Construction of the three new building complexes is nearing completion, with the move into two of them scheduled for the Christmas holidays.
The Clyde E. and Betty M. Palmer Memorial Library is the farthest from completion. Dr. J. W. Cady, president, said the move is not expected until March 1.
However, the Physical Education Building and the Engineering, Math and Physics Building will be completed in December and open to spring semester classes.
An Olympic-size swimming pool in the new PE Building will accommodate TC students in scuba diving and swimming classes. All students, staff members, and faculty are welcome to free swimming in the afternoons. The pool will be the only Olympic-size swimming pool in this part of the country. Classrooms and offices for the PE instructors will be housed within the new building.
The Engineering, Math and Physics Building will be furnished with the most modern classroom equipment for physics, mechanical drawing, and mathematics courses. Laboratories and offices for instructors are included in the complex.
A $50,000 grant from the Palmer Foundation is helping finance the construction of the Clyde E. and Betty M. Palmer Memorial Library. Reading areas and a study center, book stacks, and a large conference room will compose the first floor of the library. An audio-visual learning center and a smaller conference room will be housed on the second floor.
Dr. Cady said that plans call for the new complexes, which will cost $1,270,000, to be dedicated in March. The old library will be transposed into office space and two large classrooms.
