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The Burnham Campus Plan Commission

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which were to govern expansion south of the auditorium was a distinct and noteworthy event in the history of the development of the campus. From this point on, the selection of sites for new buildings became merely a matter of fitting the individual structure into the particular group to which it belonged. The Commission had settled the fundamental problems it had undertaken to solve, and now, apparently through a feeling that its work was done, no new members were appointed to fill the places of three men who, for one reason or another, withdrew. From 1912 to 1919 the problems of location of Campus buildings were worked out by the Supervising Architect as they arose, and various studies were made of the buildings which had been but roughly indicated on the general plan. During this period it was largely a matter of placing new buildings in their respective groups. The Transportation and Ceramics Buildings were erected adjacent to the Engineering group. The Old Commerce and Administration Buildings were located advantageously in the Old Campus area. Various laboratory units and additions to existing structures were readily placed along with their related buildings. The Smith Memorial Music Hall was placed on a site previously selected for it, although certain adjustments of surrounding ground areas and drives were made necessary by the character of the building. The Education Building was given special consideration, for no site had been set aside for this structure, which was of an unusual character. It was to serve the College of Education as a model high school. Technically, it was to be a laboratory for the study of applied methods of teaching, and its location was therefore affected more by the area from which students of high-school age were to be drawn than by its relation to any particular group of University buildings. Also, the Trustees considered it undesirable, from the standpoint of administration, to have high-school students on the Campus or associated in any way with University activities. A site was