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Univi ty has been planned to take over a. ties now In Chicago Undergraduate Division. The new J1 t s o u t i of the intersection of E enhower, John F. Dai: F c a Exp ssvays, } • a completely new university is being built, frn > pen in 19o5 for 9,000 i adents, expand within another five years to

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sists of an academic core of ko acres and only 106 acre in •ot ja elop. fa :ate movement of large groups of students when . the campus focuses on a lecture center whose roof provides a central >at Court y second floor walks to other buildings, parking areas, and at at Peoria Street and Eisenhower Expressway. Around this • lov-rise classroom and laboratory buildings, library, and the student e . da oom a la"; ratory buildings will be usable for different types of . - here will be no "social science" or "chemistry" buildings. Offices and -LT rooms, used by smaller groups with more evenly distributed traffic, will be el -se ed high- se buildings away from the campus center. Auto parking beyond them. When the campus opens, courses now offered at the Chicago Undergraduate D 11 be transferred to it, with junior year work added in liberal arts and and bu ness administration. Seni'or work in these two colleges will be 1966, a: he first degrees conferred in 1967. Initially only first two s will be fered in engineering, architecture and art, education and physical Q. These 11 provide the basis for later expansion into full four-year g programs to meet needs created by population increases and the on of high school graduates seeking admission to college. : - : . - Z1IINI CH:T5R occupying 20th floor of Hotel LaSalle provides general :::.. hea. juarters for the University in downtown Chicago. Here is the office esident in Chicago, with Charles C. Caveny, assistant to the President, in ch£ e. Here also are branch offices of the Alumni Association, University Ft m ion, and Chicago Placement Office, as well as conference rooms, lounges for 2^ a. facilities for University officials, committees and alumni functions. a te 3-7193. Director of Illini Center is Robert S. Holty. _:::?.2ZL.. ":: ?IAri:2::r C77ZCI provides placement service for liberal arts and ether .:Leal students and graduates. It ties together the activities of separate college placement offices. Services include libraries of vocational 3d e _ r er formation, individual counseling, on-campus employment interviews, 2 a i orma on on current job openings. Coordinating Placement Officer is Gerald -d W. Pec:-:. Placement Officer in Chicago Illini Center is Robert S. Holty. YS located on Urbana-Champaign campus operate under the State Department "Registration and Mucation and cooperate with the University in many . Ihey are: TIT 3is State Geological Survey, John C. Frye, chief; 111insis . ::a. 1 History Survey, Harlow B. Mills, chief; Illinois State Water Survey. w - 1. A -erman, chief. STA11 '