was, in turn, to be brought with equal force to the attention of the Legislature. The Board also di123 a
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